Alex CranzĪ Handspring Visor, still going strong. My mom patted me on the shoulder and said I needed a nap. My phone was busted less than 12 hours after I had just had it repaired. The phone soared through the air and proceeded to land on the pavement, the crunch so audible a family walking by reflexively winced and looked on with sympathy. Somehow, my dumb ass was too tired to actually hold onto the pricey device I’d just pulled from my pocket. As we left the store, I took my phone out of my pocket and then. My mom kept saying I looked tired and frazzled. The second day of her visit, we went to Ikea to look at furniture I could not really afford to buy. I finally got the money together to repair the phone - just in time for my mom to visit. I vaguely remember people wincing and me trying to play off the shattering like it was no big deal (it was a very big deal). I don’t remember how I first broke my iPhone 5. Until 2014, I would have gladly and smugly told anyone I have never broken a phone. Photo by Victoria Song / The Verge iPhone 5 I heard the crash from the bathroom, and when I came out, he was sitting there, smug, probably playing Taylor Swift’s “Look What You Made Me Do” in his little cat brain. I naively left it on a counter, thinking my lazy cat wouldn’t leap up just to spite me. I was shooting a smartwatch and needed a bathroom break. That day, Pablo was hangry about his new diet. You know, the thing that helps me pay for Pablo’s food. But the thing that hurt most was my camera, which I used to take product shots for my job. Several house plants were harmed, the dirt from their pots spilling like blood on our floor. In retaliation, Pablo began a crusade of knocking things off high places. A few months ago, our vet told us Pablo is “too young to be this fat,” and so, like a fool, I tried to put him on a diet. Actually, sometimes he yowls at 4AM because he doesn’t like eating alone, making us sit with him as he chows down on kibble. As a very large boy, he’s quite particular about when he gets fed. Also, feel free to share your own tales in the comments below this story! Canon EOS Rebel T5 This started out as a fun conversation in The Verge’s private Slack, and now we’re bringing a more polished version to you. We broke these gadgets without meaning to. This holiday season, let’s talk about the gadgets that are no longer with us anymore - not because they were bad or became obsolete or were the victims of an upgrade offer too good to refuse, but because they met their demise in a delightfully destructive way.
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