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Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max have IP68 dust and water resistance, which means the two flagship phones can survive being submerged in up to 6 meters of water for 30 minutes. Outside of these limits, being able to function normally after being submerged for 22 hours may mean that other forces are at work. In any case, one owner recalled how he restored his iPhone 15 Pro, and although the speaker didn't work properly at first, it was fine after a little drying.

A Redditor going by the username Gerodot01 recounted how he found his iPhone 15 Pro, which had been lying in 2.5 meters of river water for 22 hours. Of course, no smartphone with a normal-sized battery could stay powered for that long, so it had to be powered off, which is the state it was found in. The flagship phone's speakers didn't work initially, which is not uncommon.

"My phone was submerged in 2.5m of river water for 22 hours. I took it out afterwards and it was discharged, but after drying it turned on again. The speaker didn't work at first, but then it dried and the phone was back to its pre-water status. Has anyone experienced anything similar?"

Fortunately, after completely drying the device, the iPhone 15 Pro successfully turned on and the speaker soon worked normally. Gerodot01 also shared a picture of the device above, revealing its internal structure, most likely to find out which part may have been damaged by water. From the outside, the iPhone 15 Pro was unscathed, but after opening the display assembly, the adhesive that gives the smartphone its water-resistant properties has been removed.

In this case, the adhesive will need to be reapplied via a third-party solution, or this iPhone 15 Pro may not survive another submersion. Still, it's a miracle, as it's not often that an electronic device comes out alive after being submerged in water for nearly a full day.