APPLE’S NEW PATENT HINTS AT A FUTURE OF WATER PROOF IPHONES, IPADS AND APPLE WATCHES

With bend tests a distant memory, maybe it’s time to think about bringing back dunk tests. Apple has filed a patent titled “Methods for shielding electronic components from moisture,” which hints at a possible future of waterproofed Apple devices – iPhones, iPads, Apple Watches and maybe more.

“Many electronic devices are susceptible to water damage because they are not fully sealed and include various openings for charging, connecting peripherals, and inputting and outputting audio,” according to the patent filed by Apple on March 31, 2014 and published on March 5, 2015. To combat the threat of water, the patent describes a hydrophobic (i.e., water-repelling) coating with a thickness between one and 10 microns, which would be thin enough to prevent interference with functional openings in an electronic device.

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This hydrophobic coating can be applied to a device’s printed circuit board (PCB) by a plasma assisted chemical vapor deposition (PACVD) process, which charges a substrate’s surface to bond the coating to the charged surface. “The plasma then settles on and adheres to the component, providing a robust, water-resistant, corrosion-resistant protective seal for the component,” according to the patent, which addresses other approaches to waterproofing electronic devices.

Last month, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the Apple Watch could be worn in the shower, which means it’s water resistant but not necessarily waterproof.


While there are a number of waterproof cases for the iPhone 6, the patent notes that if water does somehow find its way through a protective case, it’s game over for your phone.

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Samsung, which took the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge with the water-resistant Galaxy S5 as an opportunity to mock the iPhone’s lack of water resistance, left water resistance off the list of features for its Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge phones.

Sony’s Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact phones are waterproof, and the company’s recently introduced Xperia M4 Aqua is also waterproof. However, it’s unclear if the upcoming Xperia Z4 will also be waterproof.

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iPhone 2007 and Apple Watch 2015 – History Repeats

Data from Roy Morgan Research suggests the Apple Watch’s introduction has some strong resemblance to the Apple Phone.

The research found that, from a survey of 5174 during the first four months of 2015 leading up to the release of the Apple Watch on 24 April, an estimated 520,000 Australians aged over 14 (2.7 percent) said they intended to buy a smart watch in the next year.

Back in 2007, in a survey of just over 7000 people, Roy Morgan’s research on technology adoption found a similar proportion intended to buy an iPhone (620,000, or 3.6 percent) during the first four months after the iPhone 3G was released in Australia. Within a year of that research, Apple’s sales closely matched the intentions revealed in the research.

Is it possible Apple Watch will follow the same pattern?

When the iPhone was introduced, there were other smartphones on the market, but none had really captured the public’s imagination and they were considered a tool for techies rather than a consumer electronics essential.

Similarly, there are several smart watches on the market. Almost every consumer electronics company and many start-ups, like Pebble, have attempted to dominate the market without success.

As well as the data, there’s the development path Apple has chosen.

When the iPhone was introduced, there was no App Store and users had limited customization options. With the second version of Watch OS due later this year, apps will become more powerful, with the ability to run natively on the Apple Watch. There will also be some user customization with the ability to add your own images as the background of some watch faces.

There is a substantial difference between the Apple Watch and the iPhone.

The iPhone has defined what we expect from a modern mobile phone. But in 2007, mobile phone penetration was already very high. The shift towards smartphones had started, but Apple accelerated that by creating a superior user experience.

In contrast, very few people have any sort of smart watch. In fact, many people don’t even wear a watch anymore. And watches are often seen as a fashion accessory with people wearing different watches on different occasions. The Apple Watch flies in the face of this.

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