iPhone 7 survives two day 30-foot submergence, text at depth alerts diver
Thanks to the magic of waterproof cases, an iPhone 7 lost overboard during a vacation not only got a text message alerting a diver to its location, but kept 84 percent battery life through the ordeal.
A scuba diver this week was stunned to make a discovery on a dive off the coast of Dorset, England- a lost iPhone that lit up when a text came through.
According to The Daily Mirror,, and assorted other reports, diver Cerys Hearsey noticed something lighting up on the seabed roughly 30 feet down from the water. It was an iPhone, in a waterproof case receiving a text message.
Upon returning to the surface with her find, Hearsey scrolled through the contacts. The owner lives in Canada, but lost the phone on a kayaking expedition.
The cousin of the owner was determined to be Rob Smith, a UK resident. Hearsey returned it to Smith, and the iPhone is in the process of being returned to the owner through international mail.
The cousin, who thought the phone was lost for good after the two-day dunk not only is getting it back, but as a bonus got to be part of an international news story.
The phone is an iPhone 7, according to the Sun. While the make and model of the waterproof case is unknown, it certainly did its job in this instance. AppleInsider suggests that the case manufacturer contact Smith, as it appears the next ad copy for the case is already written.
Apple has reportedly worked on making iPhones and other devices that are themselves waterproof, with a patent approved last month for "Sealed accessories for electronic devices."
A scuba diver this week was stunned to make a discovery on a dive off the coast of Dorset, England- a lost iPhone that lit up when a text came through.
According to The Daily Mirror,, and assorted other reports, diver Cerys Hearsey noticed something lighting up on the seabed roughly 30 feet down from the water. It was an iPhone, in a waterproof case receiving a text message.
Upon returning to the surface with her find, Hearsey scrolled through the contacts. The owner lives in Canada, but lost the phone on a kayaking expedition.
The cousin of the owner was determined to be Rob Smith, a UK resident. Hearsey returned it to Smith, and the iPhone is in the process of being returned to the owner through international mail.
The cousin, who thought the phone was lost for good after the two-day dunk not only is getting it back, but as a bonus got to be part of an international news story.
Scuba diver found tourist's lost iPhone at the bottom of the sea... when it lit up https://t.co/X8bqevSPq2
-- The Sun (@TheSun)
The phone is an iPhone 7, according to the Sun. While the make and model of the waterproof case is unknown, it certainly did its job in this instance. AppleInsider suggests that the case manufacturer contact Smith, as it appears the next ad copy for the case is already written.
Apple has reportedly worked on making iPhones and other devices that are themselves waterproof, with a patent approved last month for "Sealed accessories for electronic devices."
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Upon seeing it had video of someone's wedding he made it a mission to find the original owner by posting an image from it on social media, and was successful.
https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-sarasota-manatee/venice/man-finds-gopro-in-gulf-of-mexico-hopes-to-reunite-it-with-owner-using-photo-taken-4-years-ago
This highly technical paper agrees with what I know (and I'm a EE):
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4934316/
The DoD has spent millions of dollars coming up with methods to communicate with submarines; they still have to poke an aerial above the waves to receive radio and/or satellite signals, even in this day and age. (most communications methods for submarines do not use radio.)
in reality, any notification (from a calendar alert, a reminder, or something internal to the phone) could have lit up the display. It would not have to be a text message or other kind of communication.
I'm actually surprised after two days of being immersed that the battery hadn't gone dead. The radios in the phone should have been *screaming* at full power trying to get signal, which tends to kill your battery. Try forgetting to enable airplane mode next time you fly-- your battery gets immolated pretty quickly.
Its a very muddy bottom, and I dove into the water to try to find it with no luck. "find iPhone" seemed to be working for about 30 minutes then it gave up. Within 30 minutes of loosing it, all calls to the phone went to voicemail.
so no - not even 7 feet in salt water.
We are talking about The Sun here....think National Enquirer
.radarthekat said:
"We invented that...see you in court."...Qualcomm