We have seen our fair share of unboxing videos in the past. Heck, we’ve even made a couple of them ourselves, but here’s a rather interesting take – an unboxing video of a smartphone that takes place underwater! Now the smartphone that is being unboxed is the Sony Xperia Z3 which has an IP65/68 rating. What this means is that the phone is able to withstand immersion in water, albeit not forever, but we suppose long enough for it to be unboxed which is what the folks at Carphone Warehouse did. However as we should point out, there are other components in the box that are not waterproof or water resistant, like the manuals, charger, and etc.
Sony’s recently released Xperia Z3 is the company’s newest flagship device, and just like other Xperia Z family members, this one is also not scared of water. To put to the test the Xperia Z3’s waterproof abilities, Carphone Warehouse decided to record an unusual unboxing video. As you can see in the short 3-minute clip at the end of the post, this Xperia Z3 unboxing video has all the elements you expect from such videos: a guy is taking a brand new device out of the box, and everything else that’s in it, and detailing its main features. But unlike other videos, in this one there’s a lot of water. What better way to highlight the phone’s IP65 and IP68 waterproof ratings than by taking it out of the box underwater and using it for various purposes, including taking diving selfies and recording videos? While Carphone Warehouse pulled this particular publicity stunt, the Xperia Z3 never stopped working during the entire time it was submersed underwater. The actual box, however, was pretty much destroyed in the process.
