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Viral Video of the Day: iPhone 6 Plus Shot With a .50 Caliber Bullet

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The unveiling of a new Apple product always provokes outpourings of almost irrational excitement as well as equally disproportionate vitriol. Whether you’re a card-carrying Mac cultist or a vehement detractor, chances are you’ll still want to see what it looks like when an iPhone 6 Plus gets shot with a high-powered rifle.

In the few days since the iPhone 6 release, Richard Ryan—better known as RatedRR—has posted YouTube videos wherein he’s dropped the new iPhone into water, shredded it in a blender, and even shattered one frozen in liquid nitrogen. However, this slow-motion video of Ryan firing a .50 caliber bullet at the iPhone 6 Plus is his most skilled, and least efficient, means of destroying a piece of technology.

As if it needs to be said, do not try this at home.

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