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For a while, smartphone water resistance was something we longed for — now it's the standard. Just about every Android phone released these days will have some level of water resistance. The level can ...

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Water resistance ratings for smartwatches and wearables can be surprisingly tricky to understand. On the surface, the claims seem straightforward—but, in reality, many aren’t quite what they appear to ...

Ingress protection (IP) ratings were once reserved for the most premium of smartphones, but they have now made their way to even affordable smartphones like the Pixel 9a. Yet, with the launch of the ...

Remember when OnePlus didn’t care about IP ratings? Pepperidge Farm remembers. It wasn’t that long ago that OnePlus did not include IP ratings in its smartphones. Back when Carl Pei was at OnePlus, ...