Dropping an iPhone 13 Pro Down 1,600 Feet Deep Lake - Will it Survive?

I dropped an iPhone 13 Pro and a GoPro Hero 9 down 1,600+ feet in one of the deepest freshwater lakes in the world! The ultimate pressure test taken place in Lake Tahoe.

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[stitchlee]

The depth of the lake is measured in a straight line from the surface to the bottom. However the phone and gopro on a fishing line without any further anchor to weigh down will be affected by the water flow, thus it's not a straight line from the surface to the bottom, so it will certainly have longer lines

[ActionZ]

TechRax did more depth testing to an Iphone than Oceangate did to the Titan

[MrHushCrush]

Him : submerging IPhone 1700+ feet
The IPhone: WTF why is it so dark let me turn flash light on

[dantesparda]

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"

[LouiHandwerker]

I don’t think the phone went as deep as you think, since the whole rig wasn’t weighted it means that it was able to drift with water currents. So instead of taking a straight path to the bottom it probably took a diagonal path which is longer.

[melonmusk]

Huge shout out to the camera man for going that deep in the water

[ghostslayer]

It looks terrifying the deeper it gets and the darker it gets 😨

[TrollMeister_]

Water pressure at 1600 ft is almost 700 psi ( pounds per square inch). For comparison the pressure in your car tires while carrying the weight of your car is less than 35 psi. It’s incredible that the iPhone glass was able to withstand 20 times that pressure without cracking. New respect for my iPhone 13 pro max.

[Danyl]

WATER JUST WENT FROM SKY BLUE TO BLUE TO DARK BLUE TO COMPLETELY DARK 🥶

[grima]

If you plan on repeating this experiment, you could try to fill the GoPro camera and the watertight camera compartment with mineral oil. Since oil is nearly incompressible, it should keep the camera housing safe from suddenly imploding due to the enormous pressure at those depths. Furthermore oil is a good electric insulator, so the camera should just work fine when submerged in mineral oil.

[Estradismos]

For anyone asking, 1, 600 Ft. is equals to 480 meters.

[theod]

According to the footage where you sinked it from the boat, the speed of the descent is about 1.625 ft/sec.
So if the underwater footage is uncut solid, it means that the iPhone's screen has vanished at the depth of about 276 feet (~85 meeters) (after 170 seconds) from the surface.

Pretty impressive 👍

[EfimBroStudio]

In fact, judging by the Apple logo that appeared on the screen, the phone worked and could have been saved if it had been quickly taken to the service center for drying and a little cleaning.
If water gets inside, this is not death for the gadget. The main thing is to quickly get rid of the liquid before it causes a lot of damage to the wiring and contacts.

[kennynakawaki]

That’s a sickass fishing rod counting mileage 😂 but it would’ve been hilarious if they saw something else on camera

[Unknown-vvtd]

Man I remember I used to watch this dude back in 2016, I eventually forgot about him then I got this recommended

[MrTheOldWasp]

The counter is connected to the reel via internal gears. What caused the counter to count deeper than the lake is, The diameter of the spool got smaller the deeper he went causing less line to feed for every rotation of the gears. The counter counts rotations and is probably calibrated for when the spool is mostly full. This explains why the counter sped up and exceeds the depth of the lake

[Kipkat]

The familiar sight of an iPhone as you slowly descend becoming the only visible light and then the terrible realization that your one beacon of familiarity now makes you a target of whatever unknown creatures lie in wait really makes this video something special.

[Joe-soq]

Danke hab gerade richtig gute Laune durch dich bekommen.
❤

[kaounbun]

It's been a WHILE since I've watched TechRax and I have to say he sounds a lot happier than he used to. Good for him :)

[CyliusW]

7:37 you can also see how incredibly fast it’s descending because of the particles. I can see how that GoPro case shattered. I think around half way of the video or before, you can hear a pop noise.