Ultimate iPhone Review — Will It Blend?

I've been enjoying the Will it Blend videos forever. There's something about a labcoat clad crazy man putting things like marbles and soda cans into a blender and after reducing them to powder, warning you not to breathe in the particles. Well today they ask the ultimate question of the latest over-hyped internet sensation Will the iPhone Blend? Fans of these videos can probably guess the answer... and this story made my morning. I've been waiting for an excuse to link these forever. If you haven't seen these, you're in for a real treat.

Re:As funny as the videos are....DUH

[g051051]

It's not "like an advertisement", it's nothing BUT an advertisement. And it's sure nice to see a company advertising it's products in a funny, entertaining way that also nicely shows off the products' capabilities, without fluff.

Re:It always seems to

[Technician]

everything they but into their blenders ends up as toxic dust!!!


Not quite.. Look up the crowbar one. It reminds me of a slippery politician. The crowbar get a sidestep. So you are left wondering will it blend?

While the iPhone video is slashdotted, enjoy these.

If you want to look into the tougher jobs, look up the videos for "Will it shred"
Here is a starter for a BMW
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNvvSWEbuTs [youtube.com]
Computers/Printers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1_uvM-5xKs&mode=re lated&search= [youtube.com]
Boat
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9JL77ECcOoQ&mode=re lated&search= [youtube.com]

Re:Gotta admit, that blender is quite good...

[qplnm]

There was one where they were about to try a crowbar, then took it out and replaced it with something else. I didn't watch them with sound so I don't know why they did that, but it seemed pretty obvious the crowbar wasn't going to blend. Everything else went in about 30 seconds though!

Direct link to youtube

[choas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qg1ckCkm8YI [youtube.com]

Just in case the server 'blends'...

Re:This guy's a liar!

[Anonymous Coward]

Try here [ebay.com].

Re:It always seems to

[Hotawa Hawk-eye]

Go look at eBay item number 170129995323. You get the iPhone remnants, a blender, a DVD, and an autographed T-shirt. Not bad, if you're in the market for a blender or are into pulverized electronics.

Re:Great for kids!

[SuperBanana]

Breathing in small amounts of glass smoke is incredibly bad for your lungs. That's why they banned asbestos, after all.

Asbestos has nothing to do with glass, only certain kinds of asbestos fibers are cancer-causing, and they are incredibly small- invisible to the unaided eye. But, fiberglass dust/fibers are now known to be harmful; always wear workgloves, long clothing, and a respirator when handling/installing fiberglass insulation. Lot of firms have gone to blown-in borax-treated newspaper fluff because it's safer to handle and easier to install.

the real Ultimate Review

[interactive_civilian]

Cute, but if you want a real ultimate review of the iPhone, get your butts over to ArsTechnica [arstechnica.com] to read their incredibly comprehensive iPhone review [arstechnica.com]. They cover just about everything you could want to hear (including some brutal stress testing that culminates in the iPhone being flushed down a toilet) and the following discussion has some good follow-ups by the authors.

Yeah, maybe a shameless plug, but it is the best iPhone review I have seen so far.

yes - crowbar vid

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifzdez7FRbk [youtube.com]

Anon for lack of karma whoring - took 2 seconds on google ''"will it blend" crowbar''

Re:Will it Blend - Live Cat

[Anonymous Coward]

God damn. It's gone already.

Re:Spoiler

[timster]

If you watch the "crowbar" video, where they actually do a bunch of cell phones, you can clearly see some small explosions. Of course, the iPhone uses a lithium-polymer battery, not lithium-ion, so it's unlikely to explode anyway.

Re:Spoiler

[Kehvarl]

The battery seems to be uncompromised until the black stuff appears, so I would assume the black stuff is a pretty good indication of why we don't puncture Lithium Polymer batteries.

Re:The iPhone is pretty tough

[rossifer]

I use LiPos on my RC helicopters. If the battery is broken or punctured, they tend to start a fire...

Actually, I think you've got it a bit backwards. Puncturing a lipo is how you deactivate them when you want to throw them into a landfill (though you really should recycle them instead of tossing them). That's completely safe as long as the cell isn't fully charged, and even then, it's not that dangerous.

When a lipo cell has an overcurrent failure, part of the cell vaporizes (puffed cell failure). In particularly bad failures after heavy use (low voltage, abusive current loads, etc.), the vapors can ignite from the heat of the cell. When this happens, the cell wall is guaranteed to fail, and then you get the green flames of death.

But just poking a hole in your lipo won't start a fire. I also fly RC helis (T-Rex 450).

Regards,
Ross

Re:Great for kids!

[ShamrawkNRoll88]

I work at a Starbucks Coffee Co. cafe. We use blendtech blenders for Frappucino's. They really will blend most things that we would ever think of putting in them. People ask to have their brownie's blended into their frappucino's (which is against company policy - and I hate doing it because customers that make demands like that annoy me) and they do it just fine.

They never break either... ours have been strong and kicking for a good 4 years.

Re:Great for kids!

[pongo000]

Asbestos has nothing to do with glass

While I'm sure folks appreciate your safety message, please don't try to practice chemistry at the same time. Both glass and asbestos are silicates, and are indeed chemically related. The danger from asbestos is that, even though it's inert, inhaled crystals that fall within a narrow range of size lodge deep within the lung tissue and cause scarring that can lead to further complications.

In fact, inhaling glass dust can lead to silicosis, which is just as devastating.

Re:The iPhone is pretty tough

[neolith]

I too fly heli's and other lipo powered aircraft (Really? RC geeks hang out at slashdot? Whodathunkit?), and I think this misconception stems from the fact that on some hard impacts, a wire can get broken or even the tabs on the lipos themselves, cause a short circuit, which then leads to puffing or even fire. Post crash forensics lead to the conclusion that the damage to the battery itself led to the situation. Both improperly charging, and rapidly discharging can lead to lipo fires, but physical damage to the cell doesn't directly. It can damage a cell or bust a connection, which then leads you charging in effect a 2 cell lipo on a 3 cell setting, but I digress...