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a lot of people seem to get this wrong so let me reiterate: whether a phone has removable battery or headphone jack, etc. or not has almost zero relations to it
by ponorin 3y ago
a lot of people seem to get this wrong so let me reiterate: whether a phone has removable battery or headphone jack, etc. or not has almost zero relations to its thickness, waterproofing, etc. it's simply a choice that manufacturers made. they know how to make it fit into their devices, they just don't wanna try. of course there will be non-zero costs involved but so is shoving in multiple cameras, motorized parts or even a fragile folding display with a water-resistant hinge. again, it's not even something they haven't tried before, and they know it. every manufacturers mocked apple for removing the headphone jack before doing it themselves because selling wireless earbuds was more profitable than saving their face.
- ponorin 3y agoI will throw another hot take: Most people don't want or need "waterproof" (read: IP-rated) phones. I haven't seen people washing phones in the sink, or using it out on the beach, (of course there will be some outliers, but they aren't designed for seawater anyway) nor is it that useful to have in our day-to-day lives. In my experience, most smartphones, even without water-resistant ratings, do survive accidental spills or even drops. And for cases where it won't, splash resistance would suffice. Claim of water resistance is already kind of misleading, because it's only temporary and only applies to fresh water (river is not "fresh water" in this case). So it's more limited than what companies want you to believe, and people's habits haven't changed anyway. Unless you live in Japan, or you frequently expose your phone in non-fresh water (for which you would need a different kind of accessory anyway), there's practically no reason you should have a IP rated phone.
- operatingthetan 3y agoI take it you never use your phone in the bathtub. Trust me, lots of people do it.
- ponorin 3y agosorry, i tend to leave my phone out of my bathroom. not that IP rating is applicable for hot water (or extra chemicals like soap for that matter) anyway.
- operatingthetan 3y agoThe focus was "most people," not you. And the iphone's water resistance works just fine in a warm tub. If you're generalizing for what most people need, you should at least understand how people use the devices. Made up constraints like the soap and temperature are irrelevant to common usage and their needs in a device.