Yes, you really can swim with an iPhone. Really!
Apr 15, 2024
Jefferson Graham
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Apple touts how “water resistant” the iPhone is, good for droplets falling on the device without ruining it. But in its fine print, it cautions against taking the iPhone for a swim, a bath or anything like that.
I’ve taken the iPhone 14 Pro Max into fountains and under rainfalls, dunked it in a river during a rafting trip and in the water on the Narrows hike in Zion National Park without any issues.
I filmed my friends Zadie, Maia and Esme Kruglov swimming with their dad’s iPhone. I’ve shown the footage. People chalked it up to AI, or something like that. They didn’t believe it was real.
So I met up with the girls and their parents again recently at a Los Angeles backyard pool (more on that in a minute,) and gave them my iPhone 14 Pro Max to work with, to see how it would fare for a more extended time in the pool.
Would the iPhone recharge afterwards, or would the charging port fall victim to water damage? Were there any other issues that would come up?
The answers, dear readers, are all revealed in the latest video. And yes, the downsides are addressed as well.
Watch the video to find out how we fared!
About Jefferson Graham
Jefferson Graham is a Los Angeles-based writer-photographer, the host of the ÔÇ£PhotowalksÔÇØ travel photography series on YouTube, and co-host of the iPhone Photo Show podcast, a former USA TODAY tech columnist and working photographer. You can find more of JeffÔÇÖs work on his website, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Twitter. This article was also shared here and shared with permission.
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2 responses to “Yes, you really can swim with an iPhone. Really!”
The charging port can corrode. You are misleading people with bad info.
I accidentally dunked my 8 Plus into the deep end of our pool. Sat there for 30 minutes. That phone had to get fished out (it was in January, so cold) with a net. It still works to this day and has been handed down to several kids.