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Android phone makers want your smartphone to survive a kitchen nightmare


Honor just put the Magic 7 series under the knife, literally.

(Image credit: Brady Snyder / Android Central)The crave for extreme durability protection for smartphones started a long time ago, when phones first began supporting IP ratings against dust and water ingress. But the first Android phone to feature some degree of water resistance was the Motorola Defy about 15 years ago, so why is this extreme durability push happening now? The truth is that new processes and innovations have enabled phones, such as the OnePlus 13, Motorola Moto G Power or Honor Magic 7 Pro, to withstand situations that were once inconceivable.

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