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T-Mobile unboxes water resistant Note 7 at a water park
July 23, 2025
It’s a good thing the upcomingSamsung Galaxy Note 7is IP68 certified to resist water andprotected with Corning’s latest glass cover, because a T-Mobile device specialist just unboxed the 5.7-inch smartphone while riding down a water slide. You might have seen himunboxing the Galaxy S7 under wateror unveiling theLG G5 from the codriver’s seatof a rally car earlier this year. Now Des “@AskDes” Smith is back once again, this time spilling the guts of a Note 7 package all over a water slide at Washington’s Wild Waves theme park.
After littering the phone’s accessories all along one water slide, Smith offers a brief look at how the phablet’s 12 MP rear camera performs inside the dimly lit innards of another ride.And while he never shows offthe phone’s Gorilla Glass 5or the handset’s ability to plunge into five feet of water for up to half an hour, Smith stood tall from an observation deck as another ride threw a wave of water at him and the handset. He also briefly showed off a few other features like theS-PenandIris Scanneralong the way.
Ultimately, this series of stunts was about directing consumers to T-Mobile’s preorder“presents” the company is offering on the Note 7.The self-styled “uncarrier” is offering early adopters of the Note 7 the choice of either a complimentary full year of Netflix, a 256GB microSD card, or aSamsung Gear Fit 2.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 7 is up for preorder now at all four of the US’ major wireless carrier and it’ll release on Aug. 19. For more info about what will arrive on Aug. 19, check out ourhands-on coverageof the Samsung Galaxy Note 7.
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