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I've always been skeptical about this claim. Apple's own 3.5mm -> lighting dongle is surprising resistant to water (I've spilled coffee on mine and it still wo
by fingerlocks 8y ago
I've always been skeptical about this claim.
Apple's own 3.5mm -> lighting dongle is surprising resistant to water (I've spilled coffee on mine and it still works), but I can't find any information of whether the dongle itself is waterproof. I've looked.
Also, Samsung made a phone with a waterproof 3.5mm female port. They weren't the first.
- tempestn 8y agoYeah, the 3.5mm port is certainly easier than the USB port to make waterproof. Probably easier than speakers and microphones too.
- addicted 8y agoI don’t know much about this, but from a layman’s perspective I completely agree with you. I find it hard to believe that of all the elements making waterproofing harder, the headphone jack was one of the larger concerns.
- DanBC 8y agoSpeakers and microphones just need a bit of gore tex. These are off the shelf parts, and companies like Apple etc can easily spec their own. https://www.gore.com/products/categories/venting?view=portable-electronic-vents https://www.gore.com/products/categories/venting?view=portab... I agree that it's also really easy to make 3.5 mm jack sockets waterproof.
- tempestn 8y agoYeah, I'm not trying to imply the speakers are hard to waterproof. Just that the 3.5mm is arguably even simpler.