Water resist your phone!

Surfing around the net, I found Liquipel. Liquipel is a company that offers a service that makes your mobile device water resistant. The video above came from the Liquipel website and it sums up what Liquipel is. But how water resistant will it be? Well, a video at engadget showed an iPhone 5 dropped into a tank with roughly 2ft deep water. It stayed under for a good amount of time, which was more than enough to pickup and save the phone. Towards the end of the video, the phone was retrieved casually and it was still working like nothing happened. Check out the video:

Needless to say, it is an impressive piece of technology. Liquipel makes a device, inside and out, water resistant and their process makes the water resistance last a lifetime based on their claims. Another good thing about Liquipel is that it will not add extra bulk to your mobile device. This treatment can really save a device specially for people who have kids running around, or a scenario where a bottle topples over and spills on a phone while hanging out in a bar. Do take note that Liquipel will not water proof a device, it will only make it very water resistant.

The implications for this technology are exciting. Aside from protecting your phones or tablets, I can see this technology applied on other gadgets like DSLRs as they continue to improve the product. Imagine the possibility of shooting under shallow water without fear and without the need of any extra casing. Or maybe treat a piece of metal so that it never rusts. Or applied on outdoor gear that need to be dry.

Aside from the US, the service is available in a number of regions including Asia, but it's not yet available here in the Philippines. Instead, you can find them in Hong Kong and Malaysia (not so far away). The pricing I found in the US website for treating the iPhone 5 is at $59. They perform the treatment on a number of mobile devices and tablets, and it may be safe to assume that it gets more expensive if the surface area for the device is larger, like a Nexus tablet.

Here are the US and Asia websites respectively if you'd like to read more:
US: http://www.liquipel.com/
Asia: http://www.lqpasia.com/en/