Between 2016 and 2018, Samsung went on a marketing blitz across its stores, website and social media with ads claiming that Galaxy phones could be submerged in pools and ocean water without damage.
Samsung made these water resistance claims about the S7, S7 Edge, A5 (2017), A7 (2017), S8, S8 Plus and Note 8 Samsung Galaxy phones. More than 3.1 million of these Galaxy phones were sold in Australia.
