A Canadian couple from Chilliwack, British Columbia Canada, runs the YouTube Channel Aquatic Monkey. The couple films some of their dives they take wherein they try to find stuff thrown into surrounding lakes and return them to owners if at all possible while cleaning the lake from debris.

They're video of March 4, 2020 revealed that they had found a few iPhones. One of them was an iPhone 11. Amazingly, the iPhone 11,  with an IP68 rating which reportedly covers an iPhone being in up to 6 feet of water for 30 minutes, actually lasted almost 6 months!  A CBC News report explains the story.

The video below is set to start when the Aquatic Monkey diver Clayton Helkenberg talks about the iPhone 11 that amazingly was still functional after 6 months. You can restart it at the beginning to see the full dive discovery.

Was this just a fluke? Who knows. If not, Apple should reconsider marketing their waterproofing beyond IP68. A special thanks to Francesca F. of Montreal for sending us the link to the CBC story to our feedback email [email protected] . You could find the video on Aquatic Monkey.  

For the record on IP68: Apple's literature states 6 meters . For the iPhone 12 Pro, Apple's claim #4 reference states the following: iPhone 12 Pro and iPhone 12 Pro Max are splash, water, and dust resistant and were tested under controlled laboratory conditions with a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 6 meters up to 30 minutes). However, the iPhone 11 literature on Apple's site has a different measurement as follows: iPhone 11 is splash, water and dust resistant and was tested under controlled laboratory conditions with a rating of IP68 under IEC standard 60529 (maximum depth of 2 meters up to 30 minutes).  The standard is actually 1.5 meters, though the manufacturer could test it and provide measurements beyond 1.5 meters. Sources: 01 and 02. Samsung's S20 Ultra claims 1.5 meters.