If you ’ve ever submerged your phone in liquid state , you bonk the utter devastation that follow immediately afterward , during which you alternately excite your clenched fist at yourself and the offending liquidity . One guy cable , however , bewilder lucky .
Buzzfeed has aremarkable taleof a gentleman , his iPhone 4 , and a very cold lake . Pennsylvania occupant Michael Guntrum was shabu fishing back in 2015 when his phone slipped and sank to the bottom of Kyle Lake , which was eventually drain that September . This October , however , Daniel Kalgren was walking around the lake ’s lavatory with a metal sensor when he found an iPhone in an OtterBox casing . After cleaning it and toss it in some rice , he plugged it in , and two day later — praise be to Steve Jobs — it worked .
“ It was the only thing I found that twenty-four hour period , ” Kalgren told Buzzfeed of Guntrum ’s gadget . “ I was able-bodied to twist it on and expend it to bet up his turn . He have it off I have it now , and I ’m drop dead to mail it to him . ” Guntrum said he would give it to his female parent . ( Buzzfeed also has a fewphotosof the dilapidated phone . )
Apple , unsurprisingly , was smug as hell about the whole episode . “ It never stop to bewilder us , all the incredible iPhone selection stories our customers have apportion with us , ” a interpreter said . No word on what OtterBox thinks , but you’re able to bet it ’s believably blowing its lading as well .
[ Buzzfeed ]
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