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<p>Azide0: Note about potential error</p> <hr /> <div>{{comic<br /> | number = 3071<br /> | date = April 2, 2025<br /> | title = Decay Chain<br /> | image = decay_chain_2x.png<br /> | imagesize = 312x595px<br /> | noexpand = true<br /> | titletext = If you have an old phone in a drawer, and you listen very carefully, you can occasionally hear the occasional tap of an emitted SIM card hitting the side of the drawer as the phone transmutes to a lower-end model.<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Explanation==<br /> {{incomplete|Created by a Slowly Decaying Bot - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> This comic is about the decaying of iPhones. In science, some atoms decays into other atoms, releasing some energy in the process. This comic humorously explore how an iPhone would decay if decaying works the same.<br /> <br /> The decay step from the iPhone 13 Pro to the iPhone 14 Plus is missing a symbol. It is presumably meant to be beta minus decay.<br /> <br /> ==Transcript==<br /> {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}}<br /> <br /> :[Caption below the panel:]<br /> :Physicists believe that an iPhone 16 Pro Max will, if left alone long enough, eventually decay into an iPhone 7, the heaviest stable model.<br /> <br /> <br /> {{comic discussion}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Smartphones]]<br /> [[Category:Physics]]</div>

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