Hasta La Gadget!

Confession: I don’t have an iPhone. I don’t even have a smartphone. What I have is some piece-of-crap Samsung “feature” Phone. It’s called the Behave, or the Beyoncé, or something like that (I’d check the name, but then I’d have to touch it). I hate it. But I hated it even more when I got it, and here’s why:

This phone, and pretty much any other phone I have bought since phones started to get cameras in them, have plastic or rubber flaps stuffing up the charging holes, and often other ports, too. These need to be popped out, or dug out with a fingernail, every time you need to charge the phone. Then you need to somehow hold the thing open with one finger while you wrestle the (proprietary) charging plug into place.

The answer is, of course, to rip the cover off like the crusted scab it is, and toss it in the trash. One I did this I experienced the delight of of removing one tiny annoyance from the library of UI errors that make up the Samsung Beyoncé’s design.

“Wait,” you say. “Now your phone will get stuffed with fluff, like the belly-button of a flannel shirt fanatic.” To you I say “No!” I just peered into Beyoncé’s charging slot and it is fluff-free. It’s a little dusty, but so what? The charger slides in just fine. And to be clear, I keep this thing in lint-filled pockets and bags alongside keys and coins. The screen is scratched to hell and the back-plate is chipped back to the bare metal but the power-hole is completely clear.

But that’s just, like, my (vehemently held) opinion, man. There are many who would like to spend $10 on a tiny rubber bung to stuff-up their iPhone’s dock-connector port, and perhaps even the headphone jack (and why not. If you’re going to annoy yourself, why not do it properly?). For you, there is the iCorkz Combo Pack, an accessory that can bring frustration and anxiety of accidental loss to your everyday phone dealings. You’re welcome.

iCorkz Combo Pack product page [iCorkz via Oh Gizmo]

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