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iPhone lost in a river for 10 months reunited with owner, and it still works
https://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/iphone-lost-in-river-for-10-months-reunited-with-owner/iPhone lost in a river for 10 months reunited with owner, and it still works
By Trevor Mogg
June 26, 2022 8:15PM
Apple says that its most recent iPhones are built to handle up to 30 minutes in up to six meters of water.
So imagine Owain Davies’ surprise when he discovered that his own iPhone still worked after lying submerged in a river for 10 months.
Perhaps even more remarkable is that the phone was recovered and handed back to Davies, who had long given up hope of ever seeing it again after losing it on a canoeing trip in Gloucestershire, England, last summer.
Miguel Pacheco found Davies’ iPhone while out boating with his family. Sharing the remarkable story with the BBC, Pacheco said the phone looked in bad shape and so he was convinced it would never power up. However, thinking that it might have content on it that was important to the owner, he took the handset home, dried it out, and put it on charge.
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By Trevor Mogg
June 26, 2022 8:15PM
Apple says that its most recent iPhones are built to handle up to 30 minutes in up to six meters of water.
So imagine Owain Davies’ surprise when he discovered that his own iPhone still worked after lying submerged in a river for 10 months.
Perhaps even more remarkable is that the phone was recovered and handed back to Davies, who had long given up hope of ever seeing it again after losing it on a canoeing trip in Gloucestershire, England, last summer.
Miguel Pacheco found Davies’ iPhone while out boating with his family. Sharing the remarkable story with the BBC, Pacheco said the phone looked in bad shape and so he was convinced it would never power up. However, thinking that it might have content on it that was important to the owner, he took the handset home, dried it out, and put it on charge.
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