Simply How Water-Resistant Is Apple’s iPhone? I Tested It in My Swimming Pool

There’s nothing I like greater than testing a tech firm’s claims. I used to host a CNET YouTube sequence referred to as Breaking Point, the place I received to do what most individuals attempt to keep away from: torture their tech. That meant purposely dropping 1000’s of {dollars}’ price of telephones on the bottom, dunking them in water and pushing them to their limits. 

So when Apple launched its first water resistant iPhone in 2016, I believed, “Game on!”

It’s laborious to think about now, however earlier than the iPhone 7, a splash of water may make your Apple telephone ineffective. Its IP67 ranking means it might stand up to half-hour in 1 meter of water (about 3 toes). To check it, I took the iPhone 7 for a “swim” within the pool at my previous San Francisco residence constructing, together with then CNET senior editor Sean Hollister, and filmed the entire thing.

We ended up testing it past its limits and didn’t precisely observe all of the care directions. Spoiler alert: The iPhone principally survived, but it surely did come away with a battle scar or two.

At the time, I used to be blissfully unaware that simply because a telephone is okay after being underwater doesn’t imply it escaped injury. Chlorinated pool water and ocean saltwater can slowly corrode the supplies inside a telephone, even after it’s dried out. That wouldn’t kill a telephone straight away, however it will shorten its lifespan. Water injury (intentional or not) will void Apple’s warranty. 

Looking again at this 10-year-old video of Hollister and me throwing an iPhone 7 right into a pool is ironic. Instead of taking my telephone on extra water-related adventures, protected within the information that my tech must be tremendous, I’m cautious with my iPhone round water. Less enjoyable, sure, however extra knowledgeable.

Watch my full Did the iPhone 7 Survive Our Water Test? video down beneath.