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Independent waterproof test 337 smartphone models



Dive test



Surely many have seen glitches associated with the effects of moisture on the phone. For example, when due to high humidity the speaker (speakerphone) is turned off or the touchscreen is buggy. Some people think that it is safer to talk on the phone under the drizzling rain than under the rain. But the risk to spoil the mobile phone is the same in both cases. And the owners of the iPhone 7 still need to remember that they have insurance does not apply to cases where the smartphone came into contact with water.



In a blizzard to get the phone out of your pocket is also fraught with breakage. What to say about the "drowning" of the device with full immersion in water. But it turns out that many modern phones withstand such a stress test. ROSkachestvo, together with colleagues from ICRT (International Consumer Research and Testing Ltd), the International Assembly of Consumer Testing Organizations, published the results of moisture resistance tests of smartphones .



Conducted two tests:

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In the first case, each smartphone was placed on a special stand, which created the effect of rain. Experts evaluated the performance of the devices one, two and three days after the test. This test passed all devices.





During the dive test, smartphones were immersed in a large flask of water 1 meter deep. There they lay for 30 minutes. Then, again, the experts believed performance. This test was carried out only by models whose characteristics were waterproof.



Almost all 337 tested devices passed the rain test well or perfectly. Only occasionally there were problems with the speaker, which were eliminated by themselves when the phones were dry.



The experts identified only six models that coped with the rain test worse than 4 points:





The test with full immersion passed 35 of 337 smartphones, declared as waterproof. Half an hour under water, only 11 models stood in perfect order (in alphabetical order), they all got the maximum 5.5 points:





Two more devices are not far behind the leaders, receiving 5 points out of 5.5 possible: these are the HTC U 11 and the Samsung Galaxy A5 (2017) SM-A520F. The first one had to be dried with a towel, and in the second one the sound became slightly muffled.



Almost all Apple products with declared water resistance got 4 points: these are iPhone 7 (128 GB), iPhone 7 Plus (128 GB), iPhone 8 (64 GB), iPhone 8 Plus (64 GB) and iPhone X (256 GB). Mainly due to problems with the work of the speaker, when they were taken out of the water. After drying, the problem does not manifest itself.



CAT S60, Google Pixel 2 (128 GB) and Pixel 2 XL (128 GB), HTC Desire Eye, LG V30 (LG-H930, 8th overall), Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge (32 GB) and S5 Neo SM-903F (out of sale), as well as a number of Sony Xperia models (X Performance, XZ, XZs, XZ1, XZ1 Compact), Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual E2303 and E2333.



The failing results for the Samsung Galaxy S7 (32 GB) SM-G930F and Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 SM-388F are 3.5 and 2 points, respectively.



On the Roskoschestvo website, you can see the absolute rating of all smartphones based on dozens of tests, not only for water resistance. For example, here are the top five absolutely worst smartphones.







Among the leaders is nothing unexpected - as usual, there are Samsung and Apple.

Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/374319/

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