David Hanak With this year's news, Apple officially states that it has IP68 certification. According to the tables, this means that the phone should survive 30 minutes of submersion at a depth of two meters. Apple complements this claim by saying that the iPhone can handle immersion at twice the depth for the same amount of time. However, tests have now appeared that show that the new iPhones can handle water much, much better.
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Petr Škuta Thanks to the aforementioned certification, the new iPhones should be able to easily handle most of the incidents that their careless owners can cause them. Spilled with a drink, dropped in the shower or bathtub should not be a problem for the new iPhones. However, how far do we have to go so that the iPhone does not last and is damaged due to environmental (water) influences? Quite deep, as revealed in a new test. CNET editors took an underwater drone, attached the new iPhone 11 Pro (as well as the basic iPhone 11) to it, and went to see what Apple's new flagship can withstand.
The default value for the test was the 4 meters that Apple presents in the specifications. The basic iPhone 11 has "only" the classic IP68 certification, i.e. the values of 2 meters and 30 minutes apply to it. However, after half an hour at a depth of four meters, it still worked, only the speaker was somewhat charred. The 11 Pro passed this test almost flawlessly.
The second test dive was to a depth of 8 meters for 30 minutes. The result was surprisingly the same as before. Both models worked perfectly fine except for the speaker, which was still slightly charred after popping out. Otherwise, the display, camera, buttons - everything worked as it should.
During the third test, the iPhones were submerged to 12 meters, and in half an hour more or less fully functional phones were fished out. In addition, after complete drying, it turned out that the damage to the speaker is almost unnoticeable. So, as it turned out, despite the IP68 certification, iPhones are doing much better with water resistance than Apple guarantees. Thus, users would not have to fear, for example, some deeper underwater photography. Phones as such should be able to withstand it, the only permanent damage is the speaker, which does not like changes in ambient pressure very much.
Source: CNET
