TIFU – obliterated my almost new iPhone 16 pro

So this happened on Thursday – I was riding the motorbike down to wales, enjoying myself, in spite of the horrendous weather. It’s always good to get out for a good ride. I’d made a diversion to pickup some bits, so was in unfamiliar territory just before getting back on the motorway, otherwise I’d have had my phone in my jacket pocket. I don’t like it being on the mount, as it’s not shielded from the wind or anything. Because it had been raining, the phone complained about water In the socket when I plugged it in, so I left it unplugged.
I was probably going around 85MPH on the M56 when suddenly something hits my leg… sure enough, I realised immediately that it was my phone, broken free from my handlebar mount. Slammed into my leg and gone…. Zero time to react or to catch it.

I Pulled over on the hard shoulder and walked back… managed to recover the case and a single piece of phone internals. Can only assume it was hit by a following car or whatever and obliterated. Insurance rejected the claim, so I’m basically £1200 out of pocket.

TL;DR destroyed my iPhone 16 pro after it broke free from the handlebar mount on my bike at speed