iPhone 14 Pro iPhone 14 crash set off by mountain bike handlebar mount yet??

[mtbdudex]

Has anyone heard of a iPhone 14 “crash” set off by mountain bike and it being handlebar mount yet? Not necessarily in a crash, but just rowdy rooty trail riding.

I just got my iPhone 14 pro today, upgraded from iPhone 11 Pro.
It’s handle bar mounted, as I use it as bike computer with Wahoo Bluetooth sensors.
Me last weekend.

 

[Jackbequickly]

If it does not trigger the crash function, it may trigger the fall function.

 

[now i see it]

Crash your bike it might. But I’ve heard that even a bike crash may not set it off.
Try it out and see. Report back here.

 

[JPack]

Damage to camera due to vibrations are possible, but not setting off any crash notifications. On a bike, you wouldn't set off the barometric sensor, Bluetooth, or microphone.

 

[mtbdudex]

I’ve used these Thule smartphone holders on my 4 bikes, each with 2 bands as shown. My 2 sons and I ride. Literally 7-8 thousand miles in past 3 years, we all have iPhones, yes a few crashes.
The phone stayed with the bike, never an issue.
So I take it the iPhone 14 up till now has not robo called.

 

[ToddH]

Not sure about the crash or fall detection, but Apple say’s attachment of the iPhone to a motorcycle will cause damage to the camera module due to vibration, not sure if that applies to a mountain bike, but it probably isn’t good for it. I wouldn’t use my iPhone on a bike myself because the camera is the most important part of the iPhone to me. But if you haven’t set either off from riding, I’d say you’re ok.

 

[mtbdudex]

Wow, skiers experience lotta g forces?

Colorado ski town emergency dispatch centers fielding dozens of automated 911 calls from skier iPhones

Skiiers with crash detection turned on have been flooding ski country 911 dispatchers with automated calls.

www.nbc11news.com

Colorado ski town emergency dispatch centers fielding dozens of automated 911 calls from skier iPhones

DENVER, Colo. (Colorado Sun) - During a mid-December weekend the dispatchers at the Summit County 911 Center fielded 71 automated crash notifications from skiers’ iPhones and Apple watches at the county’s four ski areas. None of them involved an emergency.

But each of them took time to sort out. If the skier did not answer a return call, a special operations deputy contacted ski patrollers to check the location of the automated call.

“We are not in the practice of disregarding calls,” said Trina Dummer, the interim director of the Summit County 911 Center. “These calls involve a tremendous amount of resources, from dispatchers to deputies to ski patrollers. And I don’t think we’ve ever had an actual emergency event.”

The “crash detection” and “fall detection” features on the Apple iPhone 14 and watches automatically call 911 when the devices detect a sudden stop that, in concept, means the user has been involved in a car crash. The technology has been heralded in several instances for saving lives, but it’s not meshing well with skiers who can stop suddenly and often fall without the need for emergency help.

 

[mtbdudex]

15 month check in here:
I’ve crashed a few times on the bike with my 14 pro, zero issues with phone damage. Also no robo calls to 911 either.

 

[mtbdudex]

Edit: it was my Apple Watch Ultra 2 that detected my crash, not the iPhone 14 Pro

Nearly 2 years into this, I’ve taken a few fall / bike crashes.
Wednesday September 11 morning was the first one that set off the “hard fall” alert, it was correct. Fortunately nothing broken, but my chest / abdomen slammed hard onto the dirt trail. I assume the iPhone 14 also saw hard g impulse even though it was mounted on the bike.
I said “I’m ok”, it asked a 2nd time.

It was about 1/2 mile after this picture.
This trail is very technical known for it’s difficulty, calked “torn shirt”

Yea, it hurts, bruised area