All these talk about waterproofing and I never heard one person decide to actually take advantage of that feature.
I am definitely on the cynical side of thinking that it was just marketing spin to justify taking away features to increase profits.
I am definitely on the cynical side of thinking that it was just marketing spin to justify taking away features to increase profits.
I'm especially curious how rain has damaged phones - I use them in Ireland where you can just say "scattered showers" and have a 50% chance of an accurate forecast. Never thought twice about using any in the rain, and never bought a "waterproof" phone. I always assumed the puddle/pool scenario was what the waterproofing fuss was. Or are people using phones in hurricanes or monsoons or something?
I don't know about those, but we get fairly heavy rainfall every now and then here in Norway. The kind where your underwear gets soaking wet for no other reason than being outside.
I keep my phone in the front pocket of my pants, and after losing two phones to such events I decided that was enough for me.
Now I can check when the bus is due or take that call even if it's raining (heavy or not) and I don't have to think about it.