World Record: A Phone Survived 100,000-Foot Fall From Stratosphere

World record: A phone survived 100,000-foot fall from stratosphere

A mobile phone has survived a fall from more than 100,000 feet after being carried into the stratosphere by a balloon and released over northern Sweden. The stunt, organized by phone-case maker RHINOSHIELD and UK aerospace company Sent Into Space, has now earned a Guinness World Records title for the highest drop of a mobile phone in a phone case onto natural landforms. The phone was recovered on June 24 near Kiruna, Sweden, after falling from a…

RHINOSHIELD AirX Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title in Record-Breaking Near-Space Drop Challenge

RHINOSHIELD AirX Sets GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Title in Record-Breaking Near-Space Drop Challenge

Smartphone survives 30.6-km fall from stratosphere, earns Guinness World Records title

A smartphone has pulled off an extraordinary survival test after being dropped from more than 30 kilometres above Earth and recovered in working condition. The experiment, conducted over Kiruna in Sweden, has now earned a Guinness World Records title. The phone was released from an altitude of 30,607 metres on June 24, 2026, after being carried into the stratosphere by a high-altitude balloon. It then began a long descent towards the Swedish wil…

Phone survives record-breaking 30,607-meter drop from stratosphere

A mobile phone has survived a drop from 30,607 meters (100,418 feet, 8 inches) above the ground, setting a Guinness World Records title for the highest drop of a mobile phone in a phone case over a natural landform. The record was achieved by phone case maker RHINOSHIELD PTE. LTD. and Sent Into Space LTD., which dropped the phone from a balloon over the Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden, on June 24. The phone, protected by RHINOSHIELD’s Air…