Not many people carried around spare batteries to justify the feature — especially when you can make less bulky devices
with dust and water resistance.
IP 68 certification
for dust and water resistance - The S7 can survive underwater for up to half an hour and is perfect for the rocky outdoors with its excellent dust resistance capabilities.
It is great to see HTC incorporate a high level
of dust and water resistance into its flagship phone while also offering up impressive specs across the board.
As usual, the Note 8 will come with an S Pen, IP68
dust and water resistance as well as an iris scanner to support the fingerprint sensor in authentication.
The Galaxy S8 series continues to be IP68 certified
against dust and water resistance, keeps its popular heart rate monitor, oxygen saturation sensor, and for those that exercise, the new Samsung Health that replaces Samsung's S - Health.
Of course, there are also some similarities between the two models, for instance, they have the same storage capacity, IP68
dust and water resistance bodies, they still rock Super AMOLED panels with full HD resolution, among others.
Everything is kept protected from the elements as well, courtesy of its IP68 rating
from dust and water resistance, which means that the device can be submerged in up to 1.5 meters of water for as long as 30 minutes without a negative impact on performance and usability.
These outer layers of protection help make the Braven Ready Solo IP68 - rated, the
same dust and water resistance as phones like the Samsung Galaxy S9.
Unlike many other Moto phones with nano - coating, the Moto X4 has proper IP68
dust and water resistance so you can use it wherever you want without much worry.
Both the smartphone has IP68 certification for
dust and water resistance which means both the smartphone are water resistant up to 1.5 meters of water for 30 minutes.
A few notes on the Xperia X — it lost its IP68 certified
dust and water resistance thanks to the new metal casing, however, the Xperia X does retain the dual stereo front - facing speakers.
The Essential Phone features a 5.7 - inch bezel-less display covered in Gorilla Glass 5, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835, 4 GB of RAM, 128 GB of non-expandable storage, dual 13MP rear camera with f / 1.85 lenses, recording at up to 4K at 30 fps and laser autofocus, a 8MP, f / 2.2 front camera with recording up to 4K at 30 fps, a 3,040 mAh battery, USB - C charging and data transfer, no
IP dust and water resistance rating and no headphone jack.
It could be that the Honor Band 3 will boast
improved dust and water resistance, and perhaps a wider range of sensors or better build quality and exterior design, coupled with a possibly higher price tag.
It gets even worse to know that there's no any form
of dust and water resistance on the Pixel phones, something that meant that the design of these phones was not the best in the market.
However, without a fingerprint sensor (with the US version), or features
like dust and water resistance, the $ 500 price tag is hard to accept, just for the convenience that its size offers.
Everything is kept protected from the elements as well, courtesy of its IP68 rating
from dust and water resistance, which means that the device can be submerged in up to 1.5 meters of water for as long as 30 minutes without a negative impact on performance and usability.
There are some added benefits as well, such as IP68 certification for
dust and water resistance up to 1.5 meters and up to 30 minutes under water, but also adds a MIL - STD - 910G certification, which means it is resistant to salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and is thermal shock resistant.
With staple Sony features like the IP68 rating
for dust and water resistance also available, the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet is easily one of the best Android tablets that is currently available.
To effectively implement the
IP68 dust and water resistance feature, LG G6 will ditch the removable battery in favor of a unibody design with a non-removable unit, but the good side of the story is that other reports claim this unit will be huge, probably more the 3200mAh found in the LG V20.
Yes, I realize that based on pure specs, the Samsung Galaxy S7 is the superior device — it has the QHD Super AMOLED display, the ability to expand its memory, IP68
dust and water resistance, Samsung Pay, the heart and oxygen sensors, and wireless charging — but it costs $ 270 more.
The Moto G has a nano - coating and IPX7 certified
dust and water resistance.