Posted on 09/25/2019 11:00:37 AM PDT by Red Badger
Sept. 25 (UPI) -- An iPhone lost in a South Carolina river was found underwater 15 months later and still functions thanks to a waterproof case.
Erica Bennett said she and her family were on a river float tour with Edisto River Adventures in June 2018 when her phone fell overboard.
"We got done with the river float and gathered all of our belongings up and it just fell and we didn't notice it fell into the water," Bennett told WCIV-TV.
Bennett said her husband, Jason, searched for the iPhone underwater, but was unable to find it.
She said she thought the phone, which had treasured text messages from her late father, was gone forever.
YouTuber Michael "Nugget Noggin Bennett was diving in the Edisto River 15 months later when he found the iPhone at the bottom of the water.
"I came across something that looked kind of like a rope maybe attached to car keys, and when I pulled it up, I saw a phone inside of a waterproof case, and I'm like no way this is unbelievable," the diver said.
Michael Bennett said he took the phone out of the case and hooked it up to a charger, and to his surprise it started up.
He was able to contact the phone's owner and return it to her.
Erica Bennett said the iPhone's screen is dimmer than it was before, but it is otherwise in good working condition.
Ping!...................
So do we credit the iPhone, or do we credit the waterproof case?
A little bit of both!.................
So, it’s the case that gets the credit.. Could have been any phone.
I pulled one out of a toilet after two days.
It rang while I was lifting the toilet off the flange too.
Stuck up in the trap-way.
Reminds me of some old Timex commercials.
So...did the NSA, FBI, CIA and DOJ surveil and uncover any subversive fish talk?
So, it’s the case that gets the credit.. Could have been any phone.
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The case should get the credit, but the headline doesn’t state it that way.
Whoa...”Takes a lickin’ and keeps on tickin’”
Haven’t thought of that in maybe 40 or 50 years. Sure pulled that out of some dusty, dark, cobweb covered recess of my brain!
Be a real bitch if he dropped it and backed over it accidentally.........LOL!
A friend of mine lost his iPhone 5 in a snow drift in his back yard in freezing temps and didn’t find it until 24 hours later. It turned right on and had no problems. Not in a case.
A friend of mine lost his iPhone 5 in a snow drift in his back yard in freezing temps and didn’t find it until 24 hours later. It turned right on and had no problems. Not in a case.
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The cold temps kept the snow from melting and harming the phone. The snow also kept the temps from going much below 32.
Not that impressive.
Of course, I knew you would say that. But it also was in the drift during the daylight hours as the temps rose. And snow was starting to melt. He lost it late at night when the temps had gone way down. The next day no. It WAS impressive. You wouldn’t have wanted it to be your lost phone in snow. But anything to hate an Apple product, I realize that is your right.
John Cameron Swayze for Timex!
Pfft..
I TWICE (within the year) forgot to take out my SANDISK HARD DRIVE from my jean pockets and TWICE it survived being washed in the washing machine.
I still use it today, works and no loss of documents.
Androids need to develop an indestructible glass so mine won’t break when I drop it on the concrete.
maybe it was dry water-
To funny! I actually have no need to be triggered to hate on Apple Products. I'm in a constant state of iProduct hate simply for the commie pinko beliefs of the founders! Well, plus all of the hype and the over charging for name recognition.
Obviously, you did provide me the trigger this time... ;^)
Excuse me, did I address you on any subject? I don’t believe I did. So you have inserted yourself for the sole purpose to clap me. Hope it feels good. You newbie FR people are ruining this once very good forum.
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