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HTC One (2013) gets run over by a forklift, what do you think happens?

posted by Luis D.

Apr 09, 2014, 5:58 AM

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A Reddit user met the misfortune ofhaving his 2013 HTC One ran over by a forklift. Fortunately, the Oneand its machined aluminum armor are notoriously tough, and gotthrough the perilous situation with only a shattered display and somedents and scratches.

Assuming its owner has had the smartphone for less thansix months, he's eligible for a free one-time screen replacement viaHTC's Advantage program. And, while the dents are unapologetically ugly, they are battle scars - the One will be wearing themwith pride and showing them to the ladies.

Meanwhile, we're not so sure the poorforklift got away intact after it jumped the HTC One. Good thing thatit wasn't its bigger, bulkier brother, the HTC One (M8), or that tough-guyforklift would have been destroyed!

source: Reddit

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17 Comments

15. pwnarena

Posts: 1129; Member since: Feb 15, 2013

any member of the xperia z series along with the xperia go and active will stand that kind of torture.

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 8:02 AM 0

8. Mxyzptlk unregistered

If it had been a blackberry no one would've cared

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 7:02 AM 2

9. StraightEdgeNexus

Posts: 3689; Member since: Feb 14, 2014

Senseless comment

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 7:13 AM 4

10. _Bone_

Posts: 2155; Member since: Oct 29, 2012

It's a Sense-less device.

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 7:16 AM 3

16. DigitalJedi_X2

Posts: 346; Member since: Jan 30, 2012

Troll detected. Senseless comment from a senseless jack@ss.

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 9:21 AM 3

6. _Bone_

It's no Galaxy S5, but hey, few smartphone is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKkJdstQKsM

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 6:55 AM 0

5. StraightEdgeNexus

The last paragraph was a bit exaggerated. Nokia 3310 could suit better.

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 6:18 AM 2

4. StewieGriffin

Posts: 4; Member since: Feb 04, 2014

technically HTC One 2013 is the bigger brother and HTC One M8 is practically an infant.

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 6:14 AM 0

7. pwnarena

he didn't say older brother. for humans, younger brothers tend to be bigger.

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 6:57 AM 1

3. itsdeepak4u2000

Posts: 3718; Member since: Nov 03, 2012

OMG!!! Aluminium with dents...

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 6:12 AM 3

2. ScottSchneider

Posts: 336; Member since: Dec 06, 2011

If it had been a Nokia.. I would say "Poor little Fork Lift"... :(

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 6:09 AM 11

13. akki20892

Posts: 3902; Member since: Feb 04, 2013

This guy got some move...lol http://iliketowastemytime.com/sites/default/files/best_animated_gif_forklift_drift.gif

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 7:38 AM 3

1. StraightEdgeNexus

Man why would he leave his phone on the ground and that too in a factory. I smell story.

posted on Apr 09, 2014, 6:06 AM 3

11. sharks

Posts: 236; Member since: Feb 16, 2013

Really, what is the point of featuring this as an article on PA?? except to discourage people from buying HTC phones? PA is well known to be a Samsung fanboy as all its articles boost Samsung as being at the top of their game even when they clearly aren't with the S5 and keep bashing other brands. What if the S4 or S5 was run over by a forklift? i bet PA would report "light scuffings with otherwise perfectly usable display and phone". Corruption and bribes comes to mind whenever i read a biased article like this on PA, which is getting suffocating lately after the S5's undominating reveal.