What is the IP rating?

[ChuckG73]

On the Essential website under specifications it states water-error rejection....why? If it is not water proof why would you use it in the water...why call that feature out? It was not called out before.

Human Input + Sensors

10 finger multitouch;*palm and water-error rejection

 

[cdd543]

On the Essential website under specifications it states water-error rejection....why? If it is not water proof why would you use it in the water...why call that feature out? It was not called out before.

Human Input + Sensors

10 finger multitouch;*palm and water-error rejection

It sounds like they are talking about the screen. A lot of screens become unusable when your fingers are wet.

 

[modifier]

Hopefully they're still working on getting it rated. I emailed them last week and received this in response:

Thanks for writing in. Questions about the water and dust resistance qualities of the Essential Phone are being asked by lots of people. It's a completely fair question and we hear you. Right now I don't have an official response to give you, but I encourage you to stay tuned to Essential.com and our social channels for updates and announcements.

Judging by the ambiguous response, it's possible they're still testing and will add a rating to it later or it won't get rated at all.

 

[modifier]

News broke yesterday that Sony lost a huge settlement over their IP ratings not being accurate. Sony had to fork out up to 50% of MSRP per device as a result. It's possible that Essential designed the PH-1 for IP-57 at a minimum but doesn't want to risk publishing the spec to mitigate any warranty or lawsuit issues later.

Search online for "sony IP rating settlement" for more info. There are a few articles on the issue.

 

[ChuckG73]

Its funny you found that because I had a Compact z3 that was damaged in water and Sony said tuff