Apple has been offering water resistance in its iPhone series for many years. However, an incident in the USA shows that the iPhone 12 was left under water for three months. The phone fell into the river and was retrieved covered in moss. Interestingly, it was found to work after removal.

How did the iPhone 12 work under water for 12 weeks?

An unexpected iPhone was found in the US state of California. A sanitation worker was working in the Stanislaus River when he noticed an iPhone 12 covered in moss among the rocks. Turning on the device after cleaning the algae caused great surprise.

Lee, the cleaning worker who found the iPhone 12, said, “I couldn’t believe it even turned on after being in the river for so long.” According to the employee who examined the phone after opening it, the iPhone had been missing for three months, according to the photos and videos in the storage.

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He stated that the last file on the phone was a photo taken on the banks of the Stanislaus River on September 4. This means it was completely submerged for about 12 weeks. Initial guesses are that the owner dropped the iPhone while taking photos.

The fact that the iPhone 12 was submerged under water for three months and then worked was arousing curiosity. Apple says its smartphones are only resistant to a maximum depth of 6 meters for up to half an hour. But these restrictions don’t seem to apply to the river iPhone.

Lee stated that the phone touchscreen worked smoothly and the phone was not damaged. On the other hand, the owner of the phone has not been identified yet. Lee plans to return the iPhone by contacting the contacts of the device.