http://www.tekgoblin.com/2011/03/24/iphone-4-survives-1000-foot
U.S. Air Force Combat controller Ron Walker had lost his iPhone 4 from his
aircraft during flight. He works as a Jump Master which is where he would
ensure the airplane was in the correct position when he sends parachute
jumpers out. The plane was moving at 150 mph and while looking out the door
of the plane to find necessary ground landmarks his pocket opened and his
iPhone flew out. When he noticed his phone fell he though all was lost.
Upon landing and sharing the story with friends he installed the Find My
iPhone app on one of their phones and went looking for his phone. He
expected it to be battered from the fall but found the phone to be 100% un-
damaged from the fall. The phone was protected by a Griffin Motif TPU iPhone
case but it isn’t clear whether the case protected the phone from the fall
or the fact that it was cushioned by the brush that it hit. This post will
inevitably give Grifiin a ton of PR anyways.
So we know now that the iPhone 4 can survive a 1000ft fall as long as it
doesn’t hit concrete or some other hard object. It’s funny how easy it is
to break the iPhone if dropped a short distance I guess it needs more time
to prepare. I wonder if Apple will talk about this at one of their next
iPhone announcements maybe use it as a selling point.
