Posted on 11/22/2022 6:37:40 AM PST by dennisw
A UK paddleboarder redefined “life ring” after dropping her iPhone in the ocean, only for it to wash ashore in perfect working condition — an incredible 460 days later.
”I never thought I would have seen it again, or for it to be working,” Clare Atfield, 39, told SWNS. The miraculous saga occurred while she was paddleboarding — her standard morning routine — on August 4, 2021, off the coast of her hometown in Havant, Hampshire.
Disaster struck after the Brit fell off her board, whereupon her device disappeared into the water.
“I had been paddle boarding quite far out to sea but I fell off my board,” described Atfield, who always wore the device around her neck while paddling. “I got back on and kept going — but then realized I had lost my phone.”
The water woman added, “It was quite far out to sea, but it was inside one of those phone protection cases which came with my paddleboard, so it must have sank and just stayed there.”
At that point, Atfield became convinced that her device was gone for good. The Brit subsequently forgot about the phone until over a year later on November 7, when she was contacted by a local dog walker who claimed to have found it on the beach — not too far from where she’d originally lost the device.
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Executive Summary -— She took her iPhone out on the ocean and lost it.
Well built Chinese product.
Even better if made in the USA!!! Chuck Fina.
Well built Chinese product.
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assembled, not built - as most of it is built outside of Mainland China, troll.
It didn’t sink?
Some fish probably barfed it up.
Apple and slave labor go hand in hand.
Awesome sauce.
Executive Summary -— She took her iPhone out on the ocean and lost it.
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Updated Executive Summary -— She took her iPhone (encased inside a waterproof bag- a “dry bag”) out on the ocean and lost it...and it stayed dry...for 500 days under water.
Mybe the article should be about the effectiveness of dry bags?
...just a thought.
EVERY dry bag manufaturer’s marketing department should be reaching out to her to find out if it was their product and, if so, then offering her a paid sponsorship for her testiony.
Curious question...
Does ANYONE find it odd that the symbol for Apple is an apple with a bite out of it? Anyone?
“For God knows that when you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.”
When the woman saw that the fruit of the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eye, and also desirable for gaining wisdom, she took some and ate it. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her, and he ate it.
You forgot "Starbucks" : Apple 'n' Slave Labor 'n' Starbucks' — the Three Amigos.
Happens with guns all the time......................
They saved this detail for the end of the article.
Just wondering why the headline states 500 days & the article states 460 days ??
Apple and slave labor go hand in hand.
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Russians and real slaves go hand in hand
Yo, what’s the difference between a real slave and a slave?
Lulz. Pathetic.
Stand-up paddle boarding is not surfing.
Most days you might not even get wet - except your feet.
And if there is a problem you can call for help.
LOL!
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