iPhone 14 Saves Man's Life After He Plummeted 400 Feet Into Canyon

[testcard]

Kids, don’t try this at home, and certainly not in your dad’s car.

 

[JosephAW]

According to this article there are iPhone 14 devices out there that are not running iOS 16, lucky them.

 

[poorcody]

How did it talk to the stats without being held up toward them, or don't you have to do that?

Yeah I was wondering that too. Was the guy unconscious? I thought if you didn't hold it up you were unlikely to ever get a satellite signal.

 

[I7guy]

According to this article there are iPhone 14 devices out there that are not running iOS 16, lucky them.

I suppose they could be running iOS 17.

 

[DailySlow]

My question is: "Automatically"? sent emergency message via the new satellite service? I understand the phone has to "see" clear slgn-of-sight to satellite. So is it correct this guy went 400 feet down a cliff, and meanwhile crash detection was activated and relayed to Apple or Emergency services WHILE or AFTER the car rumbled down the cliff with no cellular connection? And then got out of the car to detect satellite. I am so puzzled.

 

[LV426]

Excellent news! Savings lives over here.

Only iPhone is capable of doing this. No other smartphone exists in this world that can report crash detection as the iPhone 14.

I'm confused. Because in the Daily Mail comments, users are always saying that Android is infinitely better and 5 years ahead of Apple!

 

[I7guy]

I'm confused. Because in the Daily Mail comments, users are always saying that Android is infinitely better and 5 years ahead of Apple!

The Daily Mall might be the issue.

 

[antibolo]

Forget the phone. What car was he driving? Surviving a 400 ft drop, and surviving, feels like a solid car!

You mean a soft car? A solid car would have only hurt him more.

 

[Marshall73]

Once again, Apple makes a product feature that is revolutionary.

Google and Samsung will likely announce this in the coming year.

Crash detection has been available on pixel phones since android 11 in 2020, emergency satellite communication coming this year. So Apple were late to the party on one front and early on another.

 

[Student of Life]

Crash detection has been available on pixel phones since android 11 in 2020, emergency satellite communication coming this year. So Apple were late to the party on one front and early on another.

It’s all about the implementation. Here had the person had an android or a non iPhone 14 he would have died. They key here like you said is the combination of both features.

 

[Mrkevinfinnerty]

Tim in September explaining how many have been saved since last year and why you should purchase iPhone 15 lest you perish

 

[0339327]

Crash detection has been available on pixel phones since android 11 in 2020, emergency satellite communication coming this year. So Apple were late to the party on one front and early on another.

My point is that it will become standard on all smartphones…which is a good thing.

 

[Sevendaymelee]

I feel like there's way too many people falling to random canyons. Is it so hard not to fall into a canyon? I mean, if aliens are watching us, don't you think they're going to have questions about this behavior? It totally illogical.

 

[dbwie]

It's a super valuable feature of the new iPhones that hopefully most of us will not need to use, but nice to know it is there.

 

[dbwie]

In 2040 the iPhone Pro will have anti-gravitational thrusters that will soften your landing when you accidentally plummet into a ravine. As one would expect the iPhone Pro supplies could be constrained at launch due to gravitational thrusters manufacturing issues. But hey, what else is new?

haha, no, that feature will be in the Apple Car.

 

[Pezimak]

400 FEET! And he survived!?!?!? To me that’s much more amazing then the iPhone saving him.

 

[I7guy]

Crash detection has been available on pixel phones since android 11 in 2020, emergency satellite communication coming this year. So Apple were late to the party on one front and early on another.

Yes. Apple had both features first.

 

[KENESS]

The prime take home message is surely to not drive your car off a cliff - rather than to make sure you have an up to date iPhone?

I've decided to never have another accident.

 

[SFjohn]

I'm confused. Because in the Daily Mail comments, users are always saying that Android is infinitely better and 5 years ahead of Apple!

Some of the newest Android phones fold, while Apple’s newest iPhones save lives… 🤔

 

[maj71303]

Crash detection has been available on pixel phones since android 11 in 2020, emergency satellite communication coming this year. So Apple were late to the party on one front and early on another.

It was introduced on Pixels starting in 2019 for a correction.

 

[maj71303]

The best tip I have seen in this thread is to not drive yourself off a cliff in the first place and to be more careful when driving canyon roads.

 

[Mveight]

That’s amazing technology!!! Hope he is ok. I actually just learned the iPhone can text emergency services via satellite ON ITS OWN! Like why is Apple not saying this!? That’s insanely cool! I literally just read it last night in the iPhone user guide.

Oh Apple is DEFINITELY saying this. Check their recent adverts. Good story tho!

 

[Mveight]

I feel like there's way too many people falling to random canyons. Is it so hard not to fall into a canyon? I mean, if aliens are watching us, don't you think they're going to have questions about this behavior? It totally illogical.

Count me in the non-canyon club, for what it’s worth.

 

[Mveight]

The best tip I have seen in this thread is to not drive yourself off a cliff in the first place and to be more careful when driving canyon roads.

America has a serious issue with cars careening recklessly into canyons and that’s the real issue that’s not being addressed here

 

[macduke]

I’ve had this nightmare so many times in my life.

Now I know what I’m dreaming about tonight! Great…