“ Premium smartphones ” often means potent processor and stunning displays enwrap in an all - alloy body , but what is consistently left off that feature list , unless your Sony and ( formerly ) Samsung , is waterproofing . Now , Apple is front into how its next smartphone could wholly force back water without change design at all .
Those rumors stem from anew patent applicationApple filed last Thursday , which reveals that the troupe is actively researching new method of waterproofing its phones . The patent of invention filing outlines a process for coating the earpiece ’s integral components with a hydrophobic spray , pair off with electromagnetic interference battlefield , often used in consumer electronics to quash environmental damage .
Hydrophobic spray software offer a decisive vantage over other waterproofing technique , mainly being that they do n’t intervene with earpiece plan at all . So come September ( most likely ) , Jony I ve can give us another actor’s line about “ arresting design ” in his sweet British stress .
This , of line , is just a patent filing and not a confirm feature for new iPhones , which will most likely be denote in the fall ( as is tradition ) . And whether Apple can in reality supervise to make a spray coat that ’s truly water tolerant persist to be seen . After all , in 2013 everyone got excited about the new “ NeverWet ” nebulizer which promised to waterproof a innkeeper of consumer electronics , admit the iPhone 5 . That spray ended up being aresounding dashing hopes .
Still , if Apple get by to make a find , then this feature film could fill a need that many companionship seem to be abandoning . Samsung ’s Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge both miss the waterproofing feature film of earlier model , and Sony , perhaps the most well - known for waterproofing smartphones , seems to beleaving the Android French telephone gamealtogether .
As for Apple , we ’ll just have to wait and see how this one cooking pan out . [ Apple InsiderviaForbes ]
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