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I have a feeling that the iPhone 7 or 7s will be labeled as water resistant similar to the Apple Watch. There's a chance that Apple might go the inductive charging route with a diagnostic port for fixing issues, and the new device may be too thin for a headphone jack so it could ship with bluetooth headphones. They could also use a built-in programmable SIM with no port access. If they implement Touch ID into the display using 3D Touch, the thing will be rather closed up and ready for easier waterproofing.
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.
 
It depends on what's in the water I think.

Regular distilled water doesn't have any minerals, so it doesn't short out the components inside the phone.

It's not water itself that shorts out the components.

(If I'm wrong, don't yell at me. I'm not a physicist.)
As water is a good conductor of electricity I'd say minerals or not it'll short out components!
 
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.
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.
 
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.


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
 
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 have a feeling that the iPhone 7 or 7s will be labeled as water resistant similar to the Apple Watch. There's a chance that Apple might go the inductive charging route with a diagnostic port for fixing issues, and the new device may be too thin for a headphone jack so it could ship with bluetooth headphones. They could also use a built-in programmable SIM with no port access. If they implement Touch ID into the display using 3D Touch, the thing will be rather closed up and ready for easier waterproofing.

BT headphones would be a horrible idea.
 
so a swimming pool is filled with chlorine or bromine, would like to have seen a comparable submersion test in 4 feet of "regular" water for comparison sake. or 2" of swimming pool water. the ions and chemicals in the pool could react differently to the phone's internals than plain water.

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.
 
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This is excellent for most people. The majority of water damage I've seen for phones comes from dropping them into the sink, toilet or bathtub. This should provide plenty of protection for those environments and I'm sure will be welcome by those who have toddlers. People aren't going to go swimming with their phone.

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.
 
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