June 28, 2009   News, Video

Don’t try this at home (iPhone underwater at the pool)

Or at the pool, or at the beach. It seems a French fellow was proud of his new iPhone 3GS and was taking pictures around the pool when the sort of inevitable happened. Yup, in the drink. Amazingly, the iPhone survived the underwater ordeal, and even recorded [YouTube link] the trip. Allegedly.

I wouldn’t recommend this as summer entertainment. The iPhone in question had a tight rubber case, and my guess is while the video did record OK, the moisture in the phone will eventually take a toll.

There are a few water-tight cases for the iPhone, and we road tested an Otterbox Defender case back in April. Perhaps this fellow will invest in such a case should he go iPhone diving in the future.

Now of course the video might be a fake (I would have expected to see water on the lens for example), but at least it’s an entertaining weekend diversion.

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[via | The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW)]

  • CookiesNCream4ever

    “dude thi-” lmao, “dude.”

  • TGKxshaneb009

    393 ppl dropped theres in a pool and it broke xD

  • fr0z3nb0w

    0:41 Look at the funny face :P

  • WITCHMAN419

    It remember me of almost drowning

  • LBCrazy562

    @brucevideo1997 more like iPond

  • egirlygirlful

    Ok That Settles It…..I Am SOOOO Getting This Phone…

  • cutegiggles1

    @Pinces3000 lol wow…get it the swimming app then it won’t die lmao

  • piinc2

    THUMBS UP if you would have slapped them girls ass 0.26

  • DeexAngel

    I dropped my iPod touch in the bath a while ago. It worked for about 10 seconds then it wouldn’t let me press anything, then it turned fully off. Then I tried turning it on, but it came up with the apple logo then turned off again. I left it to dry and it works now :) got the iPhone for Xmas tho x ur a lucky dude!

  • iuliktm

    I feel like a got some water in my nose!! :) )))

  • 1998232v6

    My martial arts teacher just put his iPhone 4 through the washer and dryer..still works. They only knew it was in there because of the thumping sound it was making in the dryer.

  • MariaDecember16

    lol its still freakin works…wait did u like accidently drop it? cuz some people do it on purpose.

  • MrGavinRossdale

    lol

  • Huanglin1234

    @princes3000 wtf you put yours in the water just to test it???

  • zours101

    he must of used the app iwaterproof

  • thegirlintheblue1

    @assfaceblake R@Nd0M3

  • strawberrylove61

    “Wait, it still freaking works”! :D genius

  • skittelz447

    @leoncolombo best comment!!!

  • TPepeProductions

    @newkidsheerser ur supposed to shut it off and let it dry all the way smartone

  • princes3000

    so like i put mine in water. and it didnt float up to the top ?and just sank! dose that mean its dead now?

  • brucevideo1997

    iSwim

  • pokemonbandit17

    @assfaceblake random!! lol

  • pokemonbandit17

    @assfaceblake random!! lol!

  • InDieDose

    They use a Wather App! :D

  • hackertc

    iSink

  • SPELLoCHECK

    that just made my day

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