“...terminal velocity is about 30 MPH”
But they ALWAYS land on the screen. Just like buttered toast hitting the floor.
I’d guess closer to 100 MPH, though. Still an amazing testament to Apple engineering.
Nope, no way its terminal velocity is 100 MPH.. not a chance in hell.
Human being’s terminal velocity is about 120 MPH.
Wind resistence on a tumbling Iphone which ways about 1/2 a lbs, with the surface area it has, no way on God’s green earth in free fall it got anywhere close to 100 MPH.
I am assuming its TUMBLING, which it almost certainly would be.
There is absolutely no way a 1/2 lb item with a suface area of an iphone tumbling and falling freely got anywhere near 100MPH.. Only time it would have been moving that fast was probably for a few seconds after it exited the plane and it bled off the velocity it inherited from the jet.
Not a chance in hell it fell to earth at anything close to 100MPH.
for reference, this is actual footage from a phone falling off a building... as you can see, its tumbling, which is what a phone would do in free fall... and no way its hitting 100MPH terminal velocity, no matter how far up it was dropped, wind resistance of something with the surface area of a smart phone and weighing around 1/2 a lbs isn’t going to get anywhere near 100 MPH
https://www.popsugar.com/tech/iphone-falls-from-skyscraper-37273652