16000foot

A week ago, we heard about the iPhone that survived a 16,000-foot drop from a flight, and now we know how it managed this feat. The phone had taken a plummet because the door on the Alaska Airlines flight ASA1282 flight tore off. The flight landed back safely with no casualties, and one iPhone flung out to tell the tale.The iPhone, it turns out, had a Spigen case on. The $65 Spigen Cryo Armor protected the phone from taking catastrophic damage, it appears. The company tweeted that the phone was found with their case on…

Last Sunday, on January 7, a Twitter user posted that they found an iPhone in a bush that had fallen from Alaska Airlines Flight 1282. On top of that, the iPhone appeared to be undamaged.Thanks to The Verge, we know the phone flew off the plane shortly after taking off. This had happened because a section of the fuselage broke off of the aircraft, which led the pilot to make an emergency landing at Portland International Airport. When the fuselage broke off, two phones flew out of the plane. The first…

It’s many people’s worst nightmare — the door of an aircraft tearing off mid-flight, the pressurized cabin suddenly losing all semblance of safety. Air whirling around, people screaming, the O2 masks falling from the ceiling of the aircraft… and your iPhone, torn from your hand with your baggage information still on screen.The plane might land (and land, thankfully, did Alaska Airlines flight ASA1282 with no casualties) but you’d imagine your iPhone, no matter how well you’ve wrapped it in a case and screen protector, is…

In a remarkable testament to the durability of Apple's iPhones, an incident in Portland has surfaced, showcasing the survival of one such device after a…