{"id":6121,"date":"2015-07-21T12:22:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gazelle.com\/thehorn\/?p=6121"},"modified":"2015-07-21T12:22:27","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T16:22:27","slug":"stories-unprotected-text-sweepstakes-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gazelle.com\/thehorn\/2015\/07\/21\/stories-unprotected-text-sweepstakes-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Stories of Unprotected Text: Sweepstakes Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

Unprotected Text: the risky repercussion of breaking your smartphone screen.<\/p>\n

Since launching Gazelle\u2019s sweepstakes to end unprotected text<\/a>, we’ve\u00a0received\u00a0nearly 1,000\u00a0first-hand accounts, bringing to life the costly hazard that looms over all smartphone users.<\/p>\n

Eight lucky winners won an iPhone or iPad, courtesy of Gazelle\u2019s store<\/a>. These are their stories.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Kristine R. (Columbus, OH)\n

    <\/strong>I went out to the bar and when I was dropped off home, I also dropped my phone out of my purse. The next morning I awoke to finding it in the middle of the street, run over by at least 25 cars.<\/p>\n

    <\/em><\/li>\n

  2. Eddie G. (Vincennes, IN)\n

    <\/strong>I had the screen facing “out” inside my pocket \u2013 at Walmart and a cart rammed into me. \u2018Oh no,\u2019 I thought. \u2018Oh yes, it happened.\u2019 I was able to receive calls and texts. Luckily, I was able to get a replacement fast. NOW I will buy a screen protector.<\/p>\n

    <\/em><\/li>\n

  3. Mary P. (Cleveland, TX)\n

    <\/strong>My husband knocked my phone off the nightstand and stepped on it.<\/p>\n

    <\/em><\/li>\n

  4. Paul B. (Frazier Park, CA)\n

    <\/strong>I broke my wife\u2019s iPad by accident. I didn’t know she had it under a stack of papers and I put my toolbox on the papers and shattered the screen.<\/p>\n

    <\/em><\/li>\n

  5. Xavier M. (Atkinson, NH)\n

    <\/strong>I dropped my phone on the pavement getting out of the car, shattering the glass. It was too expensive to replace the phone.<\/p>\n

    <\/em><\/li>\n

  6. Anjalene W. (Rockville, MD)\n

    <\/strong>I forgot that I had put it in my backpack. I added some books and the screen snapped like a twig.<\/p>\n

    <\/em><\/li>\n

  7. Vanessa R. (Tucson, AZ)\n

    <\/strong>My phone fell out of the car and I had to keep using it because it is too hard to go without a phone! New phones are too expensive, so you have to wait until your two years is up.<\/p>\n

    <\/em><\/li>\n

  8. Kailyn N. (Walker, LA)\n

    <\/strong>I was shoe shopping for homecoming with a perfectly good phone (iPhone 5c). I dropped it one time and shattered the entire thing, so I had to keep it like that, even though when I talked on the phone, it cut my face and left glass in my fingers. I couldn’t afford to get it fixed, and that’s why I need a new phone so I can stop getting hurt.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Unprotected Text: the risky repercussion of breaking your smartphone screen. Since launching Gazelle\u2019s sweepstakes to end unprotected text, we’ve received nearly 1,000 first-hand accounts. 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