MobiGyaan
  • Telecom News
  • Smartphone News
  • OS News
  • Apps
  • Reviews
  • Guides
No Result
View All Result
MobiGyaan
  • Telecom News
  • Smartphone News
  • OS News
  • Apps
  • Reviews
  • Guides
No Result
View All Result
MobiGyaan
No Result
View All Result
Home Mobile Phones / Tablets Apple

iPhone 5S saves soldier’s life from a suicide bomber

by Rishabh Jain
March 13, 2014
in Apple
Share on WhatsAppShare on Twitter

The iPhone 5S is something remarkable just like every other iPhone before it. Android phones might have gained leverage in today’s time, but the iPhone always comes up for special mentions – like this one. The iPhone 5S played the role of life saving armor and saved an American soldier’s life in Afghanistan.

iPhone 5S saves soldier's life

Staff Sergeant Shaun Frank was posted in Afghanistan when a teenage suicide bomber blew himself off nearby. Sgt. Frank being in the line of impact, was hit by shrapnel and ball bearings. The bomb could have easily killed him, but instead, his iPhone 5S took most of the impact of the explosion and deflected the shrapnel, leaving him unharmed.

iPhone 5S saves soldier's life 4

iPhone 5S saves soldier's life 3

Frank’s sister Alisa Lantz said,”“My brother got several holes all over him, through his thumb, through his fingers, through his hands and his legs. “He had his iPhone in his pocket. The iPhone stopped a few of the ball bearings as well.”

iPhone 5S saves soldier's life 2

Sgt. Frank sent the iPhone 5S back home as a war memento. While the iPhone is damaged beyond repair, Apple gave the soldier to keep the old phone as a memento or get a new phone for free. He choose to keep the old one. He was now posted in Afghanistan without a phone. Apple was silent on the matter until donations began to pour in to buy him a new iPhone. Apple took three months but finally gave him a brand new iPhone, after some media coverage highlighted it.

iPhone 5S saves soldier's life 5

While the iPhone 5S is an amazing phone, Apple as a company displayed stinginess when it came to rewarding a war hero’s phone. But all is well that ends well, right?

The story sounds similar to one of the store clerk who’s HTC Evo 3D stopped a bullet.

Check out our iPhone 5S review for more on the phone.

Source

Tags: iPhone 5S
SendTweetShare
Previous Post

New Starbucks app in the works; will let you pre-order your coffee

Next Post

Xiaomi Redmi successor leaked; packs in octa-core CPU

Next Post
Xiaomi Redmi successor leaked; packs in octa-core CPU

Xiaomi Redmi successor leaked; packs in octa-core CPU

  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact Us

© 2008-2024 - MobiGyaan. All Rights Reserved.

No Result
View All Result
  • About Us
  • Advertise
  • Contact Us
  • Disclaimer
  • Privacy Policy
  • Search
  • Submit App
  • Team MobiGyaan
  • Work with us

© 2008-2024 - MobiGyaan. All Rights Reserved.