While driving, I tend to slide the iPhone under my leg to keep it secure during the car ride.  If I leave it on the seat next to me, it slides around and could fall off the seat.  If you put it in a cup holder, it can still rattle around.

So, on Friday, I had the iPhone tucked under my leg on the way in and when I got to work, I parked the car, opened the car door, got out of the car and the noise I heard was horrifying to me.  It was the sound of me forgetting the iPhone was under my leg.  It was the sound of the iPhone hitting the parking lot concrete, face down.  Oh, I forgot to mention we just got 10 inches of snow and the parking lot was all slushy and there were tons of slushy puddles.

Sure enough, the iPhone landed face down in a slushy puddle.  It was completely submerged in icy cold water for about 5 seconds before I stopped shreaking like a 5  year old and picked it up.  I wiped it off on my coat and shook it off to get most of the water off of it.  When I got into work, I used a paper towel and cleaned out the dock connector and headphone jack and home button.

So far (knocking on wood), the iPhone is working just fine.  I have the crystal screen protector on it, but not sure if that played a part in it’s survival or not.

I’ve since ordered a car mount so this doesn’t happen again.

I’m thankful I don’t need to buy a new iPhone.