According to some recent reports released there is a claim that Google’s new upcoming pair of pixel phones will not be water-resistant. Android Police reports that the new handsets will be IP53-rated. This basically means that they will not do well when exposed to water. The number three in the IP53 means that the phone will work normally if sprayed with water at any angle up to sixty degrees from vertical.

Key Takeaways:

• According to Android Police, the new handsets will be IP53-rated, meaning they’ll have a good chance of surviving a dust storm, but will drown in a puddle of water
• the phones will continue to work normally if you spray water ‘at any angle up to 60° from the vertical’ at them.
• Google’s set to launch little (aka normal-sized) and large versions of the Pixel on October 4th.

“According to Android Police, the new handsets will be IP53-rated, meaning they’ll have a good chance of surviving a dust storm, but will drown in a puddle of water.”

https://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2016/09/googles-pixel-phones-should-just-about-survive-a-rain-shower/