• JCreazy@midwest.social
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      1 year ago

      I’ve never understood the whole waterproof thing. I’ve never been in an instance where my phone was in any danger of getting wet. I get float trips and stuff but that seems like an uncommon case and even then there are ways to waterproof a phone temporarily.

      • Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        I don’t think a phone needs to be 100% waterproof to 50 metres, but some amount of water-resistance is just good product design. Companies should not be encouraging people to dunk their phones in water, I think IP ratings sadly encourage this as well as some of the advertising around their water resistance claims.

        But having some amount of water resistance built into electronics helps reduce e-waste because accidents do happen. For more serious water activities people should be buying waterproof bags for their electronics.

      • derf82@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        You don’t use your phone on the bathroom or the kitchen? It never rains where you live? You never keep your phone in your pocket next to a sweaty leg?

        I want a phone that can survive minor issues. I don’t want a phone that will die because it slipped into the sink while washing my hands or something like that. A degree of being waterproof does that.

    • Whooping_Seal@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      My old Galaxy S5 was water resistant (IP67, 30min/1 metre submerged)

      The rear cover had a gasket to prevent water entering the motherboard, micro sd, battery, sim etc.

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      1 year ago

      No it doesn’t. you have have IP68 and a removable battery. What’s not as easy it making them paper-thin as the battery needs to have structural integrity of its own.