Current mobiles are increasingly designed to be more resistant. It is something we have seen in the high -end models and now we also begin to see them in the mid -range in Spain.
This trend is appreciated, because the Spaniards are increasingly changing phone, even if they spend some more money. But they also expect them to last longer.
One of the main causes of replacement of a mobile is for an accidental immersionwhich makes the terminal be completely spoiled. Unless you have water resistance.
IP certification is something that Samsung mobiles have been implementing many years. Both the galaxy s and the galaxy a bet for the IP68 certification, which Allows accidental dives of up to 1.5 m.
The point is that this is the guaranteed depth, as well as the 30 minutes of time for that immersion, but sometimes there are surprises, and not negative precisely.
Fisherman with his ultra galaxy s23
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It is what happened to a Swedish fisherman to which His samsung galaxy s23 ultra fell in a hole in the middle of an ice cream lake While fishing.
His ultra s23 remained for 5 hours under waterat a very low temperature, until he managed to get it out. And when he did it worked perfectly.
This demonstrates How useful is it to have a mobile with this type of protectionand it is something that not all buyers consider. Of course, his performance was not the most appropriate.
As David Calvo, expert in mobile repair. The best would have been to take it to a specialized workshop to check it before using it. And, of course, Never put it to load directly.
However, this accident demonstrates, on the one hand, how well constructed Samsung mobiles are in this regardsomething that David already told us in the interview we could do.
On the other, how crucial it is to always have a backup of all our data. The Swedish fisherman protagonist of this story remarked that he thought he had lost all the information, and had nothing in the cloud or another device.
The resistance IP68, or IP69, should be one of the features that we would have to take into account when buying a new mobileeven if it is not a expensive one. Brands like Google and Samsung already offer it in the mid -range.
