Nokia phone stops a bullet, saves a man's life

You know the memes and back in the days you just seemed to almost expect it from Nokia phones: the Nokia 3310 was built like a tank, after all, and it would not only stop a bullet, but survive all sorts of torture tests.

These days, Nokia-branded phones are quite rare. That, however, does not mean that they have lost their miraculous abilities.

A Nokia 301 just saved someone's life by stopping a bullet and preventing it from hitting its target. The man is said to be someone in Afghanistan and the event is reported to have happened just last week. __with all the exploding ultra-expensive flagships around that tend to have their displays shattered in pieces __with even milder falls, it's reassuring to know that a cheap phone from the past can be that tough.

A Nokia phone I worked on a few years ago saved the life of a man in Afghanistan last week.  The embedded bullet.... pic.twitter.com/O2zBxadkDO

— peter skillman (@peterskillman) October 5, 2016