Apple iPhone models’ seeming versatility, ruggedness, and invincibility have been well-documented in recent years. From surviving underwater for an extended period to being used as a fishing line, via the Magsafe, the stories have been ramping up. The Apple iPhone remains a very wonderful and versatile device, with several of its potential capabilities yet to be fully explored.
Now, a report has come in that an iPhone X model was mistakenly dropped from an airplane flying at an altitude of about 11,000 feet (3.35km) and it survived the force of its impact on earth impressively. This could well be the harshest of accidental drop tests that the device will be put through, although the result is quite illuminating, further securing the place of the iPhone in terms of ruggedness. The news about this incidence was announced by the owner of the device in an aviator forum.
The pilot whose name was given as David was flying a DA40 small plane when the incident occurred. The DA40 has a large plexiglass canopy and small side windows which can be opened while airborne. Indeed, it was in the course of a flight from Colorado Springs to Atlanta, having had a refueling stopover at Branson, Massachusetts. An attached photo to the news showed that David was enthralled by a view of the unique billowing clouds, and decided to have some snapshots of the scenery below him, while at an altitude of 11,000 feet.
The aviator was a bit cautious in taking the photos, but ultimately, a gust of wind blew and altered the dynamics leading to the slipping off of the smartphone, an iPhone X, from his grip. He had lost hope of getting his phone, but one way or the other, he was lucky to locate the device on his Find My iPhone app and traced it. David made a trip back to Arkansas, and after some difficulties, was able to locate his smartphone. A search of a 10-meter radius of where the GPS tracked the phone finally yielded the device after more than an hour of trudging in the soybean field. The device was later found to be in great condition, apart from the battery that had gone flat.
The location where the device landed may have helped to prevent its dismemberment – on a soy dirt heap. Also, the phone was encased in an Otterbox Defender series case which may have helped cushion the effect of the fall to some extent. All the same, the survival of the device from that full is extremely remarkable.
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