Samsung Galaxy S6 edge survives over 20 minutes under water

30 March, 2015

Samsung didn’t waterproof the new Galaxy S6 and S6 edge like it did with their predecessor. So, what happens if you drop your Galaxy S6 edge in water? TechSmartt decided to find out and dunked the an S6 edge into a bowl of water with the stopwatch running.

The phone lasted over 20 minutes before powering off. That's a lot more than can be expected from a phone with no official water resistance rating, but it was not without taking some damage.

After some drying and charging the Galaxy S6 edge came back to life, though there was still water in the device (visible in the front-facing camera. The phone also tended to reboot or even not boot at all after the experiment.

So, definitely don’t go put your Galaxy S6/S6 edge in water on purpose, though it looks like it has a good chance of surviving an accidental drop if you pull it out quickly and dry it properly. Note that depths plays a part, an IPX7 rating for example specifies up to 1m of water.

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Reader comments

Oluseun
23 Jul 2019
Nw6

So I was carried away with the S6edge video on youtube stating the phone is waterproof, had an argument with a friend about it, then i dipped my phone into water for about 2sec immediately the phone went off, tried switching it on, it brought samsung...

Oluseun
23 Jul 2019
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01 Nov 2018
0hE

Yes, I'm a stupid with bathroom too at work. Forgot it was in back pocket and it fell in. Got it out immediately and dried it off, but problem is I had 2 more hrs to go. Put it in rice when I got home and left it overnight. Kept checking it over my 2...