So, Fred,
You're saying that he struck the almost unbreakable phone because it was 
malfunctioning?  ( Trying to read between the lines. )
D. Trebor
> From: derf <derf247@gmail.com>
>
> Why else would you strike your phone with a hammer?  It probably
> wouldn't help with reception.
> 
> The phone was struck out of frustration.  He was trying to break it.
> The point is: the Nokia phone was very hard to break.  From that I
> generalize: Nokia phones are very tough, some other phones are much
> more fragile.
 
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