Users usually put too much emphasis on the health of their mobile phones, avoiding drops, water and scratches. Consequently, bringing your phone on an outdoor excursion can be very risky. Google wanted to tell a story to make sure the model Google Pixel 6a He survived everything and continues to work exceptionally.
Story Synthesis: This cell phone defies snow, rain, mud and almost six months in nature.
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In February 2024, a man named Andrew Prag went to ski Serre Chevalier, France, where he threw his 6th pixel on the snow of the mountain. He managed to geolocate the phone and planned to restore it the next day, but heavy snow fell overnight, cutting off any hope of restoring it.
When Prag returned to Serre Chevalier six months later, he had the crazy idea to go to the place where he lost his 6th Pixel in a last-ditch attempt to find it. And so, not only did he find the device, which was covered in dirt and hidden in the leaves, but he was pleasantly surprised to find that the phone still worked.
“I just plug into it and rock it like I was in the box the whole time,” Andrew said.
The most incredible thing is that the Google Pixel 6A does not have the most reliable IP68 rating and comes with IP67 certification, which is less protective.
Google Product Engineering Team Lead Ajay Kamath shared a similar story in a blog post. His daughter’s 6th pixel survived five days in the snow after being thrown from a telescope. “The phone was actually still in battery saving mode,” he said.
Google commented that the Pixel 6A units that survived the snow did so because they were relatively sealed against water and dust thanks to the IP67 rating. “The snow layer kept them relatively protected, and most likely the load circuit was disconnected, saving the battery.”
Source: Digital Trends
