iPhone 17 Pro Max Sealed in Time Capsule Until 2276

[JPack]

As BorisDG noted in the 13th post, the charges in the NAND will have depleted by the time 2276.

But I wonder if Apple has done something special for this iPhone and built a custom hard-coded substitute storage chip that needs no power.

It's not important because shops today upgrade NAND on iPhones all the time. People buy 256GB and shops upgrade to 2TB. You just need to restore the IPSW to blank NAND after the upgrade.

The issue is the lack of activation servers 250 years from now. But quantum computing will easily bypass that.

 

[Sippincider]

But there will still be working Windows XP computers by then and iTunes will still work, so should be fine. I hope they included a USBA-C cable…

Both USB-A and RS232 will still be in use.

Kinda terrifying to think Windows XP and 7 will still be plugging away on factory machines and controllers but wouldn't surprise me at all. Recently got an invoice from a vendor dot-matrix printed on green bar punch feed paper...

 

[MacUserFella]

That would be this:

iPhones in space! NASA brings 17 Pros on board Artemis mission

The iPhone has been spotted during the Artemis II space mission.

www.macworld.com

CORRECTION

It’s actually this:

https://www.space.com/11933-space-iphones-nasa-final-shuttle-mission-sts135.html

Sorry, should’ve clarified that I meant BOTH things, as in the 17 Pro Max has gone to space and will ALSO be a piece of US history

 

[Veoronox]

Results:

From orange to pink and scratches/nicks all over it.

Jokes aside, I'm sure the NAND will be dead (cell rot)

Scratches at a Level 6 with deeper grooves at a Level 7.

 

[macfacts]

By then the battery will explode and corrode everything inside. Pointless and stupid waste.

Even if the batteries stayed perfectly preserved, Apple's activation servers won't be online.

 

[OferJ]

Bold of them to assume humanity will still be around. At the rate we're going, that's pretty questionable. 😔

 

[Chazak]

Battery fire within five years. Everything in the capsule burned to a crisp in the chemical fire.

 

[OGdrknight]

Now what will the world look like in another 250 yrs? Hopefully, above the water!

 

[Kottu]

"America Innovates" initiative as a representative of the cutting edge of American innovation and technology”
But…….…

Made in China?

 

[Dejesus]

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Put a charger inside

 

[Ted_Appleseed]

People in 2276: "What's a smartphone?"

 

[klasma]

Jokes aside, I'm sure the NAND will be dead (cell rot)

I wonder if even the OLED would survive that long, being organic. If it does, our descendants will be aghast by the Liquid Glass UI. 😉

In any case, it’s likely that none of the wireless connectivity will exist anymore.

 

[Fbw786]

Did anyone tell them to pack a charger with the iPhone?

 

[Fbw786]

Imagine, it self combusts and burns everything else inside!

 

[digitalrampage]

Activation server will be offline by then. Maybe they should bury that with it.

 

[HMI]

With constant, fully networked communication about what's going on in the world, aren't time capsules kind of pointless? Or will there be The Great Blackout per Bladerunner 2049?

Yep! Just as pointless as a high school yearbook or paying for a date, when you could just go online and pay $4.99 to get both. Sad times!

 

[Fallforward]

The most advanced communication innovations starting use in 1926 was automatic rotary dialing which destroyed hundreds of thousands of operator jobs, though it took decades ro roll out.

 

[turbineseaplane]

I'm sure the reaction will be: "what the hell is this thing?"

 

[Bubble99]

Activation server will be offline by then. Maybe they should bury that with it.

So are they putting the servers in there or has phone already been activated?

 

[sleestak]

Putting it on my calendar; tentatively planning to attend. Anybody else gonna be there?

 

[NoMacJustRumors]

In 2276, some poor soul in Silo 18 is going to find this “relic,” power it on, and discover the most dangerous forbidden knowledge of all:


A Notes app full MacRumors users arguing that the iPhone 17 Pro Max was “not worth upgrading from the 16 Pro Max." I am sure that Siri will somehow get activated and immediately suggest to the user that it can ask ChatGPT for help.😀


Judicial will have no choice.


“Send him outside to clean.”

 

[Siliconguy]

With constant, fully networked communication about what's going on in the world, aren't time capsules kind of pointless? Or will there be The Great Blackout per Bladerunner 2049?

I don't think any SSD or HDD is warranted for over 250 years, and that's not even considering the file format problem, especially since so many formats are compressed.

Last winter I found the files for my master's thesis. The HDD still worked, but that HDD was from 2002, the original files were from 1990. Getting the old Word files open was a bit of a challenge and the pict format drawings were even more so and were recovered by an ancient copy of Graphic Converter.

 

[Bubble99]

In 2276, some poor soul in Silo 18 is going to find this “relic,” power it on, and discover the most dangerous forbidden knowledge of all:


A Notes app full MacRumors users arguing that the iPhone 17 Pro Max was “not worth upgrading from the 16 Pro Max." I am sure that Siri will somehow get activated and immediately suggest to the user that it can ask ChatGPT for help.😀


Judicial will have no choice.


“Send him outside to clean.”

Nice joke but will it have iOS 26 or iOS 27?

 

[ppdix]

If it was a Nokia, it would still be on in 200 years hahaha

 

[JET3]

Kids in 2276 be like...