<https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/someone-found-iphone-fell-16-203253353.html>

Only problem was that the charging cord had broken off leaving the end
of the Lightning cord in the phone.

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sms <[email protected]> wrote:

Subject: iPhone Survives 16,000 Foot Drop Intact

sms is the third person to post this news item here in this newsgroup.
The other two were a whole day ago.

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On 1/9/2024 1:21 PM, Jolly Way wrote:

sms <[email protected]> wrote:

Subject: iPhone Survives 16,000 Foot Drop Intact

sms is the third person to post this news item here in this newsgroup.
The other two were a whole day ago.

Soaring, riding an updraft?

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On 1/9/2024 12:29 PM, News wrote:

Subject: iPhone Survives 16,000 Foot Drop Intact

sms is the third person to post this news item here in this newsgroup.
The other two were a whole day ago.

Soaring, riding an updraft?

Updrafts definitely help.
Even a pebble of hail the size of a BB survives a fall from the sky.

The reason is that the height it falls isn't what actually matters.
What matters only is the final velocity (usually terminal) & surface.

If people speak of the height - they don't understand what happened.
It's clickbait for those who think the distance matters the most.

Humans have survived falling 6 miles (taller than Mount Everest is). https://www.statista.com/chart/19708/known-occasions-where-people-survived-falls/

The reason any phone could survive that fall is the terminal velocity is
what matters in calm air (updrafts will help though) & what it fell onto.

The terminal velocity of a phone is about 40 mph (but it varies greatly). https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6813341/Terminal_Velocity_of_Phone__Rev3.0.pdf

Landing atop a big bush in six feet of reasonably packed new snow helped.

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On 1/9/2024 5:04 PM, Larry Wolff wrote:

On 1/9/2024 12:29 PM, News wrote:

Subject: iPhone Survives 16,000 Foot Drop Intact

sms is the third person to post this news item here in this newsgroup.
The other two were a whole day ago.

Soaring, riding an updraft?

Updrafts definitely help.
Even a pebble of hail the size of a BB survives a fall from the sky.

The reason is that the height it falls isn't what actually matters.
What matters only is the final velocity (usually terminal) & surface.

If people speak of the height - they don't understand what happened.
It's clickbait for those who think the distance matters the most.

Humans have survived falling 6 miles (taller than Mount Everest is). https://www.statista.com/chart/19708/known-occasions-where-people-survived-falls/

The reason any phone could survive that fall is the terminal velocity is
what matters in calm air (updrafts will help though) & what it fell onto.

The terminal velocity of a phone is about 40 mph (but it varies greatly). https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6813341/Terminal_Velocity_of_Phone__Rev3.0.pdf

Landing atop a big bush in six feet of reasonably packed new snow helped.

Doesn't explain the 24 hour delay in posting, but thanks for playing.

#WHOOSH

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Am 09.01.24 um 19:20 schrieb sms:

<https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/someone-found-iphone-fell-16-203253353.html>

Only problem was that the charging cord had broken off leaving the end
of the Lightning cord in the phone.

You are mentally handicapped.

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