Damn! Apple has better QC than Boeing! Apple should seriously think about getting into the Aeroplane Manufacturing business; its there for their taking :-)
Remains to be seen if the door landed unlocked as well. /s
iPhone that fell from hole in Alaska 737 MAX flight is found, still open to Mail
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#242Earlier quoted context omitted.
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.
a ripped cable might sort pins which might confused that logic. it's probably in connected mode but showing something like insufficient amps.
simpler explanation, it's 2023 apple code...
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I am technical, and I have no phone security (screen lock). I am sure that professional hackers can more easily steal my credentials remotely (phishing, etc) than from physical possession of my phone. That said, I understand why most people want to use a phone screen lock. I am sure this post will be downvoted.
You're betting on the fact that there will never be an event where a malicious party comes in contact with your phone. Which might very likely be the case, but it's not a non-existent risk. A phone screen lock is a low friction, low cost solution for mitigating that small but impactful risk.
> You're betting on the fact that there will never be an event where a malicious party comes in contact with your phone.
For example, you might take a flight, the plane break in flight and your phone is sucked out, falls on the ground and a stranger finds it.
Don't tell me I'm paranoid and that this scenario is not realistic.
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There's no way it's 20-40 mph. They're dense enough for much higher velocities.
~25mph assuming a Cd of 2.1 (a smooth brick is the closest I could find) a mass of 0.194Kg and a surface area of 0.01142313m^2 (75.6mm x 150.9mm). Of course that assumes it’s falling facing its largest surface, and not tumbling or a falling edge first. Obviously that is trickier to calculate, but 20-40mph doesn’t seem that unreasonable. Edit: it takes ~3 seconds to reach 99% terminal velocity.
This feels like calculating a "spherical horse in a vacuum", except with drag this time.
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Confirmed on wolframalpha. Terminal velocity is about 9mph https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=terminal+velocity+of+an...
1.28sqm projected surface area? That's a very a big iphone.
>a very a big iphone.
putting mildly, still it's lovely to see the mix the input of imperial and metric units.
the 'fluid' density is quite wrong as well. 1.29 kg/m^3 -> almost 777 times lighter than water, it's similar to air. By its dimension iphone 15 should be around twice heavier than water.
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Same here. I get irritated when I see people put down their phone without locking it, only to realize theirs will auto-lock. That said, from now on I'll probably have auto-lock turned on when flying.
If your phone unexpectedly ends up on the ground in the middle of a flight, auto-lock is the least of your problems.
Possibly, given people are (to some level of course) basically fine, having someone walk off with your phone unlocked could have pretty annoying consequences at a time when you'd really rather not deal with them
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When I use my phone for navigation it doesn't lock itself. I've observed this behaviour on iOS and Android.
iOS kinda keeps the map open outside the lock (at least with Apple Maps). Everything else locks behind it. At least on mine.
The behavior I know is that (both iOS and Android) will open the map in foreground even when locked (for example by being turned off and on again via the power button), but it will never go to stand by and lock by itself as long as navigation is open.
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#248I 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…
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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.
I disable auto-lock. The primary reason for this is that I’m extremely intentional about using my phone. If I have some content open, I don’t want the screen turning off. This is an atypical choice, but I always lock when I’m done and don’t encounter any issues from this choice.
This seems crazy, from a security point of view, even just basic level, like my kids walking off with it
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#250What if it fell on someone's head? Would they have survived?
Reminder: meteors fall everyday on earth.