Diving and snorkeling with your smartphone

Nowadays, most photos are taken with your smartphone. Always at hand, quick and easy. And of good quality too! Many new phones even have multiple lenses: a standard lens, but also a telephoto or wide-angle lens. Want to go scuba diving or snorkeling with your smartphone? We offer a range of underwater housings for smartphones in our assortment. The housings are, just like other underwater cameras, expandable with a tray and lamps.

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More info about these housings and the differences between them:

Divevolk Seatouch 4 Max for smartphones

The Divevolk Seatouch 4 Max underwater housing for smartphones is currently the most popular option. It's no wonder, as the unique feature of this housing is that almost all functions of your phone are usable underwater via the touchscreen. All camera functions of your smartphone can be operated just like you would above water. The possibilities are nearly limitless: you can use your phone's compass and timer, consult documents, take notes, type something for your buddy, review previous photos, view a map or blueprint, read a sensor via Bluetooth underwater for scientific purposes, and even make an emergency call as soon as you're above water. All of this works with the phone still inside the underwater housing. You can even read a book or watch a movie during a long decompression stop. Your smartphone can be used underwater as a camera, but also for communication and entertainment. To the Smartphone housing in the webshop.

The maximum depth is 60 meters, and the housing weighs only 375 grams. It's available in black, white, blue, or platinum. No special app is required, as you can simply use the app of your choice. Inserting the phone into the housing is very easy, though it’s important to remove any screen protector beforehand.

Sealife Sportdiver Ultra housing SL405

Another widely used underwater housing is the Sealife SL405 (formerly SL400). With this case, you can turn your phone into an underwater camera by installing a special Sealife app on your phone, after which you can operate the app using the buttons on the housing (via Bluetooth). Other functions of your phone are not usable with this underwater housing. You use the Sealife app for taking photos and videos, not the app you normally use above water. This smartphone housing is made of polycarbonate, aluminum, and stainless steel, and it features a moisture alarm and vacuum pressure alarm. The underwater housing weighs 641 grams and has a maximum depth of 40 meters. To this smartphone housing in the webshop.

Differences

In summary, the main differences are:

• When using the Divevolk underwater housing, you have normal access to your phone via the touchscreen and can do (almost) everything underwater with your phone as you are used to. Of course, you have no signal underwater, but you can use, consult, etc., everything that is on your phone. Once you come to the surface, you can make calls with the phone in the housing. With the Sealife underwater housing, you have access to the Sealife photo and video app that you downloaded in advance. All other functions do not work.
• The maximum depth of the Divevolk underwater housing (375 grams) is 60 meters. For the Sealife underwater housing (641 grams), it is 40 meters.
• The Sealife underwater housing is made of polycarbonate, aluminum, and stainless steel and features a moisture alarm and vacuum alarm as extras. The Divevolk underwater housing is made of plastic, making it lighter. An added benefit of the Divevolk plastic housing—particularly for scientific and business use—is that Wi-Fi and Bluetooth work underwater near the device, allowing you to read sensors, for example.