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Honest question - Aren't IPhones already pretty water resistant? Unless getting dunked in water, I haven't heard of anyone having any issues with water damagin
by k2xl 10y ago
Honest question - Aren't IPhones already pretty water resistant?
Unless getting dunked in water, I haven't heard of anyone having any issues with water damaging their IPhone.
- umeshunni 10y agoiPhones are currently 'splash resistant'. Now they're 'swim resistant'. They are now up to the IP67 standards.
- tetraodonpuffer 10y agoIP67 is not good enough for swimming (1m submersion). Note the emphasis of the watch being able to be swum with, but for the phone they only showed it being used when it was raining
- AceJohnny2 10y agoThe new watches are swim resistant. The phones aren't.
- umeshunni 10y agoAh, thank you. I got that confused.
- devonkim 10y agoI've heard of people living in really high humidity areas activating the water sensors in their phones and being refused warranty replacements.
- hsod 10y agoSeems like the new thing is if you drop it in the pool/bathtub/toilet (and quickly retrieve it) you should be fine
- raesene9 10y agountil now they weren't officially water resistant. I'm guessing that'll make a difference if you have a warrenty repair and the phone has been wet..
- wodenokoto 10y agoYou can dunk the iPhone 6 in water. They are fairly water proof, but it is not part of the product specification. Now they consider the waterproofing good enough to guarantee it.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> Now they consider the waterproofing good enough to guarantee it. Well, no, since liquid damage isn't covered by the warranty, there is no actual guarantee. There is a claim (and maybe a third-party certification) of meeting a particular standard, but that's different from a guarantee -- its marketing with no risk of having to pay out money if the performance isn't up to snuff in practice. A guarantee puts warranty money where your marketing mouth is.
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- jayflux 10y agoI don't think he meant guarantee in that sense. I think he just meant that now the waterproofing is good enough to advertise it as a feature. Making it official, so to speak.