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And give up water resistance?
by tomjen3 4y ago
And give up water resistance?
- walterbell 4y agoWhat is gained by water resistance for the loss in repairability and privacy, which now requires a faraday bag in the absence of true power-off? Is this trade-off the same for every user? Offer one model with a replaceable battery and let the market decide.
- tomjen3 4y agoThere are lots of niche androids. The fair phone does have a replaceable battery. As the context of this debate is ewaste, giving up water resistance can reasonably be assumed to increase ewaste.
- walterbell 4y ago> giving up water resistance can reasonably be assumed to increase ewaste Sacrificing repairability on 100% of phones causes more waste than the tiny percentage of phones that cannot be repaired after water damage? Current phones are water-resistant in varying degrees by IP rating, they are not waterproof. What's the number one remedial action that people took when their Nokia or Blackberry fell into water? Remove the battery to avoid an electrical short. This mitigation is not possible on an iPhone or Pixel.
- thefz 4y agoHow may times do you use your phone under the rain? A shower? Do you expect it to work in a pool or in the sea?
- tomjen3 4y agoI use my phone, and it needs to work regardless of rain or not. It would also be nice if it worked even if I slip it into water by accident.
- throwaway81523 4y agoThere have been water resistant flashlights with replaceable batteries since 100+ years ago, and they can do the same with phones. The Samsung Galaxy S5 was water resistant and had replaceable battery. I can't understand why people keep repeating these canards to defend the stupid scam of sealed batteries. They make some sense in extremely tiny devices but not in large things like phones. And anyway they should always be replaceable with some minor disassembly using tools, even if not swappable during use.