On Saturday, one of Alaska Airlines’ planes had a window and fuselage
blew out midair, forcing an emergency landing. Despite the shock, no
one got hurt. While the story itself is incredible, a post on X
(formerly known as Twitter) has gone viral as an iPhone from this plane
was found intact on a road near Beaverton, Oregon.

According to Seanathan Bates, he found an iPhone from the Alaska
Airlines flight on the side of the road. It was still in Airplane Mode
with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for this flight. The
iPhone, which had a case and screen protector, was intact after a
16,000-foot drop.

Interestingly, while the case and the screen protector look as good as
new, there was just a tiny issue: A broken-off charger plug still
inside it. But despite that, everything seemed to be working just fine.
Another X user posted where the airplane was when its panel blew out
and where the iPhone was later found.

The image seems to imply the person who lost the iPhone after the
Alaska Airlines incident had an iPhone 14 Pro or one of the iPhone 15
models. While Apple claims the Ceramic Shield technology brings the
toughest screen to a smartphone, I’m sure the company hasn’t tested
that many 16,000-foot drops. In addition, the phone possibly landed on
grass, which helped soften the fall.

https://bgr.com/tech/iphone-survives-16000-foot-drop-after-alaska-airlines-1282-panel-blows-out-mid-flight/

On 1/8/2024 6:51 PM, badgolferman wrote:

> While Apple claims the Ceramic Shield technology brings the
> toughest screen to a smartphone

It's still glass no matter what fancy brand name they concoct for it.

> I'm sure the company hasn't tested
> that many 16,000-foot drops.

Terminal velocity + soft landings = people survived falling over six miles
https://www.statista.com/chart/19708/known-occasions-where-people-survived-falls/

Terminal velocity of a human is around 120mph
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_skydiving)

> In addition, the phone possibly landed on
> grass, which helped soften the fall.

A phone? About 40mph (but the test phone was dropped onto a hard surface)
(https://cdn2.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/6813341/Terminal_Velocity_of_Phone__Rev3.0.pdf)

badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, one of Alaska Airlines’ planes had a window and fuselage
> blew out midair, forcing an emergency landing. Despite the shock, no
> one got hurt. While the story itself is incredible, a post on X
> (formerly known as Twitter) has gone viral as an iPhone from this plane
> was found intact on a road near Beaverton, Oregon.
>
> According to Seanathan Bates, he found an iPhone from the Alaska
> Airlines flight on the side of the road. It was still in Airplane Mode
> with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for this flight. The
> iPhone, which had a case and screen protector, was intact after a
> 16,000-foot drop.
>
> Interestingly, while the case and the screen protector look as good as
> new, there was just a tiny issue: A broken-off charger plug still
> inside it. But despite that, everything seemed to be working just fine.
> Another X user posted where the airplane was when its panel blew out
> and where the iPhone was later found.
>
> The image seems to imply the person who lost the iPhone after the
> Alaska Airlines incident had an iPhone 14 Pro or one of the iPhone 15
> models. While Apple claims the Ceramic Shield technology brings the
> toughest screen to a smartphone, I’m sure the company hasn’t tested
> that many 16,000-foot drops. In addition, the phone possibly landed on
> grass, which helped soften the fall.
>
> https://bgr.com/tech/iphone-survives-16000-foot-drop-after-alaska-airlines-1282-panel-blows-out-mid-flight/
>
Just shows the skullduggery of Apple marketing that Apple never tests their
phones by dropping them from 16000 feet from an airplane. The charger plug
broke off. Full stop.

Yet the iKooks like nospam and Jolly Roger will still tout the
indestructibility of iPhones because they are far to the left on the
Dunning-Kruger graphs and part of the peak of the scientifically
irrefutable Mount Stupid. I have a lot of books and too much time for
usenet rants.

On 2024-01-08, Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net> wrote:
> On 1/8/2024 6:51 PM, badgolferman wrote:
>
>> While Apple claims the Ceramic Shield technology brings the
>> toughest screen to a smartphone
>
> It's still glass no matter what fancy brand name they concoct for it.

Ah, so is all glass the same?

You must be fun at parties.

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On 2024-01-08, *Hemidactylus* <ecphoric@allspamis.invalid> wrote:
> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday, one of Alaska Airlines’ planes had a window and fuselage
>> blew out midair, forcing an emergency landing. Despite the shock, no
>> one got hurt. While the story itself is incredible, a post on X
>> (formerly known as Twitter) has gone viral as an iPhone from this
>> plane was found intact on a road near Beaverton, Oregon.
>>
>> According to Seanathan Bates, he found an iPhone from the Alaska
>> Airlines flight on the side of the road. It was still in Airplane
>> Mode with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for this flight.
>> The iPhone, which had a case and screen protector, was intact after a
>> 16,000-foot drop.
>>
>> Interestingly, while the case and the screen protector look as good
>> as new, there was just a tiny issue: A broken-off charger plug still
>> inside it. But despite that, everything seemed to be working just
>> fine. Another X user posted where the airplane was when its panel
>> blew out and where the iPhone was later found.
>>
>> The image seems to imply the person who lost the iPhone after the
>> Alaska Airlines incident had an iPhone 14 Pro or one of the iPhone 15
>> models. While Apple claims the Ceramic Shield technology brings the
>> toughest screen to a smartphone, I’m sure the company hasn’t tested
>> that many 16,000-foot drops. In addition, the phone possibly landed
>> on grass, which helped soften the fall.
>>
>> https://bgr.com/tech/iphone-survives-16000-foot-drop-after-alaska-airlines-1282-panel-blows-out-mid-flight/
>>
> Just shows the skullduggery of Apple marketing that Apple never tests
> their phones by dropping them from 16000 feet from an airplane. The
> charger plug broke off. Full stop.
>
> Yet the iKooks like nospam and Jolly Roger will still tout the
> indestructibility of iPhones because they are far to the left on the
> Dunning-Kruger graphs and part of the peak of the scientifically
> irrefutable Mount Stupid. I have a lot of books and too much time for
> usenet rants.

Nice. 🤣

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On 1/8/2024 7:24 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:

>> It's still glass no matter what fancy brand name they concoct for it.
>
> Ah, so is all glass the same?

The results would have been the same no matter what phone it was.
And all the trade names in the world doesn't make glass not glass.

Even people have survived falling from taller than Mount Everest.
If they land in a soft spot (as terminal velocity is all that matters).

If you don't even understand glass, you probably don't know what that means
which is that any phone that finds a soft spot to land will easily survive.

On 2024-01-09, Larry Wolff <larrywolff@larrywolff.net> wrote:
> On 1/8/2024 7:24 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>
>>> It's still glass no matter what fancy brand name they concoct for
>>> it.
>>
>> Ah, so is all glass the same?
>
> The results would have been the same no matter what phone it was.

Well not necessarily considering the impact angle, velocity, and surface
wouldn't be the same.

> And all the trade names in the world doesn't make glass not glass.

Nobody here (except you) is making that claim - least of all Apple.

> you don't even understand glass

Sure, pumpkin.

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On 2024-01-08 18:03, *Hemidactylus* wrote:
> badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Saturday, one of Alaska Airlines’ planes had a window and fuselage
>> blew out midair, forcing an emergency landing. Despite the shock, no
>> one got hurt. While the story itself is incredible, a post on X
>> (formerly known as Twitter) has gone viral as an iPhone from this plane
>> was found intact on a road near Beaverton, Oregon.
>>
>> According to Seanathan Bates, he found an iPhone from the Alaska
>> Airlines flight on the side of the road. It was still in Airplane Mode
>> with half a battery and open to a baggage claim for this flight. The
>> iPhone, which had a case and screen protector, was intact after a
>> 16,000-foot drop.
>>
>> Interestingly, while the case and the screen protector look as good as
>> new, there was just a tiny issue: A broken-off charger plug still
>> inside it. But despite that, everything seemed to be working just fine.
>> Another X user posted where the airplane was when its panel blew out
>> and where the iPhone was later found.
>>
>> The image seems to imply the person who lost the iPhone after the
>> Alaska Airlines incident had an iPhone 14 Pro or one of the iPhone 15
>> models. While Apple claims the Ceramic Shield technology brings the
>> toughest screen to a smartphone, I’m sure the company hasn’t tested
>> that many 16,000-foot drops. In addition, the phone possibly landed on
>> grass, which helped soften the fall.
>>
>> https://bgr.com/tech/iphone-survives-16000-foot-drop-after-alaska-airlines-1282-panel-blows-out-mid-flight/
>>
> Just shows the skullduggery of Apple marketing that Apple never tests their
> phones by dropping them from 16000 feet from an airplane. The charger plug
> broke off. Full stop.
>
> Yet the iKooks like nospam and Jolly Roger will still tout the
> indestructibility of iPhones because they are far to the left on the
> Dunning-Kruger graphs and part of the peak of the scientifically
> irrefutable Mount Stupid. I have a lot of books and too much time for
> usenet rants.

Cute.

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