[HN Gopher] Helium Implicated in Weird iPhone Malfunctions
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       Helium Implicated in Weird iPhone Malfunctions
        
       Author : cpeterso
       Score  : 9 points
       Date   : 2024-09-19 23:14 UTC (3 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (arstechnica.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (arstechnica.com)
        
       | codefeenix wrote:
       | Great video about this on Applied Science's channel
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvzWaVvB908
        
       | maxden wrote:
       | Article is from 2018 and the effect has been discussed
       | previously.
       | 
       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18340693
        
       | ortusdux wrote:
       | How do iPhones handle partial vacuums? I've used a vac chamber to
       | speed up helium off-gassing from poisoned rubber gaskets in the
       | past.
        
         | Kirby64 wrote:
         | For the electronics I would expect it's fine. The oscillators
         | should be sealed. Whatever is inside the MEMS cavity would be
         | okay. Now, all the mechanical stuff presumably expects some
         | sort of normal atmospheric pressure, so YMMV on speakers,
         | haptics, and any of the camera OIS. It's all water sealed these
         | days, though.
        
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