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From IP ratings to military spec: What do all these phone ruggedness ratings mean?
Just how tough is your phone?
Your phone is an integral part of your daily life, helping with communication, directions, purchases, and more, so you need it to be durable and reliable. That's why the best Android phones feature IP ratings, and some have MIL-STD-810 ratings. A phone with good durability ratings can be the difference between a harmless accident and losing your phone and a large amount of data.
App claims to test your phone's water resistance without a plunge
It uses a phone's barometric sensor to test internal IP seals
Android developers are the best. Watch them for long enough, and they'll come up with tools that you didn't even know were possible. For example, this little app claims it can tell you whether the water-resistant seals in your phone are still intact. Water Resistance Tester is a free download in the Play Store.
