Indian woman loses iPhone in Japan, what happens next leaves her amazed

An Indian woman living in Japan recovered her iPhone 16 Pro after accidentally leaving it behind for several hours, using Apple’s Find My feature to track the device late at night. Pragati, who shared her experience on Instagram, said she had lost and recovered her phone several times in Japan, calling this the fifth such incident.

Pragati said she often leaves her phone behind without immediately noticing because she does not constantly check it. On this occasion, she realised the device was missing several hours later and used another phone to check its location.

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Phone tracked to a location 600 metres away

According to Pragati, the location showed that her iPhone was around 600 metres away when she began searching for it. It was already around midnight, prompting her to head towards the location displayed by the Find My app.

“People say that being addicted to your phone is a very bad thing, but for me, not being addicted to my phone is a very bad thing,” she said, explaining that she sometimes remembers her phone only two or three hours after leaving it somewhere.

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As she got closer, the distance shown on the tracking service fell to around 100 metres. Pragati said she hoped the phone had not been moved and suggested that someone may have left it where they found it.

‘Every single time I’ve found my phone’

Pragati said Apple’s Find My feature had previously helped her recover her phone on several occasions. She also recalled instances when the device was connected to her Apple Watch, which helped her locate it.

“So guys, every single time I've found my phone, it’s only because of the Find My app,” she said.

She recalled that her phone had previously been found at a police station, a vegetable market and twice in trial rooms.

Pragati said she was eventually able to reach the location shown on the app and found her iPhone still there.

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‘This was the 5th time’

Sharing the experience on Instagram, Pragati said this was the fifth time she had lost her phone in Japan and subsequently recovered it.

“I don't know if this is possible in any other country or not, but I swear, this has happened to me 4 to 5 times in Japan,” she said.

In the caption accompanying the video, she wrote that she had “lost” her iPhone 16 Pro in Japan again and managed to find it, adding that she felt such an experience was possible only in Japan.

Internet reacts to her experience

The video drew reactions from viewers, with several users commenting on the circumstances surrounding her repeated phone recoveries.

One user wrote, “Only in Japan!” Another commented, “Japan’s honesty is unmatched,” while others described the experience as surprising and unusual.

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