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iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by masklinn »

paulddraper wrote: post #180
xivzgrev wrote: post #113

This isn’t surprising - there was a wired story about phones surviving from planes back in 2011 (1) The gist is that it’s a light object and due to that + broad shape, its terminal velocity is not very high. Coupled that with the mass and there’s not a lot of force on landing. Of course the phone itself is fragile so it might not take a lot of force to break. Still, as long as it lands on something soft it might be o…

Then why does my phone break when I drop it?

Surface, angle of contact, luck.

One of my phones made multiple falls onto asphalt and iron grates to no worse than superficial edge band scratches.

One day it flipped onto my desk from a few inches and that cracked the screen.

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Post by callalex »

ivan_gammel wrote: post #112
foota wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe they did this to help the phone find it's owner?

Posting it online to find owner is absolutely unnecessary. The phone could be returned to the owner by contacting the airline.

Or just ask the phone and it will tell you.

Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by ponector »

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #179
bmitc wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's not a huge leap of faith to assume they mean the phone as in the thing covered in glass and fragile touchscreen.

Even the screen with its tempered glass isn't as fragile as it might look.

If it wasn't fragile - people would not buy cases and protective glass for their phone.

Old plastic phones were indestructible. I still have somewhere nokia 3310. It just refuses to die, unlike many smartphones I had.

Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by bufio »

paulddraper wrote: post #180
xivzgrev wrote: post #113

This isn’t surprising - there was a wired story about phones surviving from planes back in 2011 (1) The gist is that it’s a light object and due to that + broad shape, its terminal velocity is not very high. Coupled that with the mass and there’s not a lot of force on landing. Of course the phone itself is fragile so it might not take a lot of force to break. Still, as long as it lands on something soft it might be o…

Then why does my phone break when I drop it?

Low LUCK attribute.

Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by HenryBemis »

mrandish wrote: post #144
xivzgrev wrote: post #113

This isn’t surprising - there was a wired story about phones surviving from planes back in 2011 (1) The gist is that it’s a light object and due to that + broad shape, its terminal velocity is not very high. Coupled that with the mass and there’s not a lot of force on landing. Of course the phone itself is fragile so it might not take a lot of force to break. Still, as long as it lands on something soft it might be o…

Yes, that and it also had a case and screen protector on it. Plus it landed on grass/dirt vs asphalt.

It landed on grass/dirt. On the photos on Twitter there seems to be some thick vegetation. Seeing the drops on the screen, if it has rained, then it would make the ground even softer.

If it would have landed on the asphalt, concrete, marble it would have looked very different!

Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by mths »

saiya-jin wrote: post #190
paulddraper wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then why does my phone break when I drop it?

No protection? I drop mine from time to time and never experienced any damage

I drop my iPhone 12 mini on the daily onto marble floor, asphalt and concrete .. sometimes it flings out of my hands with an arc to it. Slippery little thing, it is.

Only the edges are a bit scratched up.

Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by stingraycharles »

addandsubtract wrote: post #174
imgabe wrote: post #163

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's crazy to me that the phone hasn't locked automatically. Do people really walk around with their phones set to never lock and turn the screen off? Mine times out after 5 minutes.

The tweet said there was a broken off charging plug still in the phone. Maybe that kept it unlocked?

Unlikely, as plugging in a charger cable without electrical power has no effects on an iPhone.

Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by yread »

paulddraper wrote: post #180
xivzgrev wrote: post #113

This isn’t surprising - there was a wired story about phones surviving from planes back in 2011 (1) The gist is that it’s a light object and due to that + broad shape, its terminal velocity is not very high. Coupled that with the mass and there’s not a lot of force on landing. Of course the phone itself is fragile so it might not take a lot of force to break. Still, as long as it lands on something soft it might be o…

Then why does my phone break when I drop it?

you're holding it wrong

Re: iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail

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Post by justsomehnguy »

saiya-jin wrote: post #190
paulddraper wrote: post #180

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Then why does my phone break when I drop it?

No protection? I drop mine from time to time and never experienced any damage

That's just some luck.

I recently dropped mine by tagging by earphone wire and it landed on the top corner with a spectacular bang and cracked the whole screen.

Though it's the second phone I drop with consequences, after Ericsson A1018s.

Other people usually aren't that lucky.

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