If you've shopped for a phone recently, you'll have come across terms like "water resistant," as well as the now common IP67, IP68 and IPX8 ratings. But what do those ratings really mean and, ...

Not long ago, a single IP rating was the norm for smartphones. It meant your phone could take a splash, survive in a dusty ...

Ingress protection (IP) ratings were once reserved for the most premium of smartphones, but they have now made their way to even affordable smartphones like the Pixel 9a. Yet, with the launch of the ...

Selecting the right equipment for harsh or unpredictable environments isn’t a matter of guesswork. There’s a system, and it’s not exactly subtle: numbers stacked beside letters, all telling a story ...

OnePlus has already advertised the OnePlus 13 as IP68/IP69 ingress protection. For some past OnePlus hardware, IP ratings have varied across markets. With the OnePlus 13, though, the company confirms ...