Wet iphone needs itunes restore - what data is Lost?

Fell in water… Powered up after rice bed for 12 hrs- saved phones pics vids etc to desktop- … Recv'd texts then phone acted up and is in now STUCK in a RESTORE (apple) logo screen. MODE- rebooting-
IF I restore- will I loose EVERYTHING ---pics etc.texts contacts etc. I have icloud with contacts there- but what about my apps? Last sync'd months ago.

You loose EVERYTHING

You can download apps from the iTunes store again for no charge. You can download anything you've paid for at the iTunes store again for no charge.

Redownloaded a song previously paid for last night that Windoze magically lost off iTunes.

What you can't get back is any content you've created, such as a playlist not already synced to iTunes or any pictures or documents that you may have created.

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