A man from England named Owain Davies had an unusual experience: after he lost his iPhone at the bottom of the River Wye near the town of Cinderford in August 2021, I got it back after ten months and what is even more surprising: the device was working. BBC.
Davies, who was at a bachelorette party at the time, explained to the British broadcaster how the affair came to be. “I was in a two-person canoe and my partner probably shouldn’t have gotten up and it goes without saying that we fell to the ground,” he said. Still in the water, the skier realized that his cell phone was no longer in his back pocket.
The man returned home deserted because although the latest iPhone models offer IP68 water protection, this means: Immersion in fresh water up to 1.5 meters for up to 30 minutes. But it didn’t.
iPhone in the river: recovery
Miguel Pacheco of Drybrook village also found the iPhone while kayaking on the Wye River earlier this month and took it home. He dried the device using an air compressor and placed it in a ventilation cabinet. The next day, as soon as he plugged the device into the charger, he got a surprise: the screen showed a photo of a couple with an indication of August 2021accidental dive history.
Unable to believe what he saw, Pacheco decided to post the footage on Facebook, where it was shared by more than 4,000 people. Eventually, Davies and his fiancee, Fiona Gardner, recognized the couple’s photo and connected. At that time, Pacheco returns iPhone dry, clean and fully functional.
Source: Tec Mundo
