- iPhone plunges 13,500 ft from skydiver's pocket - and lives �€� reghardware
Guys iPhone fell from 2+ miles high and still worked.Last edited by dalton4L; 07-19-11 at 04:45 PM.
07-19-11 01:41 PMLike 0 - I'd imagine it broke twice. A crack/chip from the bathroom counter fall; the destruction of all glass in the photo from the fall 13k feet up.07-19-11 02:07 PMLike 0
- /start trolling.
Only an iPhone user would put his phone in his pocket without zipping the pocket.
/end
But in all reality, it had a case on.
That should be more expressed here.Last edited by Deathcommand; 07-20-11 at 02:16 AM.
07-19-11 02:12 PMLike 0 - Any phone easily reaches terminal velocity in less than 5 seconds. It doesn't matter if its 500 ft or 13000ft. And in most cases the phone works fine even if the glass is shattered.
Plus, I'd bet my Storm would survive better than an iphone during any fall. I've dropped that badboy from over 6 feet numerous times and just some scratches.
People can hate all they want, but the Surepress screen absorbs shock from a fall much much better than a rigid piece of glass. And if you have ever seen a Storm, the screen moves around a bit. May seem like shotty workmanship, but that phone can take abuse!
I've seen sooo many iphones with shattered screens. Not many Storms.
And I still say Blackberry is more durable. I'd bet if I did the same with a soft case on the screen on my Storm would not shatter anywhere close to as bad.07-19-11 02:28 PMLike 0 - Okay, now someone with a Berry go skydiving and forget to zip their pocket and let's compare the damage, lol!
I am amazed someone went up there with their phone.
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Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com07-19-11 04:05 PMLike 0 - iPhone plunges 13,500 ft from skydiver's pocket - and lives • reghardware
Guys iPhone fell from 3+ miles high and still worked.
And yes, a BlackBerry would do much better in that sort of fall. Cool story though, laughed when I seen it last night...07-19-11 04:28 PMLike 0 -
Otterbox was modified to have a plexiglass screen protector though.
That was a great phone...
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com07-19-11 04:42 PMLike 0 -
Also, it would be "laughed when I saw it last night." You have my back, I have yours.Last edited by dalton4L; 07-19-11 at 04:49 PM.
07-19-11 04:45 PMLike 0 - Any phone easily reaches terminal velocity in less than 5 seconds. It doesn't matter if its 500 ft or 13000ft. And in most cases the phone works fine even if the glass is shattered.
Plus, I'd bet my Storm would survive better than an iphone during any fall. I've dropped that badboy from over 6 feet numerous times and just some scratches.
People can hate all they want, but the Surepress screen absorbs shock from a fall much much better than a rigid piece of glass. And if you have ever seen a Storm, the screen moves around a bit. May seem like shotty workmanship, but that phone can take abuse!
I've seen sooo many iphones with shattered screens. Not many Storms.
And I still say Blackberry is more durable. I'd bet if I did the same with a soft case on the screen on my Storm would not shatter anywhere close to as bad.
Thank you for stating this! I wanted to state this... .5mv^2=mgh doesn't apply here.
And that it was in a case.
Sent from my BlackBerry 9700 using Tapatalk07-19-11 09:16 PMLike 0 - BB's stop bullets, so...
In all seriousness, I think most phones would survive that kind of drop; at least enough so that they can still function. In fact, I would venture to say that many would do better physically, though you may have to go on an additional search for the battery and cover.07-20-11 12:09 AMLike 0 - Any phone easily reaches terminal velocity in less than 5 seconds. It doesn't matter if its 500 ft or 13000ft. And in most cases the phone works fine even if the glass is shattered.
Plus, I'd bet my Storm would survive better than an iphone during any fall. I've dropped that badboy from over 6 feet numerous times and just some scratches.
For fun or people's general information if they are curious....
If I ran my calculations correctly, assuming:
- Weight of iPhone 4 is 137 grams
- Drag Coefficient is about .6. Without experimentation, there's be no way to actually know this, but assuming the iPhone 4 is tumbling randomly, it would be between somewhere from worst case (1.28 or so) to a flat plate parallel to the air flow (.01).
- Cross sectional area is .006785 square meters
- Dropped from 13,500 feet
Terminal Velocity of 28.3464 m/s = 63.4 miles per hour when it hit the ground.
Of course, I'm ignoring the slight change in air density as the iPhone came closer to Earth and the fact that the drag coefficient is constantly variable assuming a tumbling iPhone, but it's quick none-the-less.
As further fun facts, it would take a bit over 3 seconds to reach this speed. In fact, the quickest the iPhone 4 could reach this terminal velocity is 2.889 seconds (if we assume the acceleration of the iPhone is 9.81 m/s^2, which is isn't, because this is in pure free fall without drag).
(In all honesty it depends on the acceleration of gravity based on this terminal velocity. It would take 4.586 seconds assuming an acceleration of 6.18 m/s^2, which is assuming the iPhone is a particle and the viscosity is 1.78e-5 kg/m*second at 15 degrees Celsius. Again, the viscosity and density of air will change as the iPhone drops meaning that the iPhone's acceleration due to gravity will change, which in combination with drag force, means the terminal velocity of the iPhone will change as well as it falls to the Earth. Main point being here is the phone was moving pretty quickly; however, it would take in a perfect world 41 meters to reach terminal velocity (assuming initial velocity of 0, acceleration due to gravity perfect at 9.81 m/s^2, time of 2.889 seconds to reach terminal velocity, and no drag force). Real world, of course, would take a further distance, 65 meters or so.)
(Finally, another fun fact: depending on how the skydiver was oriented falling to the Earth, the skydiver would probably hit the ground first were it not for parachutes; terminal velocity for humans can be up to 120mph, which means you'd see your iPhone "falling upwards" as you fell to Earth.)
Equations for those curious: NASALast edited by soccernamlak; 07-20-11 at 12:20 AM. Reason: Links
07-20-11 12:18 AMLike 3 - Hi friends, well I'd say only an Iphone user would be so careless as to drop the device from such an height, maybe he was too frustrated with it and threw it away! We Blackberry users are smarter and we don't subject our devices to such foolish accidents. Still, our devices perform much better and are quite tough for us.07-20-11 12:24 AMLike 0
- Well 6 feet is a lot different than 500 feet or 13,500 feet
For fun or people's general information if they are curious....
If I ran my calculations correctly, assuming:
- Weight of iPhone 4 is 137 grams
- Drag Coefficient is about .6. Without experimentation, there's be no way to actually know this, but assuming the iPhone 4 is tumbling randomly, it would be between somewhere from worst case (1.28 or so) to a flat plate parallel to the air flow (.01).
- Cross sectional area is .006785 square meters
- Dropped from 13,500 feet
Terminal Velocity of 28.3464 m/s = 63.4 miles per hour when it hit the ground.
Of course, I'm ignoring the slight change in air density as the iPhone came closer to Earth and the fact that the drag coefficient is constantly variable assuming a tumbling iPhone, but it's quick none-the-less.
As further fun facts, it would take a bit over 3 seconds to reach this speed. In fact, the quickest the iPhone 4 could reach this terminal velocity is 2.889 seconds (if we assume the acceleration of the iPhone is 9.81 m/s^2, which is isn't, because this is in pure free fall without drag).
(In all honesty it depends on the acceleration of gravity based on this terminal velocity. It would take 4.586 seconds assuming an acceleration of 6.18 m/s^2, which is assuming the iPhone is a particle and the viscosity is 1.78e-5 kg/m*second at 15 degrees Celsius. Again, the viscosity and density of air will change as the iPhone drops meaning that the iPhone's acceleration due to gravity will change, which in combination with drag force, means the terminal velocity of the iPhone will change as well as it falls to the Earth. Main point being here is the phone was moving pretty quickly; however, it would take in a perfect world 41 meters to reach terminal velocity (assuming initial velocity of 0, acceleration due to gravity perfect at 9.81 m/s^2, time of 2.889 seconds to reach terminal velocity, and no drag force). Real world, of course, would take a further distance, 65 meters or so.)
(Finally, another fun fact: depending on how the skydiver was oriented falling to the Earth, the skydiver would probably hit the ground first were it not for parachutes; terminal velocity for humans can be up to 120mph, which means you'd see your iPhone "falling upwards" as you fell to Earth.)
Equations for those curious: NASA
It was the most interesting class there. Thanks for the write up.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.comM.Rizk likes this.07-20-11 01:59 AMLike 1 - How come nobody is giving credit to the incipio case it had on? this would be good advertising for them.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com07-20-11 02:26 AMLike 0 -
1. How much did the case help? You can't be sure really unless you dropped two iPhones (one with case and one without) from that sort of height and compared the damage. Although if you take the advertising approach, you could say it helped, but never specify the amount, so long as you don't guarantee the phone working.
2. More importantly (in my opinion) is the fact of a tagline. "Yes, you can drop your phone from 13,000 feet, the screen will crack like heavy veins and you'll need to replace the screen / phone anyways and you won't be able to really see or use the phone, but it still works!" I guess it depends on whether having a working phone after that (barely usable) is considered victorious over it not working at all, although I think the best solution is not to get into that predicament in the first place
I could see the use of a working phone after that drop being to get the data off (if a backup hadn't been done in a while) or perhaps use it (depending on the screen condition), but based on how frequently I back up my data, I'd personally would have considered it a loss as soon as I saw the phone floating away from my pockets07-20-11 05:52 AMLike 0 - It may have still been operational, but from the looks of the picture it is in no way useable. So its still a steaming pile of poo that has to be replaced. No idea why anyone would tout this as the toughness of an iphone. I'm sure most 1 piece phones would fair just as well if not better.07-20-11 06:37 AMLike 0
- It may have still been operational, but from the looks of the picture it is in no way useable. So its still a steaming pile of poo that has to be replaced. No idea why anyone would tout this as the toughness of an iphone. I'm sure most 1 piece phones would fair just as well if not better.
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