iPhone smiles on the faces of southern people?/ Do these phones work (+photo)

"Marine iPhone" has now become a hot and popular topic; A subject that, in a few hours, has turned from a maritime narrative into a strange combination of dreams of wealth, collective excitement, moral debates, technical concerns and the buying and selling market.

Barterinha wrote: In the last two days, strange and unbelievable news has been circulating on social media in Iran. News of a container belonging to the Emirates that had an accident in the waters of the Persian Gulf and is said to have a shipment of iPhone 18 phones and perfume and cologne. But the story did not end here; Images have been published that show that after the incident, some local people went to the place with fishing boats and collected the phones that were floating on the water.

Very soon, this story turned from a marine incident into one of the hottest topics on social networks in Iran. Several videos were released; Videos of people with completely normal lives who suddenly faced an unexpected event; An event that may mean for some of them to get a few luxury phones and wealth that under normal conditions, it is difficult to even imagine buying.

The story becomes more strange because we are talking about iPhones, which are said to be worth 700 to 800 million tomans per device in the Iranian market; A figure that for a large part of the society, is not an ordinary purchase, but a far-fetched dream. At a time when the price of the dollar and the economic conditions have made the purchase of such phones an unattainable dream for many people, now pictures are published of people who apparently got these phones not by years of savings, but by a sudden event.

The reactions are as interesting as the story itself. A significant part of users look at this incident with a positive tone. In the comments they write: "Drink people of the south!"; People who have gone through difficult times in recent months, especially in the shadow of war and economic pressures. For this group, the story is more like a pleasant and unexpected event; It is as if a share of a great wealth has suddenly reached the hands of those who might never have been able to buy such a product under normal circumstances.

On the other hand, some people have a critical view. They talk about concepts like "freedom" and believe that one should not justify any kind of possession of an expensive product just because it is available for free. In this way, a maritime accident has become a topic for discussion about morality, property, economic justice and even society's view of wealth.

Are these iPhones really usable?

But apart from the emotional reactions, there is also an important technical question: are these iPhones really usable?

Various stories about the fate of these phones have been published on social networks. Some say that once the phones are connected to the Internet, the company or the original owner can remotely lock them and effectively disable them. Others believe that such an event does not necessarily happen and depends on the type of device lock, activation status and software conditions. There have even been claims about the possibility of using the phone with 3G internet or its parts being unusable.

The fact is that only knowing the country of origin, serial number or internet connection of the phone cannot give a definitive verdict about the fate of all these devices. The ability to remotely lock depends on conditions such as device ownership and activation status, security features enabled, and the rightful owner's access to associated accounts.

On the other hand, the issue of registry in Iran is also a separate issue and even if a phone is sound in terms of hardware and usable in terms of software, it does not necessarily mean that it is possible to legally use an Iranian SIM card in it.

However, perhaps the most interesting part of the story is here: the phones that are not yet clear about their use status have now become a high-margin product in the market.

Advertisements with the title "Marine iPhone" can be seen on platforms such as Wall, and for some of them, prices of around 250 to 300 million Tomans have been proposed; Numbers that make their purchase a risky decision due to the uncertainty about the authenticity, health, registry and the possibility of locking the device.

Besides all this, there is another issue: the authenticity of published images and videos. In an age where artificial intelligence-generated content seems more realistic every day, it's not easy to tell which images are actually related to the incident and which are fake or manipulated.

The widespread distribution of a video is not in itself a document of its authenticity; Just as the high number of views cannot take the place of independent verification of a news.

The fake image published related to this news

However, regardless of the exact details of the incident, how many phones actually came out of the water, how many of them are usable, and which images are authentic, one fact about cyberspace is clear: the "sea iPhone" has now become a hot topic; A subject that, in a few hours, has turned from a maritime narrative into a strange combination of dreams of wealth, collective excitement, moral debates, technical concerns and the buying and selling market.

Maybe this is the strangest part of the story; In an economy where buying a luxury phone has become a far-fetched dream for many people, the news of the arrival of several iPhones from the sea can cause such a great wave of joy, jokes, hope, doubt and controversy.

A container, several iPhones and a wave of reactions; Sometimes, this is enough to become a trend in Iran.