The Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone has a new use beyond its traditional phone functions, texting, talking photos, and playing music. Like a bullet-proof vest, an iPhone is protection against gun wielding criminals, at least in one case. An armed robber shot at a student in Fresno, California. His iPhone saved him

According to The Fresno Bee:

A Fresno State student is lucky to be uninjured after an armed robbery near the campus in which a gunshot fired by the thief was blocked by the victim’s iPhone, police said.

Fresno police Lt. Joe Gomez said officers responded to a 911 call at Campus Edge Apartments on Bulldog Lane around 11 p.m. Monday. Detectives located the victim, who told them he had been walking home and nearly reached his front door when a man approached him from behind.

The man said something the victim didn’t understand and pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at him, then reached for the student’s laptop bag, Gomez said. The robber fired one shot, which shattered the iPhone in the victim’s pants pocket.

For anyone interested in capturing the shooter, the paper also gave a description.

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With the launch of the new iPhone, which may be called the iPhone 6S, Apple needs all the help it can get in terms of adding new features. Investors are concerned the smartphone will not include enough technology advances to lure new buyers, or people who want to upgrade from earlier versions of the iPhone. The bullet stopping feature may be just the trick.

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