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how water-resistant is the iPhone eight Apple says its ip67 but what does that even mean and how is it accomplished and more importantly can we even trust it it's time to tear the iPhone eight completely apart analyze all the holes and find the weakest link phones get wet whether it's in the pool the toilet humidity or body sweat accidents happen all the time and it's good to be prepared huge thank you to audible for sponsoring this video it's one of the most productive apps you can have on your smartphone from self-help to fantasy they've got an incredible selection of audiobooks I'll talk more about them in a second but first let's have a moment of silence for this iPhone it's not gonna survive this test all right that was good let's get started I'm going to use the gold iPhone that I did my durability test video on as well as the teardown it's had a good life of course I'll save all the working components and Frankenstein them into other broken phones down the road nothing is wasted here on my channel the first hole we are analyzing is the biggest where the screen fits into the frame there's a ton of black adhesive between the plastic edge of the screen and the metal edge of the phone this seems like it will do a pretty good job of keeping water out as long as there's no bends or dents along the frame that would compromise the seal of the screen Apple does say on their website that water resistance is not a permanent condition and water resistance might decrease as a result of normal wear so just plan on your water resistance getting less and less the longer you on your phone the earpiece on the screen is another ingress point for water that needs to be protected the European efforts lifted off the speaker itself as internally protected with a tight screen the rubber seal combined with the four tight screws keep water away from the rest of the phone the next set of holes to check are down at the bottom of the iPhone eight where the headphone jack used to be there are three giant holes one for the microphone on the left side which has a pretty sweet thick screen that's built to let air and sound pass through but not liquid this is basically the same setup that we saw in the previous iPhone 7 the loudspeaker on the other side the phone is pretty much the same way it's got a little niblet at the bottom sticking itself into the rubber and the mesh water resistant screen relying on a tight seal to keep water out before we get to the charging port the SIM card tray needs to come out this cute little guy has a rubber ring around the tip the little gap in the frame is almost non-existent when the SD card is shut so it doesn't need a whole lot to keep water out and maintain that ip67 rating here are the sim and SD card trays for both the Galaxy S 8 and the LG G 6 both of them have the same style of rubber ring the camera hole is next popping the camera out with its optical image stabilization shows the inside of the camera unit housing which is laser welded into the frame of the phone securely keeping all water on the outside and the circuits dry on the inside with the ip67 water easy rating technically this phone can be under 1 meter of water for less than 30 minutes pulling the motherboard out gives us access to the charging port as well as exposes the wireless charging the charging port in my opinion is the weakest link in this whole chain the only thing keeping water from entering inside of your phone is this little tiny white rubber ring around the edge literally this little white rubber band is the only thing between you and total complete utter destruction of your phone by water there is glue along the back side of the port but that tiny little band is probably what's keeping this iPhone at an ip67 rating instead of an IP 68 like the LG v 30 or the galaxy s 8 remember Apple provides no warranty against water damage if your phone gets water on the inside and stops working that's all on you so it really is better to be safe than sorry and keep your phone away from water the last two holes on this phone are the side buttons and the back glass panel taking a look at the power button the electronic portion of the switch is internal so that's already protected and the external part that gets pressed has a little rubber ring around each leg to seal the phone against moisture if moisture does get inside the phone it will eventually short-circuit and die maybe not right away some corrosion takes time the motherboard has no protection against water once the liquid is inside there are ways of applying a hydrophobic coating to the circuit boards this would effectively waterproof the phone but needs to be done while the phone is being constructed and is very expensive it's easy to tell that this motherboard has no hydrophobic coating on it because of the way the water droplet clings to the circuits if it was coated the water would beat up and run off not sticking to anything important the back glass of the iPhone 8 handles most of the heavy lifting when it comes to keeping water out as long as it's not cracked especially cracked over the top of this wireless charging hole now that we have this hole exposed let's try to make it clear really quick just to see what it would look like through that window it's pretty much the same concept as the clear Samsung phones a lot of scraping but no paint stripper required on this one if I were to reassemble the phone at this point the only thing visible would be the back of the battery and a small segment of the motherboard if I left the wireless charging out not near as cool some of the Android phones one of my least favorite parts of the iPhone eights billed as the way Apple attached the back glass they could have done it in a way that was easy to waterproof like Samsung and easy to replace but they didn't they made it permanent and the only way to replace a cracked back panel is to break it out with force and that's a lose-lose situation for everyone involved any accidental cracks in the back glass will compromise your water resistance and allow water to enter in the phone especially above that wireless charging hole personally I would treat this water resistance as a bonus but never actually try and test it out as long as you don't crack the back or front glass though or bent the sides then you can feel relatively safe around splashes or light rain one guy who would have loved at waterproof phone is Captain Ahab he could have used it while hunting his elusive great white whale I would say Moby Dick but then I might lose my youtube monetization well audible has an unmatched selection of audiobooks in their library including the classic Moby Dick by Herman Melville you get a free month trial by visiting the link in my description audible.com slash jerry-rigged all lowercase you can listen to the harrowing oceanic tale on your water resistant iPhone or even on a regular smartphone or computer for free for 30 days and if you decide not to continue with your trial after 30 days you still get to keep the book you downloaded you literally own the book and you can share that book with someone else it's a pretty sweet system I'll leave a link in the video description so you can find out who won a hab the whale or the water resistant iPhone 8 big thanks to audible again for making this video possible I'll be listening to my book as I clean up this mess if the back glass were replaceable I could have let the phone live moral the story don't ever break your back glass and be careful around water thanks for watching I'll see you around