Is it normal that my iphone is seems to weigh less when it's turned off?

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I have noticed multiple times, that when I turn my iPhone off, it seems to become lighter in weight. This past time, it turned off when I wasn't looking (low battery) and I knew it had turned off before looking at it. When I turn the thing off, it gradually loses weight, then it feels almost hollow.

Did apple build iPhones with black holes or something?? I don't think electricity has weight, does it? Could it be the accelerometer that stops rotating and that's what makes it seem lighter? What up? Explain it all, Clarissa.

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  • mae94
    11 years ago

    haha its the same weight , on or off :P put it on a scale before you soon went crazy :)

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  • Avant-Garde
    11 years ago

    Same here! When it's off or when all of the battery has drained, it's light as snow. But when it's on, it's rather heavy. It feels this way regardless if the case is on or off. I've been wondering about this for awhile and thought it was just me... Also, who's this "Clarissa"?

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  • GuessWho
    11 years ago

    It's only Apple that builds phones like that.
    It's because of their slogan: "Think Different"

    All the other manufactures fit their phones with an anti-gravity unit that uses a bit of battery power to make the phone lighter while it's powered on.

    Just to be different, Apple do the opposite.

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  • DannyKanes
    11 years ago

    This can be easily solved. I'll weigh my phone whilst it's on and then weigh it again once it's turned off.

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  • Freindly
    11 years ago

    Its not that strange:
    Its gradually becoming lighter, right?
    It might have something to do with the fact that its warmer when you turn it on, then, when its off, it will cool down, and MIGHT appear to feel lighter.
    I'm not sure if this is what happens to you, maybe its something else, but this is all I can think off.

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  • VioletTrees
    11 years ago

    Your brain is playing tricks on you. The iPhone weighs the same whether it's on or off.

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  • nAt2017
    11 years ago

    Oh... okay.

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  • smartpatrol11
    11 years ago

    Unless its because its actually disconnected from itunes this could account for the weight loss

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  • Darkoil
    11 years ago

    "Did apple build iPhones with black holes or something??" I'd love to know what you are trying to imply here, and no electricity doesn't have mass.

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    • Avant-Garde
      11 years ago

      If they did managed such a thing it would be a scientific breakthrough while also posing many dangerous.

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  • Justsomejerk
    11 years ago

    Try submerging it in water. Is it heavier now?

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    • iEatZombies_
      11 years ago

      This.

      Or throw it off a building. See if it floats down like paper.

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      • Justsomejerk
        11 years ago

        Make sure you turn it off first, you don't want to damage your phone.

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        • iEatZombies_
          11 years ago

          Oh, goodness. How could I forget?
          Thank you for helping out there. =>

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          • Justsomejerk
            11 years ago

            I care, therefore I am.

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            • callb4ucome
              11 years ago

              you shud have your own show....id watch it....am i doing what they call trolling cuz ive been newly introduced to this term and am not clear on how its done

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  • nobleserpent
    11 years ago

    I know what you mean OP. I've come to realize that by keeping my mind busy and working on projects... -I can actually speed up Time-

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