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What’s better than an iPhone 4S? An iPhone 4S in space, of course! Final Cut King from YouTube sent two iPhone 4S’s to space and obtained footage of the voyage.
“We launched 2 iPhone 4S phones with a weather balloon to go up to 100,000. We put one of the iPhone 4S’s on an interval photo timer app and the other on video mode. We used s Spot GPS tracker (though I would not recommend it because it only tracks in 15 minutes increments).”
(Tip: Ask Siri to “Beam me up Scotty” on your iPhone 4S)
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17 responses to “Watch this iPhone 4S Get Sent to Space [Video]”
What if the wind blew it so far away that it landed in Alaska or something. Free iPhone for you!
@Vlad this was attempted before last year. During that previous attempt it landed within 15 miles. I believe due to the light payload it’s rising so quickly it’s time to be affected by wind is minimalized. Also I’m sure they did this when they did not have a Jet Stream overhead.
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That’s true. Very cool indeed. I guess modern HS science projects are way cooler than they were 10 years ago.
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“Alaska or something?”
If it were to land in Alaska, that would be cool.
But, if it were to land in something, that would be unbelievable.
100,000 what? Feet or meters?
It can’t be genuine based on iPhone stats of functionality. Unless that styrofoam carton the iPhone was placed in had a metabolic chamber to keep the atmosphere at 10,000 feet (3000 m), the iPhone would be crushed like a bug.
If you visit the Apple iPhone’s tech specs page, it states “Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)” and they sent the device to 100,000 feet. Ten times the operating altitude.
In space, there is nothing to crush the phone. That only happens under extreme pressure (like when underwater).
The maximum operating altitude is more of a guideline than a rule. Above that height, cold might affect the electronics (make the components contract so much that soldered joints break), or bubbles form and expand in the screen causing it to shatter. So long as the phone is well insulated, it will survive surprisingly well.