PeterPoopshit@sh.itjust.works to > Greentext@lemmy.ml · 1 year agoAnon gets his iPhone battery replacedsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up11.49K
arrow-up11.49KimageAnon gets his iPhone battery replacedsh.itjust.worksPeterPoopshit@sh.itjust.works to > Greentext@lemmy.ml · 1 year agomessage-square120fedilink
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year ago People can babble about water proofing, etc. There is no legitimate engineering problem. Even if it was a legitimate problem, it’s sad that only about half of the phones are certified waterproof even if almost all are sealed.
minus-squareAdo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWhy is that sad? I can understand why companies don’t want to pay just to get a certification when the phone itself is up to standards regardless
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year ago“It’s easier to make the phone waterproof if the battery is not user-serviceable” is a common argument; if it’s really true, way more phones should be waterproof even if not IP-certified (which understandably costs money and raises the end price).
minus-squareZiemekZ@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoSamsung Galaxy S5 would like to have a word. IP67 while having user-detachable battery cover.
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOne of the very few phones like this.
minus-squareSnipingNinja@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoNot that the phones are warrantied against water damage even if they are rated as water resistant.
Even if it was a legitimate problem, it’s sad that only about half of the phones are certified waterproof even if almost all are sealed.
Why is that sad? I can understand why companies don’t want to pay just to get a certification when the phone itself is up to standards regardless
“It’s easier to make the phone waterproof if the battery is not user-serviceable” is a common argument; if it’s really true, way more phones should be waterproof even if not IP-certified (which understandably costs money and raises the end price).
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Samsung Galaxy S5 would like to have a word. IP67 while having user-detachable battery cover.
One of the very few phones like this.
Not that the phones are warrantied against water damage even if they are rated as water resistant.