It Won’t Survive A Waist High Drop, But Yet Iphone 4s Lands Safely

October 17, 2011

[b] [url="http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/17/it-wont-survive-a-waist-high-drop-but-yet-iphone-4s-lands-safely-from-the-outer-space/"]It won’t survive a waist high drop, but yet iPhone 4S lands safely from the outer space[/url][/b]

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These guys paid an eye-brow raising tribute to Steve Jobs in their own unique way, by launching two iPhone 4Ss into space by attaching them to a weather balloon. Yeah, I know, it’s an old trick, but the phones are new and do 1080P video. One of the phones had an interval photo timer app running while the other captured video. They explained:[/size][/font]
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[i]We launched 2 iPhone 4S phones with a weather balloon to go up to 100,000. We put one of the iPhone 4S’s on an interval photo timer app and the other on video mode. We used s Spot GPS tracker (though I would not recommend it because it only tracks in 15 minutes increments.[/i][/size][/font]
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The result of their undertaking is impressive: Check out the included clip depicting Earth’s atmosphere in full HD quality. The weather balloon eventually deflated and the iPhones landed safely, courtesy of a parachute and OtterBox cases for the iPhone 4S. Yeah, I know it’s a paradox that the iPhone 4S can safely land unscratched from the outer space and yet [url="http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/17/drop-test-iphone-4s-vs-galaxy-s-ii/"]won’t survive a waist high drop[/url].[/size][/font]
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And if the attached GPS failed, the amateur balloonists could use Find My Friends to get their rig. See? It isn’t just for finding [url="http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/16/find-my-friends-catches-wife-cheating-brings-privacy-issues-to-forefront/"]cheating spouses[/url].[/size][/font]
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As you know, Apple with the iPhone 4S improved significantly on its predecessor’s five-megapixel camera found on the back. The new iPhone 4S features an eight-megapixel backlit [url="http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/14/sony-confirmed-as-supplier-behind-the-iphone-4s-8mp-camera/"]CMOS sensor from Sony[/url]. Paired with all-new optics, the redesigned camera system is put to great use by Apple’s in-house designed A5 chip sporting an image signal processor unit that takes care of hardware-assisted image processing in real-time, including face detection, white balance and automatic image stabilization that [url="http://9to5mac.com/2011/10/14/iphone-4s-image-stabilization-makes-all-the-difference-clip-shows/"]works like a charm[/url].[/size][/font]