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The phones are trackable via gps
Not in airplane mode, though.
A lot of things went into my head: * The iPhone owner didn't put a password/passcode? * Damn, he paid Alaska $70 for baggage fee? * Now we know an iPhone will survive falling from the sky
Given the circumstances Alaska should refund the baggage fee
I remember when you couldn't drop an iPhone four feet and have it survive. This one fell several thousand and the screen didn't even crack!
It is strange two phones have been found, but not the door. Most of the Cedar Hills/Beaverton area is houses and shops with sporadic green spaces that aren’t that large in comparison. It is possible the door fell into a green space, but the odds are it did not. I imagine it is in someone’s backyard, but it is January in rainy Oregon. People aren’t doing yard work right now. I wouldn’t be surprised if it isn’t found u…
The phones are trackable via gps
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Not in airplane mode, though.
I actually wondered about this. My iPhone can be located even when turned off, so long as I haven't deactivated that functionality at shutdown (has to be done each time). Is an iPhone in airplane mode really less trackable than an iPhone that is turned off?
this raises the question; what do people do with their iPhones to crack the screen? terminal velocity is not enough speed it seems.
I would've preferred that the identifying information of the person had been edited out. The phone's owner experienced a traumatic incident. Which furthermore is under investigation. Posting some kind of photo feels OK, however, since finding the phone is arguably newsworthy. And the Twitter poster says that it was open to that email, suggesting that they didn't go snooping through the phone. A little privacy redacti…
Me too. But this is a faux pas at worst.