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when it comes to waterproof cases for your smartphone you want it to be protective but slim while still allowing the functionality of the phone when I've seen its highest rated waterproof cases is the $80 lifeproof fre the company now owned by another popular case maker OtterBox makes protective cases for iphones 4 4 s and 5 the cases do give access to the headphone jack but only with the use of a special dongle a good Universal case that fits most androids is the overboard waterproof case the pluses are that it fits a wide variety of phones can survive a depth of 6 meters underwater and is relatively inexpensive at 25 bucks the negatives are that it's not indestructible and there have been some complaints that the exterior plastic gets foggy finally if you want a truly waterproof phone pick up the Sony Xperia Z the Android phone is all the power of a regular phone but can still work with submerged under water for 30 minutes in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi cnet.com for CBS News