OnePlus 7 ad drops the phone in water, but you still probably shouldn't

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A new advertisement for the OnePlus 7 series smartphone suggests that you can just drop the phone in a bucket of water and it'll be fine – but OnePlus also wants you to know that's not true.

The embellishment made for a striking visual, at least. In the ad, OnePlus declares: “Water resistant ratings for phones cost you money. We bought something less expensive instead.”

That "something" is a bucket full of water, into which the OnePlus 7 is then gracefully dropped.

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That's a real mic-drop declaration for a smartphone provider to make (a phone-drop, if you will), but what it implies is that OnePlus 7 hasn't undergone its formal IP certification for water resistance. Indeed, the text immediately following says: “Water resistant under optimal test conditions. OnePlus makes no guarantees regarding water/liquid resistance.”  Read more...

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