iPhone 5 Waterproof??

I was on a stag do (bachelor party if you're American) in Slovenia when an idiot friend of mine pushed me into a fountain. The phone survived. The friend didn't.

Lol. So are you a Brit, an Aussie or a Kiwi then? Glad the phone survived lol.

If anybody is convinced that the iPhone is waterproof, enjoy that feeling. Don't come back here and complain when you decide to try it out.

I just watched a commercial for a samsung phone and it's waterproof! 🙂

It is a special model of the S4 and costs more. Get one and swim with it and let us know how it works.

I cannot but wonder why one would need a waterproof phone. I have managed for many years by going with the idea that a phone should not be immersed in water....

Eeh, I'm gonna pass. LOL I'm kinda stuck in my way... I'm an apple girl all the way! Ipod, ipod nano, Ipad 2, ipad mini and macbook air. We're seriously considering getting a new family PC and I'm looking at their 27in. Water proof would be great because I've woken up many mornings over the past 5 years to my daughter having submerged my cell in my drink, so NOT fun. Accidents (and in my case, the curiously of a child) happen. I would definitely buy ANY waterproof apple product. Oooh and touch screen computer! I'd REALLY like that too.

Thought I'd add a comment as I've been totally shocked today. I took a swim in Lake Geneva on Wednesday, forgot my phone was I'm my pocket and spent over an hour looking for it afterwards. I decided to look back on the diving platform when I noticed a black shape against the rocks on the bottom; 5m out and around 2m depth.

I retrieved the phone and passed it to a colleague who (frustratingly) pressed the button to which it displayed no SIM card. It's been in a bag of rice for two days after a vigorous shake and no more button pressing. It's now Friday evening the phone appears to work perfectly, gsm, wifi, mic, speaker, display etc.

Just to be sure it's going to spend another few days bathing in dry rice, however I'm absolutely amazed that the phone can be submerged for that period of time and still recover.

As are we all. Well done, you are The Chosen One. 🙂

Galaxy s4 is waterproof so,are a number of lower end android devices. You iPhone users are getting ripped off.

jamesCM10 wrote:

Galaxy s4 is waterproof

Not all Galaxy S4s are waterproof. As noted above, it's a specail model which costs more. I'm also not sure how I'm getting "ripped off". Apple never told me that the iPhone was waterproof. I never asked for a waterproof phone.

Couln't agree more Meg St._Clair. The device has never been anounced as waterproof or even water resistant. You wouln't take a DVD play and stick it in the bathtub and then expect it to work. Why would you expect the same of your iPhone?

Had many different cell phones from many different manufacturers over the last 15 years or so, none of them waterproof - never once gave it a seconds thought. I have no need whatsoever for a waterproof smart phone, and I am not about to pay a further premium in price for one.

We just found my nephews 5s in the front yard. It had been there a week, during which time it snowed and rained at least twice. It's working perfectly, and I'm stunned!

Here are a few things to think about that may explain why some submerges cause no damage and others do:

1. The temperature difference between the iPhone and the water.

2. The voltage between conducting materials that are bridged by water.

3. The conducance of the water. Pure water has high resitance, saltwater has far less resistance.

If the iPhone has only small entryways for water, and air inside, then contact with hot water will expand that air inside the iPhone creating more pressure than the pressure of shallow submerges and it will bubble out into the water preventing water intrusion.

If the iPhone is cooled by water that is colder than the air inside the iPhone then the air inside will contract and the outside pressure will push water in and the inside lower pressure will suck the water in.

Did you notice the posts about dropping the iPhone in bath water (warm) and it still worked?

When I was working for Icom America as a service tech I demonstrated how 1 micro liter of water in the right place could eat the foil off the logic board (with 3 volt memory backup battery) of a marine radio in about 20 seconds. Voltage and conductivity result in electrolysis.

Speakers need airspace behind them to work efficiently. If the case is airtight, the differences in pressure (due to atmospheric and temperature changes) between the inside and outside will distort the speaker diaphragm distorting or stopping the audio. In this case the case MUST leak air at least to balance the pressures and water is not far behind.

Due to my experience with water resistant radios, I note with dismay the focus on the time/depth of submersion and the lack of any attention to temperature differences that result in pressure because thats what moves the water, particulary where entryways are so small gravitational forces become irrelevant compared to pressure differences across small entryways.

David