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> Why isn't a cellphone filled with epoxy? Added cost and weight are two things that would put off consumers. The phone would also be neigh irreparable, but co
by dotancohen 1y ago
> Why isn't a cellphone filled with epoxy?
Added cost and weight are two things that would put off consumers. The phone would also be neigh irreparable, but consumers don't seem to care for that other than replacing their screen.
- amelius 1y agoA conformal coating wouldn't give much more weight.
- dotancohen 1y agoA conformal coating isn't "filled with epoxy", which is the concern I was answering.
- amelius 1y agoThere is very little empty space in a phone, so conformal coating is practically the same as filling it. Anyway, I wasn't disagreeing, just reasoning a bit further.
- cjbgkagh 1y agoThe point of filling it is to remove the compressible empty space so that large pressure gradients won’t crush it.
- estimator7292 1y agoNo, conformal coating and potting are extremely different things done for different reasons.
- amelius 1y agoI'm not talking about which methods are being used, I'm talking about which methods could be used. Further, potting, where you let the epoxy drip off, gives you a conformal coating.
- NuclearPM 1y agoNeigh?
- ohyes 1y agoSome claim we are centaurs, we say Neigh!
- thaumasiotes 1y agoThis joke seems like it would make more sense if centaurs didn't have human vocal tracts.
- tagawa 1y agoI think they meant “nigh on irreparable“.
- dotancohen 1y agoI didn't notice that, I was dictating to Gboard. If that's what was heard, then I should probably go eat some hay and get my tail brushed.
- rob74 1y agoOTOH, adding epoxy on top of everything else would probably only reduce their iFixit repairability score from 1 to 0, so...