If somebody drops an Android phone or tablet from 13,500 feet, it will probably not drop smoothly to the ground. It will lag and stop up every 5 feet, replicating the choppy performance that it has when it is not in freefall.
Did anyone consider that the important part of this story is not that the iPhone still works or not, but that no one was hit by the phone? If this phone had hit a person, it most likely would have killed them or at least seriously injured them.
I wonder what would be on that person's gravestone had they been hit...
Did anyone consider that the important part of this story is not that the iPhone still works or not, but that no one was hit by the phone? If this phone had hit a person, it most likely would have killed them or at least seriously injured them.
I wonder what would be on that person's gravestone had they been hit...
Not hitting someone isn't news. Not that one should be dropping things on housing developments, but even there, the likelihood of hitting a person is small if you did, probably less than one in a thousand risk. If dropped on a sold-out stadium, then your chances are roughly 50%.
I'd probably call it a loss at that point, maybe he's not aware of the cost of parts. Yes, it still functions, but replacing the front display and the back glass is nearly $400 in parts. The frame is probably not straight anymore. The rear camera is probably junk. The main board and battery might have problems that won't manifest themselves right away. Somewhere, the tally of parts and labor easily exceeds the cost of a new unit.
Yeah, but I'd fix it regardless of cost, just because it fell 13,500 ft. and still worked! I mean, that's one hell of a story.
... When contacted for the report, Consumer Reports editor Mike Gikas quipped that McKinney had found a way to resolve the phone's reception problems, which caused a firestorm of controversy last year. Dropping the smartphone from a plane is "the proved method for fixing the antenna problem," Gikas joked. ....
Yet more evidence that Consumer Reports have devolved into nothing more than attention whores.
Sorry, I am not really impressed or surprised by this incident. This could be nothing more than a statistical anomaly. Drop around 1000 iPhone 4s and see how many of them survive. Then we will see if this incident is indicative of a solid design or just dumb luck.
Sorry, I am not really impressed or surprised by this incident. This could be nothing more than a statistical anomaly. Drop around 1000 iPhone 4s and see how many of them survive. Then we will see if this incident is indicative of a solid design or just dumb luck.
Oh boy...I can see the next PR stunt done by anyone wanting 15 minutes of fame... Anybody have $200,000 and a brand they want promoted?
"The device, which had been cracked once before after a tumble off a bathroom shelf"
i think this line is more indicative of the actual product for most users, or simply slipped out of hand to receive a broken screen which prevents it being called a smartphone.
Shame about the state of physics education on this forum. There'll be absolutely no difference between 13,500 feet and somewhere around 100-300 feet for a flat plate shaped object. Terminal velocity for the phone is much less than for a human, perhaps only 50 ft/sec or so.
Shame about the state of physics education on this forum. There'll be absolutely no difference between 13,500 feet and somewhere around 100-300 feet for a flat plate shaped object. Terminal velocity for the phone is much less than for a human, perhaps only 50 ft/sec or so.
^^this
from 13,500ft, after the initial acceleration surely the ipod will actually start slowing as it passes through the thicker soupy air of the lower atmosphere
a cube has drag coefficient of about 1.05, a rectangular slab like an iphone will have higher drag
falling end on (highly unlikely it'd do this), cross sectional area 0.00054m^2
gives terminal velocity a smidge under 56m/s at sea level
but it's not going to fall end-on
falling flat side down it'd have area more like 0.0068, giving just 16m/s
a brick has drag of 2.1, so split the difference and say Cd of 1.5 for an iphone (i'd guess that's too low), make the wild assumption that terminal velocity will be the average of end on and face on, and you get about 30m/s, or 98feet/s for the imperially denominated
which it'd reach in a few seconds, or a few hundred feet
i.e. the first 13,000 feet were just needless attention seeking
caution: as will be apparent, i am not an aerodynamicist
The reality Distortion Field Generators supplied with them have an anti-gravitational effect. That iPhone floated gently down but sadly brushed against a pebble, which caused the damage you see in the picture.
What is that saying again: people with glass phones shouldn't throw them at houses?
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Originally Posted by Dunks
Anyone want to fund me to develop a protective case that can use the iPhone accelerometer to detect a fall event and deploy a miniature parachute?
Short of deploying a life raft on detecting water intake, that would rank among the best 'there's an app for that' solutions.
Even if it brought up a contact list of your closest family members to call before certain death or the todo list of things you haven't done before you die.
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Originally Posted by djweisman
just another example of the problem that plagues iphones, dropped calls.
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Originally Posted by capoeira4u
Imagine the headlines if the iPhone had landed on someone's head.
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Just another example of the problem that plagues iPhones, dropped calls.
Best post of the month!
If somebody drops an Android phone or tablet from 13,500 feet, it will probably not drop smoothly to the ground. It will lag and stop up every 5 feet, replicating the choppy performance that it has when it is not in freefall.
2nd best post of the month!
Did anyone consider that the important part of this story is not that the iPhone still works or not, but that no one was hit by the phone? If this phone had hit a person, it most likely would have killed them or at least seriously injured them.
I wonder what would be on that person's gravestone had they been hit...
"Can you hear me now?"
Did anyone consider that the important part of this story is not that the iPhone still works or not, but that no one was hit by the phone? If this phone had hit a person, it most likely would have killed them or at least seriously injured them.
I wonder what would be on that person's gravestone had they been hit...
Not hitting someone isn't news. Not that one should be dropping things on housing developments, but even there, the likelihood of hitting a person is small if you did, probably less than one in a thousand risk. If dropped on a sold-out stadium, then your chances are roughly 50%.
Awesome.
Anyone want to fund me to develop a protective case that can use the iPhone accelerometer to detect a fall event and deploy a miniature parachute?
Sounds awesome! Then if I jump out a plane and leave the phone in my pocket I will have the parachute go off in my jeans!!! Superb!
I'd probably call it a loss at that point, maybe he's not aware of the cost of parts. Yes, it still functions, but replacing the front display and the back glass is nearly $400 in parts. The frame is probably not straight anymore. The rear camera is probably junk. The main board and battery might have problems that won't manifest themselves right away. Somewhere, the tally of parts and labor easily exceeds the cost of a new unit.
Yeah, but I'd fix it regardless of cost, just because it fell 13,500 ft. and still worked! I mean, that's one hell of a story.
... When contacted for the report, Consumer Reports editor Mike Gikas quipped that McKinney had found a way to resolve the phone's reception problems, which caused a firestorm of controversy last year. Dropping the smartphone from a plane is "the proved method for fixing the antenna problem," Gikas joked. ....
Yet more evidence that Consumer Reports have devolved into nothing more than attention whores.
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/iMa...orks,9673.html
Sorry, I am not really impressed or surprised by this incident. This could be nothing more than a statistical anomaly. Drop around 1000 iPhone 4s and see how many of them survive. Then we will see if this incident is indicative of a solid design or just dumb luck.
Oh boy...I can see the next PR stunt done by anyone wanting 15 minutes of fame... Anybody have $200,000 and a brand they want promoted?
Oh boy...I can see the next PR stunt done by anyone wanting 15 minutes of fame... Anybody have $200,000 and a brand they want promoted?
iCloud ?
i think this line is more indicative of the actual product for most users, or simply slipped out of hand to receive a broken screen which prevents it being called a smartphone.
herp derp.
"...and will survive being dropped from 13,500 feet"
Of course then someone will try it, and if it doesn't survive start a class action lawsuit
Shame about the state of physics education on this forum. There'll be absolutely no difference between 13,500 feet and somewhere around 100-300 feet for a flat plate shaped object. Terminal velocity for the phone is much less than for a human, perhaps only 50 ft/sec or so.
^^this
from 13,500ft, after the initial acceleration surely the ipod will actually start slowing as it passes through the thicker soupy air of the lower atmosphere
a cube has drag coefficient of about 1.05, a rectangular slab like an iphone will have higher drag
using http://www.calctool.org/CALC/eng/aerospace/terminal and iphone 4 weight and dimensions on apple's product page
mass 0.137 kg
falling end on (highly unlikely it'd do this), cross sectional area 0.00054m^2
gives terminal velocity a smidge under 56m/s at sea level
but it's not going to fall end-on
falling flat side down it'd have area more like 0.0068, giving just 16m/s
a brick has drag of 2.1, so split the difference and say Cd of 1.5 for an iphone (i'd guess that's too low), make the wild assumption that terminal velocity will be the average of end on and face on, and you get about 30m/s, or 98feet/s for the imperially denominated
which it'd reach in a few seconds, or a few hundred feet
i.e. the first 13,000 feet were just needless attention seeking
caution: as will be apparent, i am not an aerodynamicist
wow.... how was that not completely destroyed?
The reality Distortion Field Generators supplied with them have an anti-gravitational effect. That iPhone floated gently down but sadly brushed against a pebble, which caused the damage you see in the picture.
What is that saying again: people with glass phones shouldn't throw them at houses?
Anyone want to fund me to develop a protective case that can use the iPhone accelerometer to detect a fall event and deploy a miniature parachute?
Short of deploying a life raft on detecting water intake, that would rank among the best 'there's an app for that' solutions.
Even if it brought up a contact list of your closest family members to call before certain death or the todo list of things you haven't done before you die.
just another example of the problem that plagues iphones, dropped calls.
Imagine the headlines if the iPhone had landed on someone's head.
Lucky pedestrian receives free iPhone.