Modern smartphones are well equipped to deal with almost any kind of damage, but can they withstand being dropped into a pool of lava? <br /><br />A group of tech enthusiasts from California, USA undertook to find out how an iPhone 6s would cope.<br /><br />The footage, captured earlier this month, shows the lava slowly consuming the phone, causing it to burst into flames.<br /><br />When the phone is eventually retrieved, the device is obviously beyond repair, with its casing and battery thoroughly destroyed.