Nope it won't be covered as its water RESISTANT, not water PROOF. Big differance. If you read the Apple support page they even say Water Resistance is not a permanent condition and may diminish over time.
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Nope it won't be covered as its water RESISTANT, not water PROOF. Big differance. If you read the Apple support page they even say Water Resistance is not a permanent condition and may diminish over time.
Yes they will if it’s in the 2 year ACCC warranty, easy to prove to ACCC, they have a ad advertising a surfer wearing one lol. You wouldn’t need to go that path though. Stop trolling me.
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I don’t think you understood the post. There is a distinct difference between water resistant and waterproof. Regardless, water resistance is _not_ a guarantee for an electronic device to survive anything, not sure what you don’t understand the difference between the two, regardless of what is marketed from Apple or any other company.
Thankyou! The guy really has no idea, I'm just trying to help.
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Im not trolling you, I'm just correcting the Fud you are spreading on these forums. Someone might actually listen to your incorrect information and take their water resistant device in the water and end up having to foot the bill for it when it stops working. I do agree that its irresponsible of Apple to create an Ad like that but its beside the point.
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So a watch advertised as surfing in can be water resistant but not water proof lol, makes sense.
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Other way around really.
if you drop your phone even once you can not expect your phone to be water resistant anymore. Once seals break from a drop it can bend part of the phone letting water to get in. More you drop your phone more you shouldnt expect it to survive water.
Good point. Never considered how a drop can impact the seals or if there is a bend in the iPhone casing. Even so, no matter how resistant something is rated for, electronics and water will never mesh perfectly because of all the internal hardware components.
[doublepost=1530045334][/doublepost]Im just confused to why even mention water proof, why give off the impression that the I phone x would indeed hold up in water for a timely matter knowing its not a 100% thing . like im paying all this money, i dont want to hear rumors, tell me exactly what it can do or cant, because after paying 1500 knowing its 50/50 chance in the water no one would ever gamble it, i mean.. people are literally putting i phones in the water assuming they'll hold up and now after and only after it goes bad you start hearing all this bs.
This sentence is key.
There is an enormous difference between what is described as "Water Resistant" and what is understood by the term "Water Proof", and the fact that something may be advertised as the former does not in nay way mean it is the latter.
I never associated anything in the post you quoted about Sony devices being “Waterproof.”
For reference: What I did say:
“Relentless Power said:
But Sony doesn’t guarantee their devices will survive water exposure either. No manufacture can. Does that make the iPhone any less successful because it doesn’t have the water resistance that a Sony phone does? “
