Man drops iPhone 13 Pro 1,600 ft below deep lake to see if it can survive 'ultimate pressure test'
He was surprised by the effects of intense water pressure
Featured Image Credit: TechRax/YouTube
A tech expert dropped his iPhone 13 Pro into the depths of a lake to see what would happen.
We all know the legendary toughness of old-school Nokia phones - drop one, and anyone would barely notice.
But these days, dropping a smartphone usually means cracked screens, pricey repairs - and maybe a few tears along the way.
One YouTuber TechRax reeled his iPhone 13 Pro down 1,600 feet in Lake Tahoe.
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Attaching his iPhone and a GoPro Hero 9 to a fishing line, he then lowered them into the lake to see what would happen.
The GoPro footage captured the iPhone's journey down into the deep blue for a good five minutes or so. with the screen gradually dimming as the water got darker.
The surroundings gradually got darker and darker until the illuminating screen was the only thing visible - until eventually turning completely white.
When he finally pulled them back up, the damage was clear.
The GoPro’s protective case had huge cracks from the intense water pressure, but incredibly, the camera seemingly survived.
It only took a light tap of the finger to fully break the case lens which the YouTuber described as looking like someone 'punched or shot at it.'
Meanwhile, the iPhone was reeled out with its torchlight surprisingly on to both the tech crew's surprise.
And the damage was immediately noticeable. Water was bubbling and seeping out of the sides of the screen.
"If I run my fingers on the [iPhone] screen, I can actually feel a bit of [...] a bump," the YouTuber said.
Thirty minutes later, the Apple logo flashed briefly, but that was about it for any signs of life.
A few hours later, the GoPro had visible water inside its lens from the cracked case - though the footage was safely captured and stored - and no sign of life from a new battery.
The iPhone was completely unresponsive also, with water visible in its lens from the high water pressure.
"Both devices are broken," the tech YouTuber concluded.
The video has received almost three million views and people with plenty of reactions from viewers.
"It looks terrifying the deeper it gets and the darker it gets," one user pointed out.
Another user wrote: "Him : submerging IPhone 1700+ feet
The IPhone: WTF why is it so dark let me turn flash light on".
Others were thinking about the story that would be told to the repair team: "At the end of the day it'll be simply considered as "water damage" but the person repairing it might not know the full story behind this "water damage"."