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Well, looking at the "World top 10" high scores (on app), the top one has a record of 43.16m. I cannot imagine why someone would threw a cellphone to this far. I wonder if there is a way to "hack" the accelerometer...
Or idiotic because the energy spent on this could have been used to build something that actually provided value?
It really bothers me that Apple banned an app like this. Just allow people to be idiotic. There's even a disclaimer after all... As for the app itself, cool! I'm glad somebody had the audacity to ship something as outrageous as this. I don't think it will get much of a following, but I suppose if you really don't care about your phone or you're really confident in catching this could be a cool, reckless waste of 10 m…
They sell phone warranties for damaged phones so it's a fairly direct conflict of interest. Also "13.1 Apps that encourage users to use an Apple Device in a way that may cause damage to the device will be rejected"
It really bothers me that Apple banned an app like this. Just allow people to be idiotic. There's even a disclaimer after all... As for the app itself, cool! I'm glad somebody had the audacity to ship something as outrageous as this. I don't think it will get much of a following, but I suppose if you really don't care about your phone or you're really confident in catching this could be a cool, reckless waste of 10 m…
They sell phone warranties for damaged phones so it's a fairly direct conflict of interest. Also "13.1 Apps that encourage users to use an Apple Device in a way that may cause damage to the device will be rejected"
Although, what you said about warranties makes sense...however honestly that hasn't kept friends of mine from deliberately breaking their phones just to get new ones.
Idiotic because you might destroy your phone? Or idiotic because the energy spent on this could have been used to build something that actually provided value?
It really bothers me that Apple banned an app like this. Just allow people to be idiotic. There's even a disclaimer after all... As for the app itself, cool! I'm glad somebody had the audacity to ship something as outrageous as this. I don't think it will get much of a following, but I suppose if you really don't care about your phone or you're really confident in catching this could be a cool, reckless waste of 10 m…
I hope they have a standing connection to the server during the throw and detect ... disconnects. That way, they could detect crashes and give approximate credit for the height. I don't want to throw my phone high into the air, watch it go to pieces and not even get a high score.
"Your phone soared 100 ft. before dying a soldier's death. New high score! Good luck about the phone though."
I hope they have a standing connection to the server during the throw and detect ... disconnects. That way, they could detect crashes and give approximate credit for the height. I don't want to throw my phone high into the air, watch it go to pieces and not even get a high score.
I'd think that would defeat the purpose of the "...and catch it!" step.
If anything, I'd want such an app to record video or perhaps fire the camera for a still the peak. I'm thinking that would a be huge plus to the idiotic entertainment potential, like a less inane Vine and a slight deterrent from the inevitable result spoofing.
Well, looking at the "World top 10" high scores (on app), the top one has a record of 43.16m. I cannot imagine why someone would threw a cellphone to this far. I wonder if there is a way to "hack" the accelerometer...