As someone who is currently in the market for a new phone, I’ve been doing a lot of research about the varying benefits of different types of phone. I moderately dig Samsung’s new Galaxy S7 Edge and its funky wrap around screen. Motorola, HTC, and LG all have fairly generic offerings. Microsoft is still just shrinking the tablet to phone size, and no one has any idea what Blackberry is doing (including Blackberry.)
When you look at phone, you’re usually considering several different factors. Generally price, screen size, network, camera, screen resolution, and even battery options will factor into the decision. I recently realized, however, I’ve been skipping over one very important qualification that is vital to the success of our phone/human relationship: Will my phone survive a bath of molten tar?
Luckily for me, the internet never fails to research problems from every angle, and TechRax has done the leg work so I’ll never make an uneducated phone purchase again by pouring hot tar on an iPhone 6s.
The iPhone 6s is, realistically, what I will end up with so this is vital.
Just for your own knowledge, tar melts somewhere between 130°F and 140°F. The recommended temperature for operating an iPhone is probably going to call it quits around 95°F.
Let’s see what happens.
Initially, other than a serious case of the “I-need-to-back-ups,” you can’t see too much. After a minute, he flips the iPhone to find–in addition to the untimely death of an unfortunate mosquito–the back is basically untouched. TechRax then gets a few other valuable lessons about tar: 1. It is sticky and 2. It really holds its heat.
The takeaway is that after the tar is removed, the phone is completely fried and won’t turn on. The weird thing is that it still looks completely fine, except for a slightly toasted display screen. The fact that it’s able to hold its shape, even when all the internal components refuse to keep working it pretty impressive. I would like to see how other phones hold up in this type of extreme environment.
As it turns out, you shouldn’t pour hot tar on your phone, and I’ll be purchasing an iPhone 6S. Thanks Internet.
