They can. My wife dropped hers in the bathtub once. We put it in a sealed container with uncooked rice overnight, and the next day it was fine (other than the p

They can. My wife dropped hers in the bathtub once. We put it in a sealed container with uncooked rice overnight, and the next day it was fine (other than the piece of rice that ended up in the microphone jack somehow). It's a crapshoot though. Sometimes you're lucky, sometimes you're not.