Water Resistant vs. Non-Water-Resistant Smartphones

We are just at the early stages of the dynamic: Water Resistant vs. Non-Water-Resistant Smartphones, now at the core of the smartphone industry.

According to IDC, Smartphones offering resistance against water damage (and other liquids) grew 45.2% year on year in the first nine months of 2016 in Western Europe, while shipments of non-water–resistant smartphones declined 17% in the same period.

The firm also reveals that, Water resistant smartphones reached 22.5 million units in the period to represent 23% of the total number of smartphones shipped in 2016 to date.

I can also observe that, the strong growth in this segment was supported by the success of Samsung and Huawei devices offering this feature and by the recently launched iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus, both offering IP67.