Man reunited with his Apple iPhone lost in river for 10 months; still works

A man who lost his Apple iPhone in the River Wye some 10 months ago says he “can’t believe” it has been returned to him – and in working order, no less!

Photo: Owain Davis / Miguel Pacheco
Photo: Owain Davis / Miguel Pacheco

The Beeb:

Owain Davies dropped his iPhone while canoeing on a stag do in Cinderford, Gloucestershire, in August 2021.

Miguel Pacheco found it earlier this month while canoeing with his family, dried it out at home and posted photos online to try to track down the owner.

“I didn’t think it was any good. It was full of water,” he said… He dried it out with an airline and compressor, before placing it in the airing cupboard overnight. “In the morning when I put it on charge, I just couldn’t believe it,” he said.

The screensaver showed a photo of a man and woman with the date 13 August; the day it had fallen into the water.

MacDailyNews Take: The iPhone had been underwater for 10 months. Still works. Try that with a bad knockoff cobbled together by a South Korean dishwasher maker.

Apple needs to send each of these guys a new iPhone 13 Pro Max!

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6 Comments

  1. This is the kind of great news that absolutely enrages dingdongs like AppleHayterBS and AppleHayterCynjic and AplleHumDrumLoon.

    Those brayneless maroons just can’t process that Apple is doing good in this world. These hypocrites use Apple products, too, which they think makes them immune from criticisms, but it just exposes their absolutely rank hypocrisy.

      1. What he or she is “ranting” about is obvious. Only someone in the group this poster identified would reply “um, huh, what, what are you talking about”. On a nearly daily basis these unhinged posters play out their imbalance and pathology about anything and everything Apple. An Apple success sends you…I mean them over an utterly wacked out edge. While it is funny in a way it is a bit sad seeing there are people lacking so much control of their emotions and impulses.
        But, hey “my friend”, it was a nice try…

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