AppleInsiderissupportedbyitsaudienceandmayearncommissionasanAmazonAssociateandaffiliatepartneronqualifyingpurchases.Theseaffiliatepartnershipsdonotinfluenceoureditorialcontent.
After"showeringheriPhone,"oneJapanesevoiceactressandherfansremindusthatiPhonesarenotquiteaswaterproofedasonemightlike.
AJapanesevoiceactressnamedMoekaKoizumimadethemistakeoftakingheriPhoneintotheshower,thusleadingtothecreationofthe"iPhoneshower"meme.ThiseventtookplaceinFebruary2021,butthehashtaghasbeguntrendingagain.
WhatstartedasaTweetaskinghowtofixablurryiPhonecameraevolvedintoatoptrendingmemeinJapan.AfterKoizumiadmittedshehadshoweredwithheriPhonetocleanit,herfansactedfast.
Anewmemetranslatedas"iPhoneshower"begantrendingasfansbegandrawingcharactersthevoiceactresshadvoicedshoweringtheiriPhones.Theartrangedfrommultiplepopularserieslike"LoveLive!NijigasakiHighSchoolIdolClub"to"ShoujoKagekiRevueStarlight."
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—(@MRMRMRMMZN)February7,2021ThememehasresurfacedonThursdaywithoutmuchexplanation.ItisthenumberonetechnologytopicinJapanandplacesthirteenthglobally.
TheiPhone13andiPhone12rangehaveIP68ratings,whichallowforsubmergenceinwaterofuptosixmetersforthirtyminutes.However,showersproducesteamandhigh-pressureparticulate,whichisn'taccountedforinthewaterresistancerating.
Steamcanseepinthroughgasketmaterialsandproliferatethroughthedevicewithease.Especiallyifthedevicehasbeendroppedordamagedinthepast.
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—(@k_moeka_)February7,2021MoekaKoizumiexperiencedalloftheusualproblemsassociatedwithsteamorwaterdamage.Thecamerasfoggedupandtookblurrypictures,thenFaceIDstoppedworking.
Appledoesn'tfixdeviceswithwaterdamageonthebasicwarranty,butitwillreplaceoneforafeeunderthe(paid)AppleCare+.