TECH NEWS – Apple’s device can be called durable, even though it doesn’t look like it (an unfortunate throw on a bed can crack its display from just a few feet).

Electronic devices and water do not mix. Still, there are situations where we can be surprised. Such an example could be the story of Tom Adams: he dropped his iPhone into Snake River in Idaho in the United States on June 12. It wouldn’t be a dumb idea to think that the phone’s gone with no way of retrieving it in a functional state, but against all odds, the device managed to survive!

„Tom, who went to the river with his wife and friends, tipped his kayak near the Tilden Bridge Boat Ramp and lost his new phone, keys, fishing pole, and wallet in the swiftly moving current. Although Tom was wearing a lifejacket and managed to swim out of the river unharmed, he was discouraged by all the lost property,” a local report claims.

And yet, three days later, on June 15, he teamed up with the Bingham County Search and Rescue Dive Team to go back and look for his lost items. It turns out that the iPhone, ten feet under, was still functional, and the Sunday morning alarm was the thing that helped the team find the device that spent a weekend in the river!

„Despite the strong current and the days that had passed since Tom’s kayak tipped, Jack Lusk, one of the divers, found Tom’s iPhone and keys within 20 minutes of entering the water. “To all our amazement, [the phone] was still on!” Tom recalled. “It was still alarming from my Sunday morning wake-up call reminder.”,” the report continued.

We don’t know the model Adams used, but the newest iPhone has an IP68 rating (it can withstand up to 30 minutes underwater at six feet depth). The story is not necessarily a happy end, as the report did not mention his wallet, though.

Source: WCCFTech