I wouldn't quite call the 6S or 6S Plus waterproof, but it is apparently quite water resistant even though Apple has so far not actually mentioned this as a selling point. When IFixIt did the tear-down of the 6S and 6S Plus last fall they found a number of improvements which made the phone more water resistant and I could see how Apple may have done this to see how it stands up by evaluating any returns they get and maybe this fall with the iPhone 7 they improve on it further and make an actual statement towards water proofness. I could see how having only a single Lightning port with no 3.5mm port could make it easier to make it more water-resistant. After all, all Garmin GPS units have an IPX-7 rating which means they can be submersed under 1 meter (just over 3 feet) of water for up to 30 minutes without damage. Of course they don't need to have openings for speakers or microphones and the battery compartment is sealed off from the rest of the unit and is not water-proof, but I think it's probably possible to achieve this.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rajmund Sent: Saturday, April 23, 2016 12:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: re: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6Shas finally resurfaced after snow melt Hi, Wow! Just, wow! Oh, my! The water proof 6s! If my phone would have something like this, I wouldn't bother with the screen, but, each to their own. Sent from a BrailleNote ----- Original Message ----- From: Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected] To: "[email protected]" <[email protected] Date sent: Sat, 23 Apr 2016 17:43:26 +0000 Subject: The final chapter, was: The story continues... Long lost iPhone 6Shas finally resurfaced after snow melt Hi everybody, Finally, here is the long awaited last chatper of my lost iPhone story. yesterday the package with my iPhone 6S packed in rice arrived. Externally it looks brand new with not a scratch on it. When I took out the SIM tray it seemed like there was maybe a bit of moisture there so I left out the SIM tray and stuck the iPhone in my toaster oven on a really low temperature for a couple of hours just to maybe expel a bit more moisture from inside. After that the moment came and I plugged it in. My wife was there and we quietly watched, but the screen remained black. After about 2 minutes there was no change and I thought that answered the question as to whether the iPhone was still working after having been lying on the ground outside for 115 days, first in snow and temperatures of up to -40 Celsius/Fahrenheit and as warm as +20 Celsius (68 Fahrenheit) and of course having gone through the process when the snow and ice around it melted and so on. It was also exposed to the sun, back in March there was another 10 inches of new snow over the course of a week and in the week or two before my brother found it on April 15 it had rained lightly a few times. Anyhow, I left it plugged in and when I came back to my office 2 hours later I thought I check it out. I pressed the home button and bingo, Voiceover was there and asked me to enter my passcode. I did so and the phone unlocked. There was of course no service since I got a new SIM back in December when I lost it and I had also just installed a new router at my store so I had to reconnect to WiFi. As soon as I did so the phone started dinging and binging away as emails came in, push notification alerts sounded and on top of all that it started playing the lost sound since back on December 22 we logged in to my iCloud account and triggered the Find my iPhone sound in case I had just dropped it somewhere in the house. At that point it had charged up to 82% and everything seemed totally normal.. I went to Settings > General > Software Update and since I registered this phone on the public beta program, I was told iOS 9.3.2 public beta 2 was available for download. I started the download and it downloaded the 1.2 Gb file in about 14 minutes, after that the upgrade proceeded normally and the phone was up and running again in about 12 minutes. So, happy ending, right? Well, almost. Shortly after I finished the update one of my employees walked in to ask me something. I happily told her "Look, the iPhone that was lying in the snow for 4 months is working". I held it up and swiped around and Voiceover was chattering. Then she said "OK, but what about the screen". I asked "Why, what about the screen" and she said that it was totally and utterly black. At first I thought that was no problem, maybe the screen curtain was on. I did a 3-finger triple tap, but to my dismay Voiceover said "Screen curtain on" and not "off". I did it again and Voiceover confirmed the screen curtain was now off. I checked the brightness and even increased it to 100%, but she said it just was showing a completely black screen. So, I guess for the time it's now truly an iPhone for the blind, it works perfectly, I made a Skype call on it to my Mom and both speaker and microphones seem to work just fine, but the screen seems to be not working. It will be interesting to see if in the next few days it comes back. Anyhow, it so happens that my wife and I have to go to Vancouver next week so I'll take it an Apple Store and get it replaced since I have Apple Care Plus and it's of course totally worth it to pay the $130 Canadian which is what an accidental damage replacement costs. Let's hope the screen doesn't start working by then *smile* The end. Regards, Sieghard -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list.. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. 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