<ul><li>A Galaxy S23 Ultra spent five hours underwater in a freezing Arctic river and still worked perfectly.</li><li>The phone’s IP68 rating doesn’t cover those conditions, making the survival more surprising.</li><li>Following a recent story of a Pixel 8 that endured four days in a hot tub and came out unscathed.</li><li>Swedish wilderness guide Mikael Krekula accidentally dropped his Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra into the frozen Kalix River, where it remained submerged for five hours before still functioning normally.</li></ul>

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