Smartphones have evolved a lot in the last 10 years, but one area that has remained constant is durability. The Galaxy S7, released in early 2016, was the first high-end phone to include an IP68 rating for dust and water resistance, and it wasn’t until nearly nine years later that this changed to an IP69 rating with the OnePlus 13 (among other OnePlus and Oppo phones).<\/p>\n
At the same time, the smartphone form factor itself has become something completely new. We now have flip phones and phones that fold like a book, but one of the biggest issues preventing their widespread adoption is durability. Despite the fact that many of these devices are tested for hundreds of thousands of folds, consumers are still understandably concerned about the durability of the elements.<\/p>\n