Comments on: Forget the Bullet-Proof Vest, All You Need is a Nokia X2

By: Rayjay

Rayjay — Sat, 01 Sep 2012 23:22:00 +0000

Mythbusters ?????

By: Salamat Ali

Salamat Ali — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 18:14:00 +0000

agree…. the bullet wasn’t stopped. the speed was enough to do some damage… so the bulletproof claim is just a blowout…

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:56:00 +0000

Excellent point to both of you… looking at the photo is clearly went through. You also have to wonder about the claim that the user was holding the phone up using it to take video… considering the way the bullet goes through.

I suppose a more apt title would be something like “Slow down firing bullets with the Nokia X2″… either way, I thought it was an interesting enough story. :)

By: Antonio Damian Garrison

Antonio Damian Garrison — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 14:04:00 +0000

Yes it probably did slow the bullet down a little. The claim that the phone is “bulletproof” is a false claim unless you can show me the round that this phone “caught.”

And correct me if I’m wrong that Syria is in the Middle East. Typically the middle east weapon of choice is the AK-47, a 7.62 caliber round that would obliterate this phone. It is highly unlikely it would stop a round of that caliber.

By: Uriel Alejandro Argueta Sandov

Uriel Alejandro Argueta Sandov — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 04:00:00 +0000

but it really helped to dissipate most of the kinetic energy of the round.

By: Antonio Damian Garrison

Antonio Damian Garrison — Mon, 13 Aug 2012 16:46:00 +0000

Maybe it is me, but the bullet entry looks to be on the front of the phone and exits through the back. It does not appear to have “stopped” the bullet at all just but looking at the photos.

Maybe if they had the bullet in their hand while taking this picture I would believe it. Until then I find this hard to believe.