Your smartphone might have some level of protection against water, but that doesn't mean it will survive a puddle. The device's so-called IP rating will tell you what it can withstand. Zacharie Scheurer/dpa
Is a smartphone, tablet or e-reader protected against water and dust? And if so, to what extent?
That’s what your device's IP rating will tell you.
Many manufacturers have their products tested and certified according to a specific standard that defines protection levels. That standard is the ingress protection or IP rating. The code always has the same IPXX format — the letters IP followed by two digits.
The first digit that follows the letters indicates the device’s protection against the ingress of foreign bodies such as dust.
