I wonder how quickly a phone reaches its terminal velocity? Falling from 15 feet might be the same as falling from 16,000. I agree that it’s impressive though, I grew up learning to treat electronics very gently, so it’s wild how much more sturdy they’ve gotten.
Not gonna stop me from buying phone cases, though.
abhibeckert@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It was a few minutes after takeoff so they were still over a populated area.
Swarfega@lemm.ee 8 months ago
My Google Pixel Bud fell into a bush the other day. Despite knowing its basic vicinity I still couldn’t find it. I used the find feature which makes it ring loud but still had issues as cars on the road were too noisy. I had to wait until after 8PM to try again. Thankfully I managed to but it really wasn’t easy!
dantheclamman@lemmy.world 8 months ago
It’s only if you want to find it that it’s hard to find. You have to pretend you don’t care either way.
Darorad@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Guess you just needed to call in the ntsb to look for plane parts.
isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 8 months ago
Oh god I have the lemongrass GPBP, and they were impossible to find in… Grass.
EasternLettuce@lemm.ee 8 months ago
shalafi@lemmy.world 8 months ago
Terminal velocity: It can only fall so fast, no matter what. Objects don’t continue accelerating faster and faster. At some point, they’re going as fast as they can go given conditions.
In other words, there may be do difference in dropping it out a 3-story window, 16,000 feet, or 120,000 feet.
LemmyFeed@lemmy.world 8 months ago
I know the area it landed in and if it was any more north it could have landed in some swampy wetlands and would potentially be underwater.
key@lemmy.keychat.org 8 months ago
Not grass, a bush. Best case scenario short of a vat of jello.