iPhone Under Water 6 Months - Still Works - Uh, Except For The Sound

[SgtRock]

Greetings EEVBees:

--See below article from The Register.

http://www.reghardware.com/2012/10/11/six_months_in_lake_and_iphone_still_works/

--Personally, I generally prefer my phone to have sound, before I say it works.


"This 'telephone' has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us."

Western Union telegraph company memo, 1877.

Best Regards
Clear Ether

[poptones]

Apparently speaker failure in those things is common. I know someone who handles their support and she mentioned this jsut the other day.

By the same token, they are incredibly loud. Especially given such tiny speakers.

[firewalker]

Six months? Is this phone coated with an antifouling? It could be trapped in a thick mud pocket that protected it though. Or the lake was cold enough to prevent fouling, or a dead lake. But... He saw it an recovered it. TBH this story smells like a bad fish.

Alexander.

[tom66]

Reminds me of this...

[tom66]

If you want to see something quite surprising:

[AntiProtonBoy]

These phones are fairly well sealed. I wouldn't be surprised if an air pocket was trapped inside the chassis that protected the electronics.

[Achilles]

If you want to see something quite surprising:

Yepp, Toughbooks are great. A friend of mine used one for years when he went mapping in the Amazon. After work he just cleaned off the mud with a shower.
For workshops and tough environment really not a bad choice (and used, old ones, not that expensive anymore)

[Sionyn]

leo laporte water treated iphone didn't last a second