You’ve heard the news, the ‘iPhone 8’ is meant to be revolutionary: an ‘All glass’ OLED display, a forged steel chassis and it is getting bigger. But Apple AAPL -0.18% is also addressing an important practical shortcoming of the iPhone 7…
According to a report from the usually reliable Korea Herald, “multiple sources” can “confirm” the 2017 iPhones (currently both iPhone 7S and iPhone 8 models are expected) will have upgraded IP68 water and dust resistance ratings. This means the phones could withstand full submersion in up to 1.5 metres of water for up to 30 minutes.
This is a step up from the current IP67 rating on the iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus which can survive for the same time but only in one metre of water. This change sounds useful, but I’d argue it is actually essential.
Why? Because Apple’s big justification for removing the headphone jack is it freed up space for a larger battery and was “essential” to make the phones IP67 water resistant. Except this doesn’t (if you’ll pardon the pun) wash.
As it turned out, the iPhone 7 has a battery barely bigger than the iPhone 6 and the Galaxy S7 already has IP68 water resistance despite keeping the headphone jack.
So no, this won’t stop me calling out Apple on what the “courageous” removal of the headphone jack really was “essential” for (self serving at best, deliberately misinformative at worst), but at least there is tangible progress now.
Furthermore, given all the headline upgrades the iPhone 8 is expected to have (and it will need them with Samsung’s leaked Galaxy S8 reinvention) that’s a win.
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