What to Know About IP Ratings Before Getting Your Phone Wet

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What to Know About IP Ratings Before Getting Your Phone Wet
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Whether it’s a quick dip in the toilet or a journey behind the couch to where only the dust bunnies roam. Just how rugged is your device?

up in unexpected places, whether it’s a quick dip in the toilet or a journey behind the couch to where only the dust bunnies roam. Just how rugged is your device? Ingress Protection ratings, developed by theand first released in 1976, are intended to highlight a device’s level of dust and water resistance.

IP ratings are a helpful standard for comparing new smartphones’ general resistance to dust and water. Keep in mind, however, that tests for IP ratings are performed in laboratory settings on brand-new devices. So, the protections could be significantly diminished if you throw your phone around and scuff it up or purchase a refurbished device. If you’re reading this article because your smartphone is currently drenched, check outIn 2022, one of the most common IP ratings for smartphones is IP68.

After the first two letters of the rating, the next character is the level of resistance to dust and outside objects. This scale goes from zero to six. According to theThe last character in the IP rating denotes the water resistance, and this scale ranges from zero to nine. A smartphone that earns a seven can be fully submerged in shallow water for a short period of time.

Using the iPhone 13 as an example, its IP68 rating means the phone is sealed off from dust and can be submerged in water. Looking atwhich lays out its IP ratings, the iPhone 13 can be submerged up to 6 meters deep for a half hour at the most. If an IP rating uses an “X,” that means the device is rated either for water or dust protection, but not both. Companies opt into the rating process, and it’s important to understand that the “X” does not constitute a failed rating, just the absence of a rating.Curious about the level of water and dust resistance for your current device? Here are IP ratings for popular smartphones.go, the iPhone 7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, XR, and the second generation SE all earned the IP67 rating.

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