No.
I still treat it as if it was from 2014I don’t really look for “this one’s rated to 20 meters but this one only 10” I just want to see a water resistance rating of some kind. Which, it is my understanding the Galaxy Folds don’t have.
My phone will be in my pocket during five years of sudden rain storms, sweat, washing cars, fixing sinks etc. It needs to be able to survive getting dunked in a bucket of water. I’m not taking it diving, but also my chauffeur isn’t going to hold an umbrella while I climb into the limousine.
Folds have water ratings but no (or worse) dust ratings. So you can use them in the rain but be careful in a beach, wood shop, etc.
The first number in the rating is dust resistance, and the second is water resistance. So an IP 48 phone (new Samsung folds) has the same water resistance but worse dust resistance than an IP 68 phone (e.g. S25). IP X8 means there is no dust resistance but it is water resistant. IP 6X would be the other way around.
I am a woodworker, my phone also needs to survive being completely submerged in sanding dust.
Nope.
People don’t, but companies do.
Company A might get a contract to do whatever thing for Company B and the contract says “all equipment brought on site by your team must be this or that or whatever IP Rating”.
It’s an insurance / liability thing.
Totally, I use my phone to play music while in the shower. I also do a lot of work outside, work that doesn’t stop if it starts raining.
No. If I add any more requirements for what I need from a phone I’ll go from 1 option to zero.
What’s your one option btw?
Carrier pigeons.
They also don’t work underwater.
Carrier salmon.
XCover 6 Pro
Well, it already has IP68 anyways so you got that covered :D
Allegedly so. Looking at that rubber seal behind the flimsy back cover doesn’t inspire much confidence however so I’ll keep treating it as if that rating doesn’t exist.
What’s the requirement that only this phone covers?.. If it’s not being more “resistant”? Its whole point seems to be to be rugged.
Has removable battery and a headphone jack.
xkcd phone
Yes. It has saved my bacon at least once (went down a water slide into a swimming pool forgetting it was in my pocket.) I need all the help I can get keeping my phone alive.
Do you?
I don’t care for the number and just go by what they say it will endure, but absolutely. As the owner of a toddler it’s saved the day on as number of occasions.
I want stories please
Nothing crazy. Just a phone ending up in either the bath, the toilet, gravy, sand, whatever. Kinda surprising what an iPhone will endure tbh.
Also: Drool… My kids chewed on my more time than I can count…
Yes. I’m not too demanding about it but I want my phone to survive being soaked in rain or a washing with clean water.
Bonus points if I can take it into the sea, but I never had a phone for which I was confident it could survive salty water.
I did back in the day. Now everything is IP67 or whatever’s the most common one. It’s honestly a crapshoot, my Xperia Z3 died from just being in the shower room while I showered, nowhere near the water but vaguely steamy in there.
I accidentally flushed, yes - flushed my Pixel 1 XL down the toilet and it was fine (it swam up).
Right?! Electronics would straight rust, quickly. Remember having to take your watch off to wash your hands? Now I have a collection of Casios and would be shocked if any so much as got foggy. LOL, now you can pull the battery and put your motherboard in the dish washer.
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Wrong post.
It seems correct to me
Yes, outdoor work and phones are expensive.
Yes. I have three young children, I need my phone to be waterproof.
Absolutely, I don’t want to worry about water damage, I also often just wash the phone while washing my hands, especially during flu-season.
I also often just wash the phone while washing my hands
I did that often around covid, water got in the supposedly IP68 water resistance anyways after doing that for a few months.
I’d consider their claims to be exaggerated.
If theu say its “water submersible” treat it as just protection against light splashes, if its just “water repellant”, don’t trust that near water at all. Expect less than their claims.
If you used soap, that could be why. Soap can deteriorate the rubber gaskets and adhesives that keep the ingress protection together.
Yeaah, but what good is washing something without soap? (Germs aren’t gonna come off)
Nowadays I just try to use alcohol wipes instead
Yes. I’ve never had a bad liquid incident, but I don’t want my phone to be one spilled drink or dropped-into-toilet-or-puddle away from being fried.
Nope, my current phone isn’t even water resistant. It loses resistance over time anyways, so IDC.
