30 ft under ocean for 48 hours, this smartphone was still going on

In an unprecedented incident, Apple’s iPhone 7 managed to survive underwater for a full 48 hours and interestingly came out without any damage to its hardware or any sort of issue. What’s even more shocking is that the iPhone had more than 80 percent charge and managed to remain on for two full days.

A scuba diver found the phone 30 ft. below the ocean and to her surprise it was an iPhone 7 which was in a waterproof case. A text message which made the screen of the smartphone glow up and was eventually found by her.

Cerys said “I saw the phone lying on the bottom of the seabed as it received a message and lit up, I picked it up and returned to the land where I cut it out of its case as it was starting to get a bit of water inside. I then looked up the numbers and got in touch with the owner’s family.”

The owner dropped the iPhone accidentally while kayaking, iPhone 7 has an IP 67 water resistance rating which allows the smartphone to be submerged under for 30 minutes at up to 1 meter of depth.

 

 

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