Is it normal not to feel a vacuum seal on my iPhone?

Med177_ wrote:

Hey, I had some second thoughts about the seal of my iphone that I wanted to share with this community. when I tried to suck air from the ridges of tte back of my iphone, I couldn’t really feel a vacuum seal, it was as if there is air that I can suck. So I wanted to ask if this is normal or my iphone have defects. Thank you

psa: I bought the iphone sealed from a third party seller because there is no apple store in my area.

Huh? Where on earth did you get the notion iPhones are "vacuum sealed?" That's utterly not true. iPhones are resistant to dust and to an extent liquids, but they are NOT vacuum sealed. I do have to compliment you, however. You may well be the first person EVER to come on this forum saying they sucked on their iPhone. That's a new one for sure.

What are you talking about? What to you mean "suck air" from the ridges on the back of your phone? Are you putting your mouth against it? Frankly, I've never heard of anyone doing such a thing.

Also, iPhones are not "vacuum sealed."

Water resistance and air sealing on iPhone are different discussions, and do not work as you assume.

Some related (older) reading: https://www.cnet.com/tech/mobile/how-does-waterproofing-work-apple-iphone-7-samsung-galaxy-s7-sony-xperia/

Water Resistance: https://support.apple.com/en-us/108039

iPhone 17 Service Guide: https://support.apple.com/en-us/123029

Med177_ (author)

Perhaps when new or replacement iPhone or other Apple

goods are sought, try to Locate an 'Apple Reseller' or an

Official Apple Store; see: https://locate.apple.com/sales

More often 'failed smartphones beyond repair' are recycled

for free through an official reseller or apple store, as above.

https://locate.apple.com/service

Given the toxicity of their batteries. Even tots should not "lip

-press" on used or questionable devices, re: leaky batteries.

Adults recognize & prevent avoid unnecessary kids contact.

We get tons of users in here who bought their iPhones from god knows who wondering if they got taken. Next time just buy the device directly from Apple or an AUTHORIZED Apple reseller and you won’t have to have second thoughts.

lobsterghost1 wrote:

. You may well be the first person EVER to come on this forum saying they sucked on their iPhone. That's a new one for sure.

I’ve seen occasional posts that describe the reverse situation.

Med177_ wrote:

Hey, I had some second thoughts about the seal of my iphone that I wanted to share with this community. when I tried to suck air from the ridges of tte back of my iphone, I couldn’t really feel a vacuum seal, it was as if there is air that I can suck. So I wanted to ask if this is normal or my iphone have defects. Thank you

psa: I bought the iphone sealed from a third party seller because there is no apple store in my area.

Hello~ I have read through your post several times and I don’t know quite how to respond except to say…stop doing that to your iPhone.

~Katana—San~

lobsterghost1 wrote:

You may well be the first person EVER to come on this forum saying they sucked on their iPhone. That's a new one for sure.

That made me laugh!

IdrisSeabright wrote:

lobsterghost1 wrote:

You may well be the first person EVER to come on this forum saying they sucked on their iPhone. That's a new one for sure.

That made me laugh!

Me too!

Maybe someone gave them a harmonica and told then it was an iPhone?

LD150 wrote:

Maybe someone gave them a harmonica and told then it was an iPhone?

Hello~ I am not saying another word in this thread …

~Katana-San~

LD150 wrote:

Maybe someone gave them a harmonica and told then it was an iPhone?

There is now coffee on my monitor.