Look how fit she got, just by using her iPhone as a dumbbell!

(Credit: DesirableBody)

Tired of flabby arms and weak wrists? Wish you had more to show for using your iPhone than just communication, entertainment, driving directions, restaurant recommendations, and casual hookups?

If only your iPhone looked like a dumbbell and was heavy like a dumbbell. Then, every time you picked it up, you’d be working out!

So goes the “logic” behind ToneFone, a product I swear I am not making up. Available through UK-based DesirableBody, the ToneFone is the “world’s heaviest iPhone case.”

No, really — that’s the tagline.

Designed to fit the iPhone 5 and 5S, the case is available in two versions: 1kg or 1.5kg (that’s 2.2 or 3.3 pounds in American dumbbell). It’s rubber-coated and constructed of “100 percent British steel.”

I’m at something of a loss for words right now (because I can’t stop laughing), so here’s a description straight from the ToneFone product page:

It’s simple: you get a text, you get fitter, your mum calls you, you get fitter, you check Facebook and you get fitter, even when you order a… [Read more]