The Myth of Waterproof Phones: A False Sense of Security The summer months bring a promise: the freedom to take our phones anywhere without worrying about water or dust damage.
But is this promise genuine, or has the industry been playing a clever trick on consumers? The IP68 rating, touted by manufacturers as a guarantee of waterproofing, is a complex web of variables and assumptions.
The International Electrotechnical Commission's Ingress Protection system assesses a phone's durability under laboratory conditions that bear little resemblance to real life scenarios.