This Monsoon Be Careful With These Smartphones

Monsoon is at last here! Last week Delhi-NCR's wait for Monsoon too ended, with the rains lashing the city. We may love rains but our smartphones may not. In fact, some of the top brands' popular smartphones that are not water-proof and may get spoiled in rains. The list includes Xiaomi, Vivo, Oppo, Asus, Honor, Motorola and few phones from Samsung and Google.

Xiaomi handsets like Redmi Note 7s and Redmi Note 7 Pro come with a special P2i nano-coating. The phones become splash-resistant, but as the company on its website mentions: "not to be confused as waterproof." Oppo too does not make any 'water-proofing claims' for its devices. The firm's latest high-end range Reno also does not have any 'water-proof' phones in its range so far.

Asus most-expensive phone, Asus ROG, is also splash resistant but not waterproof. Huawei-owned popular Chinese brand Honor also does not make any statements on having water resistance quality.

Though OnePlus claims that its devices are waterproof, none of them come with any IP rating certification that says it is water resistant and water-proof. So we have included them in our list. When it comes to Google, the company's high-end flagship Pixel devices -- Pixel 3 and Pixel 3 XL -- come with an IP-68 rating. The new mid-range Pixel smartphones launched earlier this year, Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL come with IP rating. It's similar to Samsung, the company's high-end series handsets are water-proof. But not all the low and mid-range devices are water-proof.

There are more than 25 'popular' devices that are not advised to use outdoors this Monsoon season

1. Oppo Reno 10x Zoom: Available at Rs 39,990

2. Vivo Nex: Available at Rs 39,990

3. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Pro: Available at Rs 13,999

4. Xiaomi Redmi Note 7S: Available at Rs 10,999

5. Xiaomi Poco F1: Available at Rs 17,999

6. Google Pixel 3a XL: Available at Rs 44,999

7. Google Pixel 3a XL: Available at Rs 44,999

8. Realme 3 Pro: Available at Rs 13,999

9. Vivo V15 Pro: Available at Rs 32,990

10. Oppo R17 Pro: Available at Rs 29,990

11. Vivo X21: Available at Rs 26,990

12. Asus 6Z: Available at Rs 31,999

13. Honor 20: Available at Rs 32,999

14. Honor View 20: Available at Rs 37,999

15. Asus ROG phone: Available at Rs 69,999

16. Nokia 8.1: Available at Rs 19,999

17. Motorola One Vision: Available at Rs 19,999

18. Samsung Galaxy A70: Available at Rs 28,990

19. Samsung Galaxy A50: Available at Rs 18,490

20. Samsung Galaxy M40: Available at Rs 19,990

21. Samsung Galaxy A9: Available at Rs 25,990

22. Samsung Galaxy A30: Available at Rs 15,490

23. OnePlus 7 Pro: Available at Rs 48,999

24. OnePlus 7: Available at Rs 32,999

25. OnePlus 6T: Available at Rs 27,999