Apple is sued once again over a major contradiction involving the water resistance of an iPhone.
Until phone manufacturers start covering water damage in their warranties, you can assume that there is always the possibility that water can find a way into your device and damage it. Yet Apple, like most phone makers, will say that their handsets are able to survive getting submerged to a certain depth of clear water for a specific length of time and emerge from the water in perfect working condition.
You can see the hypocrisy in this, right? On one hand, Apple says that its premium handsets can be submerged in clear water to a depth of 6 meters (nearly 20 feet) for up to 30 minutes. Yet, should you take your iPhone 15 Pro to that depth causing water damage to the device, the cost of the repair will not be covered by Apple’s warranty. Now an attorney in Quebec is taking Apple to task for failing to cover the cost of repairing iPhone models damaged by water despite advertising that these phones can be submerged.The plaintiff’s iPhone stopped working immediately after coming into contact with water near a pool
The case, which attorney Joey Zukran would like to turn into a class action suit, revolves around a 19-year-old student who was in Mexico when her iPhone got wet near a pool. Zukran said that the iPhone she purchased brand new eight months ago stopped working immediately.
