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Most expensive electronics are actually much more durable than smartphones, and you usually not taking them with you wherever you go. I can handle ceramics and
by zaat 7y ago
Most expensive electronics are actually much more durable than smartphones, and you usually not taking them with you wherever you go. I can handle ceramics and crystal glasses just fine, but I don't take them with me when I go hiking.
- closetohome 7y agoI honestly can't think of any complex electronics I own that are more durable than my iPhone. Nothing else is waterproof, for starters. And the phone has survived some pretty gnarly drops and falls.
- zaat 7y agoMy Lenovo X1 yoga is way more durable than my phone. My kindle reader is too. The multimedia head unit in my car is rock solid compared to my phone. My keyboard, desktop PC, printer and scanner and screen are all more durable than my phone. perhaps many of those are less water resistant than the phone, but the most common failure point I see in smartphones is their screen glass, and the second is the stupid glass in the back, where applicable. Not long ago I consulted restaurant reviews in front of a restaurant on my then new phone. Country side, Italy. A big insect landed on my hand and instinctively I dropped the phone on the pavement. The degree of damage that incident left on the device is way beyond what is acceptable for common usage of any other commonly used object. Even my sunglasses are more durable.
- megaremote 7y ago> My Lenovo X1 yoga is way more durable than my phone. My kindle reader is too. Neither of them are water proof, so how does that work?
- dragonsky 7y agoYou are not prone to drop either a notebook or a kindle reader in the toilet.... Maybe just how the things are carried leads to a greater level of exposure to a dunking.
- ekianjo 7y agoThe most likely problem is surviving a fall. Water damage is the least of your worries.
- nicoburns 7y agoThe latest kindle is actually waterproof.
- fwip 7y agoYour desktop and monitor would better survive being dropped on the pavement than your phone?
- ekianjo 7y agohe never mentioned a desktop. Shifting goalposts?
- shawkinaw 7y agoEr, > My keyboard, desktop PC, printer and scanner and screen are all more durable than my phone.
- zaat 7y agoPerhaps, but even if not, they are very unlikely to hit the pavement. The gp argument was that people don't know how to care for expensive electronic devices and that's why they brake their phones. My argument is that most people can handle other expensive electronic devices just fine, it's just that smartphones are not durable enough for their intended use.
- saagarjha 7y agoNote that iPhone is water resistant, not waterproof.
- robbiep 7y agoYes. Found this out the hard way, which was rather stupid of me. Funnily enough it was because someone else ‘demonstrated’ waterproof by throwing me their phone when I was in a pool, and taking underwater photos with it. Then I was amazed and did the same. <1m water, <5 mins... guess my seals weren’t as good as theirs. Thank god for AppleCare
- code_duck 7y agoThe Samsung Galaxy series has a higher water resistance rating than iPhones. SP 68 vs 67.
- fwip 7y ago> I own