Well, almost. A couple of idiots curious iPhone owners from Finland (what the heck?), decided to see how their precious little device would perform in a sub-zero environment. Stupid? Yes. Catastrophic? Never. After all, we’ve done it before. They dropped their iPhone into a freezer with an ambient temperature of -4 degrees F (-20 degrees C) and left it in for roughly half an hour. This cooled the phone down to a surface temp of roughly 14 degrees F (-10 degrees C). The result? The phone still worked and no (immediately noticeable) lasting damage was inflicted. You’ll still have a tough time trying to bang out messages with gloves on, but all things considered, this is quite the triumph for those of us that live anywhere North of Florida.
Get your iPhone on in the arctic circle
Published Aug 1st, 2007 2:56PM EDT
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Josh Karp followed his love of technology since a kid through to the present day. As a Special Correspondent at BGR, and part of the first editorial team, Josh covers press conferences, trade shows and other events around the world. An expert in all things mobile, Josh has more than eighteen years of experience covering the wireless industry.
