Are you one of those iPhone 4 users who has a shattered glass back because it fell off your desk or out of your pocket? Maybe you haven’t got around to replacing it yet. Kinda sucks right? I imagine your phone still worked after falling only a few feet, but it turns out that the iPhone 4 will still work after a fall from 13,500 feet.
CNN reported that Jarrod McKinney, while skydiving, forgot to zip up the pocket of his pants with his iPhone 4 before jumping out of the plane. He realized the phone was missing when he tried to take a video of his wife skydiving from the ground. The skydiving instructor, as a joke, decided to try and call the phone and it went through.  The phone landed on top of a building about half of a mile from where McKinney landed – I imagine they used ‘Find My iPhone‘.
The touchscreen is shattered as well as the back, so the only way for McKinney to use the phone is with a Bluetooth headset. He does intend to get it fixed though.
I wish the video was recording to see what that looked like. Any similar stories you care to share?
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I once traveled back in time to the cretaceous with dinosaurs and my iPhone 4 fell out of my pocket too and when I came back to the present I checked the same place I was when I was back in time and my iPhone was still there only thing was a scratch on the camera lense from a T-Rex or volosoraptor I believe and it still worked
I once traveled back in time to the cretaceous with dinosaurs and my iPhone 4 fell out of my pocket too and when I came back to the present I checked the same place I was when I was back in time and my iPhone was still there only thing was a scratch on the camera lense from a T-Rex or volosoraptor I believe and it still worked
That’s what the back of my iPhone 4 looked like when I dropped it–from 3 feet.Â
That’s what the back of my iPhone 4 looked like when I dropped it–from 3 feet.Â
That’s what the back of my iPhone 4 looked like when I dropped it–from 3 feet.Â
That’s what the back of my iPhone 4 looked like when I dropped it–from 3 feet.Â
That’s what the back of my iPhone 4 looked like when I dropped it–from 3 feet.Â
That’s what the back of my iPhone 4 looked like when I dropped it–from 3 feet.Â
That’s what the back of my iPhone 4 looked like when I dropped it–from 3 feet.Â
doesnt look like it survived to me
doesnt look like it survived to me
this isn’t news.. if the iPhone can survive a fall at terminal velocity, then it can survive a fall at any height above that which it fell from with terminal velocity.Â
lol jk, thats cool
this isn’t news.. if the iPhone can survive a fall at terminal velocity, then it can survive a fall at any height above that which it fell from with terminal velocity.Â
lol jk, thats cool
this isn’t news.. if the iPhone can survive a fall at terminal velocity, then it can survive a fall at any height above that which it fell from with terminal velocity.Â
lol jk, thats cool
this isn’t news.. if the iPhone can survive a fall at terminal velocity, then it can survive a fall at any height above that which it fell from with terminal velocity.Â
lol jk, thats cool
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I think it depends on what angle it landed. I dropped mmine once when I was going to put it back to my pouch on the belt and landed on a stone tile. No scratch except a 1 mm noticeable den at the bottom corner of the front glass.
I think it depends on what angle it landed. I dropped mmine once when I was going to put it back to my pouch on the belt and landed on a stone tile. No scratch except a 1 mm noticeable den at the bottom corner of the front glass.
I think it depends on what angle it landed. I dropped mmine once when I was going to put it back to my pouch on the belt and landed on a stone tile. No scratch except a 1 mm noticeable den at the bottom corner of the front glass.
So much WIN written all over this article…. And apple gets free PR.
So much WIN written all over this article…. And apple gets free PR.