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A modern cell phone is very different from the old flip phones and SLRs/large dedicated camera. Resealing modern phones after upgrades/repairs is one of the har
by rtkwe 3mo ago
A modern cell phone is very different from the old flip phones and SLRs/large dedicated camera. Resealing modern phones after upgrades/repairs is one of the harder parts of the whole process with fiddly little sealing glue gaskets to maintain IP ratings.
- ProfessorLayton 3mo agoAgain, solved problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_6 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_6
- astafrig 3mo ago'Solved' by having measurably worse ingress protection than leading smartphones?
- ProfessorLayton 3mo agoYes, this is solved. Samsung makes rugged IP68 phones with user swappable batteries that are thinner than an iPhone 17 Pro when factoring the camera bump [1]. It's kind of comical how accurate this comment is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807174 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807174 [1] https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_xcover7-12784.php https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_xcover7-12784.php
- astafrig 3mo agoMy experience with phones like that are that they tend to fall apart when subjected to impact, which is pretty counterproductive to features like, I don’t know, being able to use the phone immediately after an impact (car crash, fall).
- lesostep 3mo agoSony Xperia Z solved in 2013: Water jet protected & Waterproof up to 1 meter in 30 minutes