iPhone 6S & 6S+ are waterproof

Does this matter to you?

  • Yes

    Votes: 38 32.2%
  • It's good they added that feature

    Votes: 45 38.1%
  • I really don't care about it

    Votes: 16 13.6%
  • No

    Votes: 19 16.1%

  • Total voters
    118
Being waterproof (and dustproof) didn't help Sony sell more Xperia phones. ;)

And it's water resistant. Waterproof is like those Casio G-shock watches, which you can wear and then go for a swim, maybe even do some shallow sea diving.

I think being water resistant DID help Sony sell more phones, in fact. not more phones than Apple, but I know at least three people here in the UK who were persuaded to buy an Xperia Z1 over a samsung S4.

By the way, G-Shocks are described as water resistant, not waterproof - to various depths. My Omega Planet Ocean is also water resistant, to 600m - far deeper than you can safely take it - but it's still water resistant.

The Apple watch is ALSO described as water resistant on Apple's own website - 'Apple Watch has a water-resistance rating of IPX7 under IEC standard 60529', which means up to 1m for up to 30 minutes. The iPhone 6+ is NOT described as water resistant in any way, and I think you'd better have spare funds if you want to risk submerging it to any depth at all for any time at all.
 
Being waterproof (and dustproof) didn't help Sony sell more Xperia phones. ;)
I went from iPhone to and Android with my last phone and got a Z1 Compact because it was waterproof. I decided I really didn't like android, so I'm back with the iPhone now, but it is a very good feature to have.
 
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