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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ApollosArrow to c/[email protected]
 

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAspVd-JGqK/?igsh=aDA0Y2tqZ3BvaHRj

This doesn’t come in the size for my iPhone, but if it did I would splurge on getting it.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] ApollosArrow 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Will do. Thank you! Was in the process of editing the post and figuring out how I wanted it to look like.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Looks like an ereader or a tablet from the 2000s.

[–] aeronmelon 3 points 1 month ago

It looks like the failed UMPCs from the mid-aughts

[–] Anticorp 7 points 1 month ago

Ha! That's awful! It's awesome too! It's awesul!

[–] Cris_Color 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thats fucking awesome, I really wanna do that with my phone 😅

[–] ApollosArrow 3 points 1 month ago

I’ve debating 3D printing something similar. I have an iPhone SE so my phone is on the smaller side.

[–] GraniteM 3 points 1 month ago

The editing makes me expect someone to start throwing eggs and gasping any moment.

[–] Surp 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Bruhh 1 points 1 month ago

Anyone know the icons?

[–] Donebrach 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Drops, explodes, shatters screen.

[–] ApollosArrow 1 points 1 month ago

Very likely, though tempered glass would likely help a lot.

[–] Coreidan 0 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] ApollosArrow 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

It looks cool