Alas poor Samsung, I knew thee well

Well, I don’t know how I pulled it off, but somehow my cell phone got away from me the other day and plummetted 15 stories. Surprisingly, I managed to put most of it back together. It can still make calls, but the LCD is hooped, so I can’t use the contact list or get text messages or anything. I’m pretty amazed actually that it managed to survive at all. I calculated a few properties of the fall:

• height fallen: 40 meters
• speed at impact (assuming no air resistance): 28 m/s (101 km/h)
• total time taken to fall: 2.8 seconds
• g-force sustained during impact: 285 G’s

I was thinking about having some fun when I drop it off at the Bell Mobility store to be fixed. Here are some of the lines I’m preparing to say without smiling:

• Yeah, it just stopped working
• I’m not sure why the left side of the phone is cracked open
• Yes, the LCD was always like that
• What do you mean dropping the phone out of a 15 story window isn’t covered under warranty?

Wish me luck.