Can You Use Waterproof Phones in The Shower?[Answered]

You should not use your waterproof phone in the shower because you risk causing damage through pressurized water, hot water and steam. You can read in details, how taking your phone to the shower, can damage it.

How Showers Can Damage Waterproof Phones

1. Pressurized Water

First, waterproof phones are not guaranteed to survive pressurized water. Water from the shower is under higher pressure and may force its way through the waterproofing barriers on your smartphone.

High pressure shower water may be able to bypass water proofing on speakers and other parts of the phone.

2. Heat From Water

Most smartphones have a plastic body, back cover, or screen. Hot water may warp the plastic on the phone.

Hot water also affects how rubber parts behave. Hot water shrinks rubber. This may provide an opening for water or steam to penetrate your phone.

How water also affects the glue used to seal the phone. The glue may weaken or may completely stop working when exposed to hot water.

3. Shower Steam

When water turns into vapour, it can get into areas water couldn’t get to.

Exposing your phone to steam is one sure way of letting steam enter your phone. Once you move to a cooler place in your house, the steam trapped in your phone eventually condenses and turns back into water inside your phone. Then the water slowly attacks your phone’s components until its destroyed.

Conclusion Phone were not meant to be used in the shower. So, please don’t take them there. But if you like having music accompany you in the bathroom, you can use a bluetooth speaker instead.