The 15 Craziest Videos Of Apple Gadgets Getting Destroyed

There is beauty in destruction. Even more so when the object being destroyed is beautiful. Destruction is also entertaining. And if there's one thing people like it's to be entertained by beauty. It's no wonder, then, that hundreds of thousands of people last week watched a slow motion video of the new iPhone 4S being shot with a .50 cal sniper rifle. As far as smartphones go, it's one of, if not the, most beautiful of the bunch. And if you want to destroy something, a military-grade rifle is more than par for the course. This perverse joy seems to go for all Apple products. Do a quick search on the Net and you'll find a bevy of videos with people exploding, crushing, dropping, or shooting their beloved Apple gadget. We found the best 15. Enjoy.

If you've ever watched Diggnation, the online show starring Kevin Rose and Alex Albrecht, you know that Rose is the Apple fanboy and Albrecht is the PC advocate. In this old clip from the days when the two were still working on TechTV (now G4) you can see the seeds of Alex's hatred as he takes a baseball bat to a defenseless Powermac G4. Kevin Rose even attempts to jump in in defense of the Mac. We will say this though: That Powermac put up a hell of a fight.

Poor iMac. What crime could it have possibly committed to face such a cruel and unusual punishment?

When asked if the iPhone 4S is bulletproof at the beginning of this video, Siri responds, "No comment". She should have said "Hell no!" Even if it was, the sniper rifle loaded with .50 caliber armor piercing incendiary rounds, would still tear it apart. And it did. Watch in slow motion as the guys from RatedRR put a thumb-sized hole through the new iPhone.

There a lot of videos of people dropping their iPhone's from buildings, and there are a lot of videos of people running over their iPhones with a car. This video combines the two.

As a testament to the fact that people love seeing gadgets get destroyed, the guys at Blendtec have craeted an entire web series dedicated to exploring whether or not certain objects will blend. You're probably thinking to yourself, "how the hell did they fit an iPad into a blender?" Watch to find out.

According to this video, if you surround your iPhone with popcorn, it will self-detonate. Take that with as many grains of salt as you want.

Shot with a Phantom V210 camera at 7,000 frames-per-second, this video of an iPad 2 really makes you want to go outside and take a pistol your $500 tablet. Actually, no, it doesn't. But it's still cool to watch.

To be honest, if our school or job gave us one of the computers they were planning on throwing in the trash, we would also consider seeing in what way we could destroy it. Dropping it off a cliff, like this guy did, would be a viable option if we actually lived near a cliff. Living in NYC, the closest thing we could do would be to throw it down the steps at the 63rd St Station.

The MacBook Air is a marvel of engineering and design. Some call it the best laptop ever made. These guys didn't think so highly of Apple's ultraportable. Taking the laptop into their backyard like Old Yeller, they strap it with an explosive and let it rip. RIP.

The title sums up this video. We're not sure why the kid in the video is pretending he's straight out of a Tekken game, but he is. And he decides to practice his moves on his innocent MacBook.

There's nothing like a customer scorned. A disgruntled Apple consumer takes his frustration out on his latest (and last) iPhone by taking a 9MM handgun and letting off into its screen. But that wasn't enough, apparently, as he then took the phone and lit it on fire and watched it burn. #WhoHurtYou?

If we've learned anything from Geico, it's that the commercials for your product do not need to actually be about your product. Taking heed, the folks at FreeTaxUSA made this short online video with an iPad 2 being shot multiple times by a shotgun—you get the slug, the buckshots, slow motion and regular speed. Who needs a talking animal when you have guns and iPads?

If you've watched enough of these "Will It Blend?" episodes you should already know the answer. If you don't, well, just watch.

The people in this video claim their took a 65" magnifiying glass and fried their iPhone. If you ever killed slugs or ants using solar energy as a kid, you know how gratifying the feeling can be. We just have one question: Where the hell did these guys get a 5-foot magnifying glass from?

What do you get when you mix a Barrett M82A1 with .50 Cal rounds and aim it at an iPhone? Exactly what you think you'll get.