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#288784 23-Jul-2021 07:17

I'm not a big Apple fan (mainly the OS), but do like the hardware as such. And an incident yesterday confirmed it for me some more.......

One of the staff comes in and asks if we have a spare phone as his one (iPhone 11) isn't available. We tell him that's fine, but will need his SIM to put in the phone......

"Oh, that could be a problem"

"Did you leave it at home ?"

"No, its here.... kinda."

"??"

"Its at the bottom of the marina"

We crack up at the sad look on his face...... he had been replacing some equipment on one of the boats and put his phone down on the side, and accidentally knocked it off.

He had called for a diver to see if they can recover it but they wouldn't be available for another 3 hours.

Later that afternoon, he has his phone is hand - still working after 4 hours in salt water. :)

Did advise he makes a backup while its going..... he's not sure if he'll trust it long term to keep running ;)

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#2748510 23-Jul-2021 07:21

it's not waterproof, there will likely have been water ingress but it all depends on the current. strong waves = 100% bad. calm water most probably ok depending on the seal quality. i'd tested this before checking out my applecare. also samsung s10 ultra = fail. ingress within few inches of calm water.

advice - change phones asap.

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#2748534 23-Jul-2021 08:21

I went for a swim in a pool and forgot that I had my iPhone 3GS in my pocket.
It would have been under water for about 5 minutes before I realised.
Was still working fine almost a year later when I sold it. (I did tell them it went for a swim)

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#2748542 23-Jul-2021 08:46

How deep was the water? If it was only two or three metres then it's probably within the design limits of that particular model.

Hopefully he rinsed it with fresh water afterwards.

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#2748545 23-Jul-2021 08:52

There have been quite a few news stories in recent years about iPhones sitting at the bottom of lakes and rivers etc for extended periods - and still working after the ordeal.

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#2748577 23-Jul-2021 09:28

I think despite the advertised water resistance of 2m for 30 min or whatever the claim is, they build these things to be far more tolerant than that - it's probably a way of avoiding litigation in the States.

There's so many stories of recovered iPhones from lakes etc that still work after a wash and charge.

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#2748648 23-Jul-2021 09:56

About 4m of water.

Staff member just come in this minute.... his phone wont hold a charge and crackles on calls. So dont think it has totally survived its ordeal in the end, but at least its allowed him to perform a backup, and thats probably one of the more important things to people these days, is the data, not the device :)

Guess I'll need to find him another phone until we sort this one out........ :)

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#2748680 23-Jul-2021 12:08

xpd:

"Its at the bottom of the marina"

That Marina has claimed many phones, and has embarrassed many people. Remind me to tell you about my friend Debbie and Helen Clark oneday at that marina.

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#2748683 23-Jul-2021 12:20

Sounddude:

xpd:

"Its at the bottom of the marina"

That Marina has claimed many phones, and has embarrassed many people. Remind me to tell you about my friend Debbie and Helen Clark oneday at that marina.

LOL not sure if the diver found any others while down there or any bodies ;)

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#2748685 23-Jul-2021 12:24

Yup stories of iphones surviving lake dives and whatnot. Also stories of iphones not surviving taking calls in light rain, or humidity of peoples pockets, or wipe downs during early days of covid.

It’s the latter one that miffs people when they try to get it replaced and Apple pulls the ‘not covered due to liquid damage’ card on models that have the 2m for 30min advertised everywhere.

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#2748731 23-Jul-2021 14:19

Sounddude:

That Marina has claimed many phones, and has embarrassed many people. Remind me to tell you about my friend Debbie and Helen Clark oneday at that marina.

what about Debbie and Helen Clark?

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#2748760 23-Jul-2021 15:00

Batman:

what about Debbie and Helen Clark?

haha.

Poor Debbie was on official business, all dressed up in her uniform about to meet Helen. She decided to go shake Helens hand and cut the corner while walking to her, straight into the water. (You can't really cut corners on Marinas).