Apple iPhones have long garnered a reputation for the fluid and secure software as well as their impressive camera. Apple added one feature that has come to be a vital one for the models and that is a water-resistant build. The iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus models which were launched in 2016, were the first water-resistant iPhones released by Apple. Since then, we have heard amazing stories of how the waterproof build has come to the rescue in rather bizarre circumstances.
The latest of such stories is that of a British woman who accidentally dropped her phone in the Thames while feeding swans and after two months, she luckily stumbled on the phone in the river bed and it was still in prestine condition.
A woman who dropped her phone in the River Thames found it in the water two months later – and it still worked.
British Airways administrator Thayse Bussolo-Vieira, 29, was feeding the swans when her brand new iPhone 8 fell out of her pocket and into the river in early February. The loss was devastating as a result of the thousands of memorable photos inside the phone that she was yet to back up. According to the lady, she even contemplated jumping into the water but backtracked due to the inherent danger in doing so due to the high water level.
Luck smiled on Thayse two months later when she and her fiance were out on their daily permitted walk. They had walked to the spot in Staines-upon-Thames and were surprised to see the phone lying on the riverbed.
We recall a similar story of Erica Bennett who had dropped her iPhone in the Edisto River while she was out with family back in June 2018. The phone had spent 15 months inside the river before it was discovered by a YouTube star who was diving for treasures. Apart from “black erosion” hat had covered the body, the phone still worked perfectly after plugging it in a power source.
Thanks to the waterproof build, newer iPhone owners have nothing to worry about when it comes to water.
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