> literally something I've never cared or benefitted from I'm happy for you, for never having lost a phone due to an accidental encounter with water. I haven't

> literally something I've never cared or benefitted from I'm happy for you, for never having lost a phone due to an accidental encounter with water. I haven't lost one recently, but: - I fumbled an old flip phone while having a night out on the town and dropped it into the toilet. - I replaced it with a really cute small Kyocera candy bar phone, that my girlfriend at the time didn't notice was still in my pants pocket when she washed my pants (I'm not sure if waterproofing would have saved this...) - I recently dropped an iPhone 12 into a bathtub full of water and suffered 0 ill effects from it. If I had to choose between replaceable batteries and waterproofing, I'm not sure which I'd personally choose. I've changed internal batteries in a few phones over the years... it was a bit of a hassle, but kept a $1000 device alive for another year or two. The water-killed phones... there was no bringing them back to life.