iPhone spends 7 hours at the bottom of the sea and starts working again
The water resistance available in many cell phones is often unpredictable, and may work in some cases and not in others. For the owner of an iPhone that fell overboard during a paddleboarding session in the UK, this protection proved to be effective.
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| iPhone spends 7 hours at the bottom of the sea and starts working again |
In a post that went viral on Reddit on Monday (18), user “VAN_DOOM” said he lost his smartphone after five minutes of paddleboarding in the English Channel, on the British coast. About seven hours after the incident, the phone started working again, at the bottom of the sea, and had the signal picked up by the Find iPhone tool .
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| iPhone spends 7 hours at the bottom of the sea and starts working again |
The internet user says that it was possible to rescue the device after the location provided by the Apple app (see the image below), but does not provide further details on how this action occurred. Apparently, the phone was located off the coast of Brighton, England.
In the post, it is also informed that the cell phone rescued from the sea floor has “no damage”, even though it was submerged for several hours. The netizen also did not comment on which model of iPhone was used when the device sank in the English Channel.
Brazilian was not so lucky
Unlike the iPhone recovered at the bottom of the sea in the UK, which returned to work, a Brazilian whose smartphone came into contact with water was not so lucky. As FolhaMax reported , the iPhone XR of a resident of Cuiabá (MT) stopped working after the device received “water splashes”.
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With the warranty still in effect, the owner sued Apple, who refused to repair the phone, claiming that the screen defects were not repairable. Faced with the denial, he filed a lawsuit against the manufacturer and emerged victorious, entitled to receive compensation of R$ 9.6 thousand for moral and material damages - the decision is still subject to appeal.
