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[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (6 children)

They removed 3 ways water could get inside the phone

[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago

just don't get your phone wet dingus

[–] [email protected] 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They made it a thin piece of glass that slips out of your hand.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Personally, water damage on the phones I had always was a rare edge case. The only time I ever water damaged my phone was when I accidentally put it in the washing machine and I'm sure no phone would have survived that.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I had one of those really tiny phones in the early 00s and forgot it was in the pocket of my swimsuit.

However, the ability to take slow motion video underwater is pretty neat

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

That's just an excuse. Yes, a waterproof phone is easier to manufacture if it has less holes, but in practice only around half of the phones are waterproof, and even those that are are rated at like 1 m / 30 minutes max.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Nearly all phones nowadays still has buttons and a USB-C port, and nearly all of them are waterproof. Having ports and being waterproof is not only NOT mutually exclusive, but it is so easy that most manufactures can do it.

[–] Render 1 points 10 months ago

The Samsung Galaxy S5 would like to have a word with you.