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Comment by chris_engel | Hacker News Reader

I wonder why my Samsung Gear S3 has nothing like this. Its water proof and has speakers as well but there is no "you cant use your watch because its wet". Until now, I didnt even think about this might be an issue. The watch just... works. No matter if wet or not.

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Must be a similar reason to why you can't use an iPhone/iPad/Macbook for about 10 minutes after the battery runs out. When you plug it in to power, it will refuse to boot until the battery is at least slightly charged. This is unlike, say, an Android or Windows machine which will allow you to use it immediately as soon as you plug it in.

I think Apple just simply does not care about user convenience.

The two android phones and one tablet I've had all do that.

It used to not be like this, back when I had an iPhone 4 it would boot immediately. But then it would die as soon as it got to the locksreen, halfway through me putting my passcode in, or as soon as I unlocked the phone.

Having to wait a little bit tops the frustration from getting your routine interrupted by the phone dying at random points. I usually waited a few minutes anyways to avoid the random shutdowns.

This always perplexed me...there must be a reason.

Water can create false touch inputs, this should be the case for most of not all capacitative touchscreens. In my experience the speaker still works well enough if wet and Siri weirdly also works but a person you call with the Apple Watch will have a hard time understanding you. How is calling on the Samsung watch with a clogged mic?

There are two ways to waterproof something. Actually make it water proof, or go through elaborate games to trick the test.

It's sort of like the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal. If you actually meet the requirements of the test you don't need to be clever.

The device is waterproof regardless of whether or not you use the water mode feature.

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