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Scott Younker

This iPhone case is going viral for surviving a 100,000-foot drop from space — and it just earned a Guinness Book World Record

RhinoShield AirX case going to space.

A casemaker is going viral for a stunt video involving its RhinoShield AirX iPhone case and a 100,000-foot drop from space in which an iPhone 17 Pro survived. The attempt even garnered a Guinness World Record.

The stunt took place when RhinoShield dropped the phone from a high-altitude balloon at 30,607 meters (or 19 miles) above Kiruna, Sweden. The phone didn't have a parachute or any kind of safety net.

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