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Found this pretty funny.
Senebi, has created a iPhone case, made out of brown rice and salt.
It costs $81, and as quooted: "is literally part food, part phone case … and great in an emergency when you are desperate for a snack" LOL
Also.. its sold out… -_-
http://www.cnn.com/2012/12/06/tech/mobile/edible-iphone-case/index.html

Yes, critics of the sometimes disposable nature of today's tech world, it's come to this. You can now eat your iPhone case.

The price of a crunchy treat that also (theoretically) protects your most precious of mobile gadgets? $81.

Made from brown rice and salt, the Survival Senbei Rice Cracker iPhone 5 Case "is literally part food, part phone case … and great in an emergency when you are desperate for a snack."

Oh, and about that theoretical protection: "Please be aware that due to its delicate nature, this case may become broken in the delivery or dispatch process," according to Japan Trend Shop, a site selling the case in the U.S.

Which raises the obvious question: Are these people serious? The answer: not really.

The site describes the cover, which is handmade and takes a month to deliver, as a tongue-in-cheek commentary on Japanese obsessions with food and consumer technology.

Its name also plays off of pop culture's recent fascination with post-apocalyptic tales like "Revolution" and "The Walking Dead." It may not save you from zombies, but at least you wouldn't starve while you were hiding from them. (And, yes, the Japanese share that fascination. Three words: zombie-themed restaurant).

So, funny joke … but would anybody actually pay for one?

Apparently so. As of Thursday, the site listed the cases as being sold out.

Wtf… :X

well, that certainly ins't hygienic and I doubt it would protect your phone very well.

If the iPhone6 turned out to be edible I would buy it!

From: masterBB
If the iPhone6 turned out to be edible I would buy it!

for 1000$ :DD

Next year we won't need cases or screen protectors anymore: http://www.examiner.com/article/samsung-flexible-cell-phones-on-the-horizon

And one of the videos showing those flexible phones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wlUYObeFqk&feature=plcp

dafuq? I can't begin to understand how these people get these ideas. It's not innovative, it's utterly pointless.

hahahaha
Just another way people can eat their money.

seems stupid. nuff said.

I have to admit, if I thought of that I'd have made it too. They get paid 81$ to mail you a possibly already broken rice cracker. It's pretty genius.

From: BMWxi
I have to admit, if I thought of that I'd have made it too. They get paid 81$ to mail you a possibly already broken rice cracker. It's pretty genius.

the question is…..Who buys this crap?

I wonder if it would survive a drop.

From: [PRO]metheus
I wonder if it would survive a drop.

Probably not, especially if the extra mass of the iPhone was on top.

I think, that the cases made up of Rice or whatever are a bit costly. $81 matters…..

But I think it is a nice try to replace plastic or polymer based Cases, as it is harmful to our environment.
BTW, if someone is looking for some cheap iPhone 5 Cases, then go here

From: CarsonMisek
I think, that the cases made up of Rice or whatever are a bit costly. $81 matters…..

But I think it is a nice try to replace plastic or polymer based Cases, as it is harmful to our environment.

Although iPhone cases use up a tiny amount of petroleum compared to driving a car places.

Although I don't see why people need cases for their phones at all.

:duh:
Why not just buy 50+ pounds of brown rice with 81$?
I don't understand the world anymore.

I can probably buy 3 bags 20kg of rice with that money – instead of that iphone case –

Does it expire lol?

They are all Chinese gold farmers farming dollars and pounds and whatever the currency of China is yen? I really don't know that currency

From: J J
And one of the videos showing those flexible phones:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wlUYObeFqk&feature=plcp

Nokia continues to make indestructible phones

From: Reveille
Nokia continues to make indestructible phones

I still use my Nokia 6600 as a back up phone…that phones been everywhere, dropped it in the toilet, dropped it in the sink, dropped it in the bath, dropped it down the steps of Highbury, dropped it down the steps of Emirates Stadium, dropped it down the steps of Wembley Stadium…INDESTRUCTIBLE! :f:

From: Mr[S]
I still use my Nokia 6600 as a back up phone…that phones been everywhere, dropped it in the toilet, dropped it in the sink, dropped it in the bath, dropped it down the steps of Highbury, dropped it down the steps of Emirates Stadium, dropped it down the steps of Wembley Stadium…INDESTRUCTIBLE! :f:

My dad had one come out of his pocket on a roller coaster. After they found it a few days later and mailed it to him, it still worked. Those phones are bricks. If there are two things that will survive the apocalypse its cockroaches and Nokia phones.

lol i cant believe this actually sold out, im sorry but it looks ugly and is not worth 81$ lmao

They look really ugly and a regular ricecracker would probably cost around ~$1

I just got my iPhone 5 today, so awesome so much easier to use than first thought

WTF is up with Japan?!?! In any event I would not want to eat anything that has been stuck to my cellular device for any amount of time.

Thank you for the news blurb all the same though!

From: Ashart1025
WTF is up with Japan?!?! In any event I would not want to eat anything that has been stuck to my cellular device for any amount of time.

Thank you for the news blurb all the same though!

Things are always strange in Japan lol

and no problem, I often browse news websites and check out these interesting reads :P