When he lost his iPhone in a river in England last summer, this man thought he was lost forever. Ten months later, an individual discovered it at the bottom of the water and tried to make it work…
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It’s not uncommon to drop your phone in water. In a swimming pool, in a puddle, or more stupidly in a glass or in the toilet bowl. This is the reason why many models are waterproof. In the case of theiPhonedepending on the model, it can be IP67 or IP68 certified, and can withstand immersion for 30 minutes at a depth of up to six meters for the most recent ones.
However, a story that arrived in England this month shows that they can sometimes survive much longer. Miguel Pacheco was canoeing on the River Wye, which runs along the border with Wales. During a break he saw something in the water. He managed to retrieve it, and discovered that it was an iPhone covered in mud. Thinking he was done for, he used a compressor anyway.air to try to dry it, then left it warm overnight.
The iPhone had been lying at the bottom of the river since August
To his surprise, the next morning he was able to charge it and then turn it on. The screensaver showed a photo of a couple and the date of Friday, August 13, 2021, when the smartphone was lost. He shared the photo on Facebook to try to find the owner, and it was friends of the couple who recognized him.
The Iphone in question belongs to Owain Davies, who lives in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had gone last summer to the town of Cinderford for a bachelor party. He was in a two-man canoe, the iPhone in his back pocket, when his teammate tried to stand up, overturning the canoe and knocking them both into the water. He immediately realized that the Iphone had fallen and thought him lost forever. He admitted to being very surprised that someone had found it, and even more that it was still in working order. He is now waiting for his postman to bring him the package, hoping that it does not get lost on the way…
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