In an effort to capture the beauty of nature, people frequently reach for their phones. But occasionally they have a small mishap and drop their brand-named smartphones into a creek or off a mountain precipice, losing them. A British man who dropped his iPhone in a river over ten months ago experienced a similar incident. He gave up on trying to get it back and went on, until one day he received word that his phone had been found.
According to the report, in August 2021, Owain Davies lost his iPhone when it fell into the River Wye close to Cinderford, Gloucestershire (UK). When the incident occurred, he was having a bachelor party. He thought it would be difficult to retrieve his iPhone from the water, so he returned home upset. But after ten months, he learned unexpectedly that his phone had been found.
Miguel Pacheco, who was rafting with his family on the same river, got in touch with Owain. He found Davies’ iPhone while canoeing and retrieved the misplaced gadget from the water.
In an effort to track down its owner, Miguel dried the phone and wrote about it on Facebook. “I didn’t consider it to be very good. He informed the BBC that it was filled with water.
Miguel made numerous attempts to dry it out and persisted in trying to restart the phone even though it seemed unlikely that it would ever function again. He speculated that it might contain “sentimental” items. “I know if I lost my phone, I’d want a lot of images of my kids back,” he told the agency.
To his amazement, the device began utilising the charger’s power as soon as he put it on charge. After turning it on, he noticed the screensaver’s image of a man and woman. Additionally, it mentioned August 13, the day the phone was submerged in the water.
More than 4000 people shared Pacheco’s message on Facebook, but Davies wasn’t using it. However, his buddies were able to identify the phone and assisted Davies in getting in touch with Pacheco.
“We fell in a two-man boat that I was in, and my companion definitely shouldn’t have stood up. According to Davies, I had the phone in my back pocket and only noticed it was missing once it was submerged in water.
Davies also expressed his admiration for Pacheco’s efforts on behalf of his phone.
All recently released iPhones have an IP68 rating, which indicates they can withstand being submerged in freshwater for up to 30 minutes. Being submerged for 10 months while still functioning, though, is undoubtedly a miracle that does not frequently occur.