And here I was hoping that it would float and use the Taptic Engine to move around the water like some sort of phone equivalent of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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iPhone 6s Surprisingly Water Resistant, but Not Waterproof
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Love the first two videos... for the background music. Don't really care seeing people bathe their $1000 iPhone 
That screams "developers stay away". I can't stand not having a wired connection to devices (Apple Watch). It makes the user helpless to perform diagnostics.
Reminds me of that Apple press release some years ago stating the iPhone would be waterproof after a certain firmware update. That press release was obviously fake, but I'm sure some of our less bright brethren brought it to the test.
I bet that was a lot of fun at the insurance departement.
I bet that was a lot of fun at the insurance departement.
Translation, it is very likely that your new iPhone will survive the toilet, but don't go swimming with it. Got it, thank you Apple for the Easter Egg feature.
Apple better not claim water proofing next year - these jack asses will take up the offer and dump the phone in the ocean
You missed out on the most impressive test: soaking the iPhone 6S in boiling water.
Everyone is getting their panties in a wad over a few YouTube videos. As someone who has lost an iPhone to an inch of water in the bottom of a gym bag, I find videos like these informative and worth my time. If you disagree, don't click on them.
As water is a good conductor of electricity I'd say minerals or not it'll short out components!
Perhaps when you sign up for the developer program they send along a few diagnostic cables. Or they could just conceal a lightning port behind a door like on the Apple Watch. You'll just need to remove the door with some sort of tool and you'll be good to go. IDK.
You'd think the benefit of removing that port would be to make more internal room in the phone. But with inductive charging and a diagnostic port, I don't see much benefit there. Given the nature of the Lightning connector being very simple and thin, they might just be able to water proof the port itself without much issue. I don't even think the port itself turns on internally unless it handshakes with the chips in the cable first.
One thing I know for sure is that the Lightning port should have more of a lifespan than the headphone jack. It's thinner and more important. The lightning jack can also carry high-quality audio now, so that may be an indicator of where that is headed. Perhaps they would ship with a lightning to stereo adapter because the phone would be too thin. It would also save space internally for a bigger battery. There's also the chance that they might make the 7 just barely thick enough to support headphones, get a couple more years out of the lightning port, and then remove it. If they waited until the 8, that would be six years with the port which isn't too bad but not ideal. But I just feel like when they start pulling ports they might just remove them all. More internal battery space and better waterproofing. Apple also loves to simplify their designs. What is more simple than a seamless liquid metal enclosure with no ports? It will happen eventually, the only question is when.
I Don't think that the lighting port will go away if the add inductive charging... It's was to usefull HDMI out, USB In (Camera), etc.... And there are ways they could make the lighting port waterproof
Idiots only if the don't generate enough views to cover the expenditure. If they make money, then not too idiotic at all.
It has come full circle and we can finally abolish any scandal being turned into "-gate".
Wow, a lot of hostility on here. It's not the same as some idiot chopping up a phone in a blender, this is actually useful information. It's nice to know your phone can survive a brief drop into water.
Water is a good conductor of electricity because of the minerals.
No way I would ever take this thing swimming, but knowing that it would likely be okay with a splash of water or some rain is a huge deal imo.
I'd say both are not a _practical_ test. For practical tests, a few ground rules: An iPhone 6 is not water proof, and it is expensive, and anyone ignoring this is an idiot. It doesn't have to be idiot proof.
The worst case reasonable scenario would be: You are on the street, in changing whether which you didn't foresee, you are using your phone, and suddenly rain starts hammering down. You try to protect your phone, for example by covering it with your hands. Could be simulated by having a shower while trying to protect the phone with your body.
Seriously, dropping a phone into 4 feet of water, with or without chemicals, you have no reason to expect it to be working.
Note that you should get the phone out of the toilet, then flush. Not the other way round
And no matter how tempting it might be, don't clean the phone under running hot water ;-)
I still find it hard to believe that someone bought two high end tech products with the sole purpose of submerging them in water, fully expecting the possibility that they would be destroyed.
The level of insanity in these videos is at MAXIMUM.
The level of insanity in these videos is at MAXIMUM.