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Lost iPhone X survives TWO WEEKS in a river before being returned to owner
The iPhone X owner's ecstatic reaction to the unbelievable find is priceless
APPLE's iPhone X may truly be the world's most waterproof phone after surviving two weeks at the bottom of a river bed.
This particular handset was lost by its owner a fortnight prior before being unearthed by YouTuber Dallas – who shared the remarkable discovery on his popular YouTube channel "Man +River", including the owner's priceless reaction.
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Beyond the ordeal of losing a £999 phone, the owner Alyssa was also missing the baby pics of her child captured using the flagship's high-tech camera.
After stumbling upon the iPhone X, we see on the device the morning after, which was still in working order despite a bunch of cracks on its flashy OLED screen.
"We have your phone..and it works perfectly," the YouTuber tells Alyssa, who replies "that's the craziest thing ever".
"I was devastated," said the phone's owner in the clip, adding "you completely turned my world upside down".
Truly waterproof phones? IP67 vs IP68
We explain what your phone's IP rating means...
- IP67 and IP68 are the two most common protection ratings for consumer devices.
- Both indicate a phone is dust and waterproof.
- The first digit shows the phone's resistant to dust, and the second water.
- In the case of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X, the dust-rating is 6 for “No ingress of dust; complete protection against contact (dust tight)".
- The water rating of the two Apple devices is 7 for ptotection for up to 30 minutes in 1 meter of water.
- Comparably, the Samsung Galaxy S8 has a water rating of 8, meaning it can be under water for 30 mins at depths of up to 1.5 meters.
- IP stands for the "International Protection" rating and is set by the International Electrotechnical Commission.
Apple claims that its IP67-rated phone (which means its water and dust-resistant) can last up to 30 minutes submerged in water.
That's far shorter than the two weeks this iPhone X spent at the bottom of a river.
In between, Dallas wisely opened up the phone and dried out its soaked insides using a hairdryer, after which he plumped it in a tub of silicone gel beads for three days.
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And sure enough, at the end of the DIY repairs process, the iPhone X switched on.
But this being YouTube, we should note that this entire scenario could be an elaborate stunt staged to look like a miraculous recovery – so don't go dunking your phone in water for weeks thinking it won't die.
Dallas said this is the "first iPhone X" he's found in his diving excursions, but the YouTuber has scooped plenty of other Apple phones in the past, including an iPhone 7 Plus and two working iPhones in one go – not to mention GoPro cameras and Bluetooth speakers.
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If there's a moral to this heartwarming tale it's that people need to stop dropping their expensive gadgets in rivers.
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