{"id":104771,"date":"2016-09-22T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/?p=104771"},"modified":"2016-09-22T11:02:13","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T09:02:13","slug":"watch-what-happens-when-an-iphone-7-is-left-underwater-for-8-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/mobile\/104771-watch-what-happens-when-an-iphone-7-is-left-underwater-for-8-hours","title":{"rendered":"Watch what happens when an iPhone 7 is left underwater for 8 hours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The iPhone 7 was recently revealed, and Apple fans around the world are clamouring for details\u00a0on the new device.<\/p>\n<p>The new smartphone is surprisingly durable,\u00a0with\u00a0both the standard and Plus models boasting an IP67, meaning that they can survive underwater for 30 minutes\u00a0at a depth of 1m.<\/p>\n<p>This means that\u00a0the iPhone 7 should be able the occasional splash and brief submersion.<\/p>\n<p>However, the folks over at iFixit decided to test the true physical limits of the iPhone 7&#8217;s waterproofing and submerge it until it died.<\/p>\n<p>The iPhone 7 was dropped into a fish tank with its timer on in order to monitor how long it survived the sub-1m submersion.<\/p>\n<p>The results were definitely surprising, with the iPhone 7 showing no problems after being submerged in the fish tank for about\u00a08 hours.<\/p>\n<p>iFixit even successfully charged the device for an hour while it was submerged.<\/p>\n<p>Days after the ordeal, the iPhone 7 is still functioning normally.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the video below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XIauEB3EMHY\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More gaming news<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to The game that\u2019s been in Early Access for over eight years\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104405-the-game-thats-been-in-early-access-for-over-eight-years.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">The game that\u2019s been in Early Access for over eight years<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to 5 games that are flying under everyone\u2019s radar\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104377-5-games-that-are-flying-under-everyones-radar.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">5 games that are flying under everyone\u2019s radar<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a title=\"Permalink to This insane high-end gamepad will change the way you play\" href=\"http:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/pc\/104105-this-insane-high-end-gamepad-will-change-the-way-you-play.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">This insane high-end gamepad will change the way you play<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch what happens when the iPhone 7 is dropped into a fish tank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":232,"featured_media":104773,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_enabled":true,"_sma_x_custom_text":"","_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8585,2226],"tags":[15841,22061,1462,18229,22067,22065,21256,10884,22063,22069],"class_list":["post-104771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gadgets","category-mobile","tag-15841","tag-7-plus","tag-iphone","tag-phone","tag-proof","tag-splash","tag-survive","tag-underwater","tag-waterproof","tag-wet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/232"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mygaming.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}