#3071: Decay Chain
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[A flowchart with arrows leading from a circle with the words "iPhone 16 Pro Max", to circles with other iPhone names, eventually leading to a circle with the words "iPhone 7". All of one iPhone number are on the same level (e.g. iPhone 16 Pro Max is on the same level as iPhone 16 Plus, and iPhone 15 Pro is on the same level as iPhone 15).]
iPhone 16 Pro Max alpha decays to iPhone 14 Pro Max.
iPhone 14 Pro Max alpha decays to iPhone 12 Pro Max OR beta decays to iPhone 15 Pro.
iPhone 12 Pro Max beta decays to iPhone 13 Pro.
iPhone 15 Pro alpha decays to iPhone 13 Pro OR beta decays to iPhone 16 Plus.
iPhone 13 Pro beta decays to iPhone 14 Plus.
iPhone 16 Plus alpha decays to iPhone 14 Plus.
iPhone 14 Plus beta decays to iPhone 15.
iPhone 15 alpha decays to iPhone 13.
iPhone 13 alpha decays to iPhone 11.
iPhone 11 alpha decays to iPhone X.
iPhone X alpha decays to iPhone 7.
iPhone 7 does not decay.
[Caption below the panel:]
Physicists believe that an iPhone 16 Pro Max will, if left alone long enough, eventually decay into an iPhone 7, the heaviest stable model.
(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)
Title text: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.