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02 Oct 2026, 1:53 PM	SoyaCincau	1.5	This iPhone was dropped from over 30,000 metres and it survived RhinoShield and Sent Into Space dropped an iPhone 17 Pro in a RhinoShield case from 100,416 feet (30,607 metres) after lifting it by balloon, then recovered it undamaged in Kiruna, Sweden. The stunt earned a Guinness World Records title for the highest drop of a mobile phone in a phone case (natural landforms). For context, standard lab drop tests are around 1.2 metres and RhinoShield’s own office tests are about 23 metres. Why: There is no direct action for software, AI, or SaaS builders here: this is a consumer-hardware PR stunt, not a product change. If you’re evaluating phone-case durability, note that Sent Into Space used an ejection payload with a drogue chute calibrated to match an unencumbered phone’s terminal velocity, so it does not replicate an everyday 1.2 m accidental drop. consumer-hardware marketing-stunt guinness-world-records

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02 Oct 2026, 1:53 PM

SoyaCincau

1.5

This iPhone was dropped from over 30,000 metres and it survived

RhinoShield and Sent Into Space dropped an iPhone 17 Pro in a RhinoShield case from 100,416 feet (30,607 metres) after lifting it by balloon, then recovered it undamaged in Kiruna, Sweden. The stunt earned a Guinness World Records title for the highest drop of a mobile phone in a phone case (natural landforms). For context, standard lab drop tests are around 1.2 metres and RhinoShield’s own office tests are about 23 metres.

Why: There is no direct action for software, AI, or SaaS builders here: this is a consumer-hardware PR stunt, not a product change. If you’re evaluating phone-case durability, note that Sent Into Space used an ejection payload with a drogue chute calibrated to match an unencumbered phone’s terminal velocity, so it does not replicate an everyday 1.2 m accidental drop.