Warning new Iphone software doesn't make it waterproof!

[Doc Lynam]

A fake Apple advert claiming the new iOS 7 software makes iPhones and iPads waterproof has apparently fooled some users into destroying their devices.
The "advert" circulating on social media sites claims that updating devices with the operating system installs a "smart switch" that cuts off the phone's power supply when water is detected.
This, it claims, "prevents any damage to your iPhone's delicate circuitry".
The advert looks remarkably similar to an authentic Apple advertisement, with the same plain white background and minimalist font and style.
It seems some users have been fooled into dunking their expensive gadgets into water to test out the promised feature, only to render their devices useless.

One user wrote on Twitter: "Whoever said iOS 7 was waterproof **** you."

Another wrote: "OK whoever said iOS 7 is waterproof GO **** YOURSELF."

The prank idea is believed to have originally started on the controversial forum 4Chan.

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/waterproof-iphone-advert-owners-fooled-150255487.html#M4xXXgv

 

[jameswestport]

hahahahaha

 

[banjo]

One user wrote on Twitter: "Whoever said iOS 7 was waterproof **** you."

Another wrote: "OK whoever said iOS 7 is waterproof GO **** YOURSELF."
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[fruitnveg]

That is a superb troll. Even funnier that some iScrubs actually fell for it. Morons.

 

[Grombleton]

That sounds like the kind of thing 4Chan would do.

Lulz.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Isn't it wonderful that nature always ensures survival of the fittest ?

 

[Mellotron]

Whoever thinks a SOFTWARE update could render the iPhone waterproof deserves their phone breaking.

 

[father_and_son]

Some people don't deserve what they have... they genuinely are too stupid to own a smart phone!

 

[Superphil]

Some people don't deserve what they have... they genuinely are too stupid to own a smart phone!

Dumb Phone

 

[HawkTheSeagull]

Christ, if you fell for that - then you shouldnt even be trusted with the money it costs to buy an iPad or an iPhone.

 

[Eksman]

Hahahaha!!!

 

[Blackadder]

We are talking about Americans, right?

 

[dougdeep]

I believe the new Sony phone is waterproof. Apple late again with technology.

 

[Gwylan]

I saw that yesterday. I'm not convinced that people really for it, it's easy to quote tweets from anonymous users. I'm sure there are people thick enough to think that software can make a phone waterproof but surely not many. And would they have the sort of dosh to buy new phones?

 

[fruitnveg]

I'll just leave this here.

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

 

[Fef]

Wy didn't their carers step in and stop them from doing it?

 

[Doc Lynam]

I saw that yesterday. I'm not convinced that people really for it, it's easy to quote tweets from anonymous users. I'm sure there are people thick enough to think that software can make a phone waterproof but surely not many. And would they have the sort of dosh to buy new phones?

I think you maybe surprised, remember those people who were driving into rivers because their Sat Nav's told them to do it!

 

[hybrid_x]

 

[Yoda]

I'll just leave this here.
Originally Posted by Albert Einstein
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Freaky, I have this on my works IM as my avatar: