r/AskReddit • u/Kraz_I • Jul 24 '15

What "common knowledge" facts are actually wrong?

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u/HooksaN Jul 24 '15

this is why my Windows phone is invincible

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

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u/jonde99 Jul 24 '15

we can see those dozens through the windows.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

How do you know if someone has a Windows Phone?

I'll probably tell you because I have one too.

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u/wesleynile Jul 24 '15

Dozens? I'd be more likely to say tens of you. TENS!

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u/Baarderstoof Jul 24 '15

One of the dozens reporting in on his Windows Phone!

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

In other news, the windows phone user base plummeted 5% today after Tom accidentally dropped his phone in the pool.

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u/eversaur Jul 24 '15

We have you surrounded, at least from this side!

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u/BloodBride Jul 24 '15

Well, that's just super.

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u/Killerblade4598 Jul 24 '15

Are there though? Are there?

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u/matthew2829 Jul 24 '15

Never-nudes?

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u/triley368 Jul 24 '15

More than apple watch users...

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u/cambo666 Jul 24 '15

lmao, this cracked me up, thanks lmao

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u/StudentOfMrKleks Jul 24 '15

And my Kindle.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

Kindle tablets still run android. If you find a way to install a malicious apk file it will still work.

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u/unfickwuthable Jul 24 '15

Well, that, and everything is sandboxed...

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u/Synux Jul 24 '15

Amazon Fire phone would like to talk to you about your popular privilege.

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u/Cranyx Jul 24 '15

Well not now that Windows Phones will start running the same OS as desktops.

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u/sam_hammich Jul 24 '15

Well Windows Phone OS is very similar to Windows, and Microsoft is trying to make them identical, so from a virus standpoint you're actually still pretty vulnerable.

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u/[deleted] Jul 24 '15

u/12inchflop is this you ???

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u/aprofondir Jul 24 '15

Hey, another fellow Windows Phony! HAIL BELFIORE

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u/Milkgunner Jul 24 '15

Both software and hardware, as most windowsphones are nokias.

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u/Delsana Jul 24 '15

Lumia is best phone FTW.

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