Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW YORK, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The 17-year-old Guinness World Record holder for text messaging topped his own record in New York using an iPhone 6 Plus. Marcel Fernandes Filho of Brazil used Syntellia's Fleksy keyboard app Nov. 7 to type the Guinness-required phrase -- "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a human" – in 17 seconds flat. Advertisement Filho's text topped his own world record by 1.19 seconds. A Guinness adjudicator was on hand to verify the record. His previous record, set in May, involved the same third-party keyboard app installed on a Samsung Galaxy S4 phone. The power-texting teen might want keep his chin up while messaging off the clock -- a recent paper suggests "text neck" is reaching epidemic proportions among smartphone users, and could lead to serious spinal injury later in life. Read More Man texted his probation officer to seek 'weed' 'Dorothy' app controls phone features with heel clicks These are the three best Android SMS replacements Cell phone lane created for texting pedestrians in Chinese city
