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duh.. it's only approved to handle 3Gs !
Most F16s can charge the iPhone but not the iPad, which needs a higher-wattage power source. The iF16, set to debut in 2013, will fully support iPad charging.
I agree 100%. Something seems odd. Maybe the pilot had it in one of his leg pockets where the g-suit inflates? The accompanying pressure along with the g-force warped the LCD slightly...leading to this?i call BS on this. Want to simulate 9 Gs? put your iphone in a knapsack, and swing it around over your head as fast as you can. That will exceed 9gs. Try dropping it. That will exceed 9gs. 9gs is about the max a human pilot can withstand in a g-suit for short periods of time. I think the iPhone would survive (well, mine has survived the second) that kind of Gs.
who knows tho, truth is stranger than fiction
So does this mean an iPad can handle it?Well no, it just stands to reason the 3Gs cannot withstand 9Gs. But if you stack 4 iPhone 3Gs together with a rubber band, I bet it'll work.
Definitely.
I mean, obviously the iPhone was the entire purpose of this flight and the only result of the entire exercise was the pictures of this guy's personal phone.
I bet they even erased the pilot's memories of the maneuvers to ensure he didn't gain any experience from their iPhone test.
Jesse Stein says:
Gizmodo is illegally using your photo.
gizmodo.com/5527234/the-iphone-cant-quite-han dle-9gs
I'd ask them to pay you, or take it down.
Also I was unaware that the fighter jet came with a docking port for the i-phone. Nice touch.
Yeah, of course you'd also need a jet capable of going 9Gs and access to areas where its legal to go that fast, because that isn't terribly legal over populated areas.
Yeah, of course you'd also need a jet capable of going 9Gs and access to areas where its legal to go that fast, because that isn't terribly legal over populated areas.
Wow, Just wow.... You do know that G-force (or Gravity Force) is not a measure of speed right? It is a term we use to quantify the force being expressed against an object during angular acceleration. In that respect, It has little to do with speed. Thus, the correct term would be that you would need a jet capable of withstanding 9Gs. I could subject an iPhone to 9Gs in my living room if I cared.
Wow, Just wow.... You do know that G-force (or Gravity Force) is not a measure of speed right? It is a term we use to quantify the force being expressed against an object during angular acceleration. In that respect, It has little to do with speed. Thus, the correct term would be that you would need a jet capable of withstanding 9Gs. I could subject an iPhone to 9Gs in my living room if I cared.
unless they're pulling off specific maneuvers to get that 9Gs doing it a straight flight would likely exceed that speed.
Although the military jets have tons of thrust, I do not think one is going to hit 9Gs in a straight line - unless it runs into something. You'd HAVE to be making a steep bank.
As I understand it military jets are limited to specific speeds over populated areas (assuming we're just talking about general flying and not when they actually need to get somewhere for an emergency) and unless they're pulling off specific maneuvers to get that 9Gs doing it a straight flight would likely exceed that speed.
wow. just not going to comment on the jet physics lessons...
As to the screen, it IS a Liquid CRYSTAL screen (and LEDs have no impact as to whether or not the screen is going to have an issue; that just provides the lighting, not the actual images), and last I checked, crystals, even small ones, have mass, and thus will be affected by g-force. Since most high G maneuvers tend to be along the vertical axis of the plane in question, the phone would've needed to be stored with the screen ALIGNED (ie, parallel) to that axis, to cause the crystals to slide sideways. if it were flat (say, sitting on a thigh like it might be in a pants pocket when sitting), it wouldn't be affected this way. Still might have an issue, but not like the image shown.
As I understand it military jets are limited to specific speeds over populated areas (assuming we're just talking about general flying and not when they actually need to get somewhere for an emergency) and unless they're pulling off specific maneuvers to get that 9Gs doing it a straight flight would likely exceed that speed.