10 ways to break your iPhone

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iphone in boiling coke
There's more than one way to fry an iPhone.
Photo: TechRax/YouTube

Sometimes if your iPhone is just in too good condition, it helps to break it in a little. The initial scratch or screen break relieves a lot of pressure. But maybe you ran out of good ideas about how to break it. We’re here to help.

1. Boil it in Coke

Boil some Coca-Cola Classic and give your iPhone a bath
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeFMtmUAFRo

2. Drop it in lava

Drop your iPhone in your local volcano’s molten lava
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XS-59dxplXo

3. Shoot it with an AK-47

Take your iPhone to the shooting range
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbVHe5A6rJs

4. Burn your tire out on the screen

Take your iPhone for a spin
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVthJ_6103I

5. Pour some Bromine on it

Pour one out for the boys
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-G4TZzVeZ0

6. Drop it in your lava lamp

Groovy iPhone
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUMPwByVpww

7. Cool it off in liquid nitrogen

iPhone ice bath
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89RI9XhOs1A

8. Hit it with a taser

Shock value for your iPhone
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffHyA6JX4-0

9. Grind down the edges

Didn’t we like the sharpe edges of the iPhone 5 more anyway?
Photo: TechRax/YouTube

10. Add some molten aluminum to the screen

Interesting screen protector idea
Photo: YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6y4hkF8JKo

 

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