Posted on 01/10/2024 2:33:36 AM PST by Red Badger
Could it be a hoax?......................
My experience is that, a phone is more durable if it lands flat than if it lands on a corner.
Maybe it hit branches that slowed its fall?
Or maybe it hit soft ground.
Everything has a terminal velocity and the terminal velocity of this phone may be sufficiently slow that it didn’t provide enough force to break the phone.
My wife’s phone broke in her back pocket when she bent down to do some gardening..........................
I think that’s what happened. The pics show it on a roadside path in some weeds and bushes, so it probably was slowed by the greenery.................
Everyone has been focused on the supposed survival of the phone, not the infinitely more bizarre luck of someone happening upon it.
And so soon after the incident.
Maybe it’s legit, but that was a red flag for me. That and the screen being open to the AA message.
Alright, boys and girls, let’s discuss physics and the differences in force between a corner of a phone landing on a hard tile bathroom floor and a phone landing in tall grass...
Or... It just happened to land flat when it hit.
I was wondering about the survival of the phones.
Find it strange of the location it was found, so soon with still a charge. Wouldn’t cold weather have depleted it sooner? or did falling 16,000 feet recharge it?
FRAGILE OR ROBUST? IPHONE ALLEGEDLY SURVIVES FALL FROM 16,000 FEET BUT YOURS WILL BREAK AFTER FALLING IN THE TOILET OR OFF A TABLE
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One had a very good case, the other had no case at all.
DING DING DING - We have a winner!
Alright, boys and girls, letâs discuss physics and the differences in force between a corner of a phone landing on a hard tile bathroom floor and a phone landing in tall grass...
We have a winner!
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Will Freepmail with the address to send the check
An iPhone without a CASE is just pre-cracked waiting to be post-cracked. Bad cases will permit corner cracking if the fall is from high enough, and face down on a sharp or hard pointed or elevated object, not a flat surface like the floor will crack the screen. Look at the depth of the raised side of your case to get an idea of its ability to protect the phone if it hits face down. The lower the ridge, the less protection.
The last time I purchased a brand, new phone, on the very first day, even as I was logged on to find the perfect protective case for it, I got off the toilet, and it slid out of the breast pocket of my shirt landed on the floor, only 3 feet away, and cracked the stupid face.
I couldnât believe it.
Like the writer, I usually handle my phone as if it were indeed a Faberge egg I just did not have the time to purchase the perfect case for it, which I usually do
Lesson learned
If I ever buy another iPhone in the future (or phone of any kind) I will treat it with the care I would use as if it were the smallpox virus, I would have a glove box, a door with positive ventilation, and a hazmat suit.
It wasnât that I canât live without the phone itâs just that the damn things cost so much to buy , if you buy one that has the storage and capability you need and it seems wasteful to break it so easily.
I did have my first iPhone 24 hours, it fell out of my shirt pocket onto the driveway and cracked the screen.
Every one I have owned since has had a protective cover. I wouldnât be without one. Gotta protect my investment, and I really need the phone, I have a lot of important contacts (doctors and pharmacy) to protect.
The company that made the protective case has to be upset that they aren’t getting the credit.
Apple planted the phone, then blew the door.
For the free advertising.
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