Swimmers use Outex underwater phone case to improve technique, reach their goals, or just have fun.
Apr 06, 2011
The Outex phone case is the perfect waterproof tool for swimmers and water sports. It's faster, easier, and more affordable than action cams — and it delivers better imaging results. It works with the phone you already have, safely underwater, and is compatible with all brands and models. No apps or downloads required: you're ready to edit and share immediately. The system installs in seconds and maintains full control over your buttons and touchscreen. The Outex phone case draws on the company's 13+ year history and its patented camera housing line to deliver professional results, universal compatibility, complete functional control, and a lightweight, compact, affordable design.
Key benefits:
- Compatible with all camera phone brands and models (iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy, etc.)
- Full button and touchscreen operational control
- Professional imaging results using optical lens ports and domes
- Adds no weight or bulk to your phone — super travel friendly, packs anywhere
- Upgradeable design for accessories like domes, tripods, lighting, selfie sticks, and remote triggers
- Modular engineering lets you add parts and components as needed
- Faster, better, cheaper, and easier than an action cam
Phone Compatibility
The Outex case is compatible with all smartphone brands and models. Whether it's an iPhone 14 Pro, a Google Pixel 7, or a Samsung Galaxy Ultra, you don't need different housings for different phones. Everyone on your family or team can use the same case for any of their phones — including when they upgrade. The case also accommodates thousands of third-party accessories: selfie sticks, tripod mounts, lighting, remote triggers, external lenses, and more.
Functional Control
The patented case is malleable, flexible, and elastic — engineered to combine ruggedness with tactile sensitivity. The third-generation cover technology is durable enough for dirt, dust, mud, sand, and underwater use, whether in desert heat or under ice in freezing water. That durability is paired with a tactile-rich feel that lets users control the touchscreen and side hard buttons while submerged. The case's chemistry and design vary in thickness, strength, sensitivity, and durometer across different surfaces to optimize usability throughout.
Professional Imaging Results
Because Outex products are lightweight, they can offer optical glass lenses for high-quality images — something most waterproof pouches and bags can't match. The Outex lens is large enough to accommodate a variety of phone lens positions without limiting the field of view or causing vignetting. The case holds the lens in place, optimizing imaging and preventing impact against the phone.
Smartphones use multiple lenses for different focal lengths, viewing angles, and zoom capabilities that action cams can't match. They also use fast-evolving software to improve imaging, editing, and sharing — along with a wide array of third-party apps for superior results, from high-frame-rate interpolation to slow-motion capture.
Better, Faster, Easier, and More Affordable Than Action Cams
The Outex phone case is lightweight and easily transported. It packs anywhere, installs in seconds, and is ready to use wherever you go. No additional gear, batteries, cables, or memory cards required.
Compatible, Upgradeable Design
Borrowing from the Outex camera line, phone products are modular and upgradeable. You can add or replace parts as needed over time. The phone dome lens — used to correct underwater distortions caused by light traveling at different speeds in water versus air — can be purchased as part of a kit or separately. The case is compatible with all Outex accessories over time, as well as third-party accessories including remote triggers, lights, and tripod mounts.
By Swimmers, for Swimmers
Water sports like swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, water polo, triathlons, kayaking, surfing, and more are perfect examples of where underwater video can transform athletic performance. Swimmers and coaches can quickly analyze stroke technique, turn dynamics, body position, start entry, and other aspects of performance in real time and on the spot.
No expensive equipment or complicated apps required. Slow motion and frame-by-frame replay let swimmers and coaches make quick, precise adjustments on the spot — without disrupting the overall team workout or schedule. This technology also makes it easier for coaches to observe athletes and provide valuable feedback remotely.
And It Can Be Fun Too
Boating trips, beach outings, fishing trips, and pool parties take on a new dimension when you can add underwater footage to your content. The Outex phone pro kit is also the perfect travel companion for anyone who loves shooting in and around water.
And while many smartphones claim some level of waterproofing, those ratings are limited — connectors and openings remain vulnerable, and protective seals deteriorate as the phone gets used, bumped, and dropped. The Outex case provides reliable, durable protection regardless of your phone's native water resistance rating.
About Outex
Co-founded by an Olympic swimmer, Outex brings 13+ years of professional experience in the photographer and cinematographer market, producing a patented system of waterproof housings for cameras, lenses, lighting, triggers, tripods, accessories, and other imaging equipment. The LA-based company was founded in 2010.
SwimSwam Interview with Co-Founder JR deSouza
Gold Medal Mel Stewart interviewed Outex co-founder JR deSouza for the SwimSwam Podcast. The two entrepreneurs were college teammates and Olympians. JR competed internationally for Brazil — a two-time world record holder, gold and bronze medalist at the 1993 World Championships in Palma de Mallorca, 1992 Olympic finalist, and SEC Collegiate Conference champion. He attended The Bolles School and the University of Tennessee.
Ready to take your phone underwater? The Outex waterproof phone case is available now.