Apple looks to protect dropped iPhones by shifting their orientation mid-flight

Seriously, just allow the battery to eject on impact. The problem was solved; then apple made the problem again by having a non-removable battery.

I wonder if we'll get a deluge of jokes about which side a buttered iPhone would fall on.

Wouldn't it be more effective to deploy a small parachute?

here is a more readable article: <a href="http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/21/apple-looks-to-protect-dropped-iphones-by-shifting-their-orientation-mid-flight" rel="nofollow">http://appleinsider.com/articles/13/03/21/apple-looks-to-pro...</a>

I suppose if you can keep the device from falling on a corner then you're good. That seems to be the worst-case scenario. It'll probably be a couple years before we see this in any of their devices.

Is apple trying to patent a gyroscope?

Or they could actually design the iPhone to actually have enough metal and thick enough glass.<p>I've dropped my Samsung Nexus S a hundred times without damage. Just saying.

iPhone Cat coming soon.

i wonder if this will be implemented...