9/12/15

Water and Dust Resistance on Smartphone's Explained!


Many Of You have A Smartphone's which are Water and dust Resistant.
Sony Xperia Z2 is having a IP Rating of  IP58 and The Latest Moto G is having Rating IPX7 ,Sony Xperia Z2 can with stand  Harmful Dust,Screws,wires and upto <1mm tools .Where as Moto G is not Tested for this Dust Case ,Its only Water Resistance.

So what is IP RATING??

SO,First of all The word IP stands for   "International Protection".It is a Standard set By International Electronic Commision.

IP rating Explained!

 If a Smartphone IP 67 rated,Then

 6 indicates Protection provided against Solid Object such as Fingers or dust 
It ranges From 0-6.

7 Indicates Degree of Protection Against Moisture 
It ranges From 0-8.

If the smartphone is rated as IP X7 or IP 6X,Then

X indicates Smartphone is not tested for that type of protection(Either Water or Dust Resistance is not Tested in that case)

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Solid Protection Details

  • 0→No Protection
  • 1→Large surface of body,>50mm
  • 2→Finger ,<12.5mm
  • 3→Tools,wire,<2.5mm
  • 4→Screws,wire,<1mm
  • 5→Harm Full Dust
  • 6→Very Harmful Dust

Moisture Protection Details

  • 0→No Protection
  • 1→Vertical dripping in water for 10mins and light rain
  • 2→Vertical dip in water at 15° angle 
  • 3→Direct water spray,60° angle,5mins under water,Rain
  • 4→5mins underwater in all Direction and water Splash
  • 5→low pressure water till 6.33mm in all direction ,3" under water and in Bathroom showers.
  • 6→Low pressure water till 12.5mm and also 3meter and 3 min inside water AND in Rough Sea Conditions.

  • 7→1 meter inside water or 30Min inside water ,also Accidental submersion .
  • 8→more than 1 Meter submersion depth upto 30 mins under water also heavy rain.
So,thats it for now ,Hope u Guys Liked this.


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