Some murder case suspect is under increased scrutiny after police found that he smashed his cell phone. They're suggesting that this proves he was trying to destroy evidence that might prove his guilt. But how do we know that's why he smashed the cell phone? I mean, it's not a land line, so maybe he smashed it out of frustration because it dropped too many calls, or the keypad is too small for him to type what he needs to, or the autocorrect has altered his message to something objectionable and then sent it against his wishes, and that got him in trouble with his wife or girlfriend (or boyfriend). Maybe it sent a love message to the wrong person in his contacts by accident, and that serves as "proof" that he's having a non-existent affair, and that cost him his marriage or relationship. Or maybe he accidentally butt-dialed something that got him charged some astronomical amount for some service he wasn't even aware of because the phone was still in his pocket. The possibilities are virtually endless with what could go wrong with a cell phone, specifically a smartphone, that would push someone to smash his cell phone. So a smashed cell phone really proves nothing. And in fact, this sort of scenario might make a great ad for a cell phone company!
So here's how this ad would work: Some guy is sitting in the police station arrested for murder, and we see a flashback to what got him there. So some murder victim was found near this guy's house, and then he is seen by neighbors in his back yard not only smashing his cell phone, but just completely destroying it with a hammer. And so when the police interview everyone, they find out about this smashed cell phone, and they arrest this guy on suspicion of murder because he knew the victim. And then we see a flashback to what actually happened to make the guy smash the phone in the first place, and it's a series of ridiculously frustrating things like getting no bars in his own home or workplace, sent text messages and emails being all screwed up and offensive stuff due to autocorrect and the tiny touch screen keypad that get him in trouble, constantly butt-dialing the phone when he thinks it's turned off, getting huge bills for things he didn't do on purpose with the phone, etc. And finally the guy just snaps at his house when he gets a call from his wife who's divorcing him due to some mistakenly sent autocorrected message she thought meant he was having an affair when he's not, and before he can explain, the phone drops the call, so she thinks he hung up on her on purpose, so she leaves a message telling him she's divorcing him and leaves no contact number, and he can't even call her cell phone to even leave a message because he has no bars all of a sudden no matter where he walks around and holds the phone throughout his house or his yard. And so he throws the phone down again and again, and goes into his back yard work shed to take a hammer to the thing. And then we see him back at the police station in handcuffs, and the announcer says: "Don't let this happen to you! Verizon drops fewer calls and covers more area than any other cellular company in America. So free yourself today with a reliable connection from Verizon!"
(This ad probably wouldn't get made due to the murder angle, which isn't exactly what a consumer cellular company might want to be seen as making light of. But the ad could be altered to have the guy arrested for disturbing the peace when he makes all kinds of noise and is seen throwing his cell phone all over the place in the street of some peaceful upscale cul-de-sac, and so his neighbors call the cops. And that would still work for the same message. Maybe it's not the same level of gravity to be arrested for that, but it would still get the message across and be a fun comedy-of-errors scenario to watch.)
