Apple (and others) don't make their iPhones water resistant
because they love getting the extra sales caused by damage

I don't think it's unreasonable to expect water-resistant phones by default - we all use them outdoors and occasionally they get wet.

My £5 digital watch is waterproof - can it really be technically beyond them to seal up the iPhone so no water can get in?
( rob, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 14:47, 13 replies)

have you thought about popping it in a freezer bag?

( janet aylia y'all motherfuckers need jesus, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 14:47, closed)

There is no reason for phones to have any openings at all these days
Memory? - build it in
Charger? - inductive loop (even my toothbrush has this)
Earphones? - Bluetooth
Wifi?- WiFi
GSM? - you get the idea.
It could just be a solid block of glass with the right wirelessness.
(karnuvap, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 15:11, closed)

Doesn't your voice have to get in there somehow?
And the sound get out of it to your ear?
(Smale is stuffed, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 15:20, closed)

Pffftt!
It uses telepathy - obviously!
(karnuvap, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 16:00, closed)

I have a waterproof bag for my 'phone for when I'm on the water.
Works perfectly well!
( Blind Meach Cautiously optimistic, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 16:08, closed)

"Planned obsolescence"
is what you're talking 'bout, Willis.
( argyleblanket The man on the roof works for me, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 15:22, closed)

They get dropped in the toilet,
mostly.

Piss-water is kryptonite to iPhones.
( Smallbrainfield, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 15:42, closed)

Shouldn't be taking cock-shots then, should you?

(Reverend Fister "a disciplined fuckwit", Thu 1 Dec 2011, 16:13, closed)

I've always said this about laptops
Surely it would be very easy and not at all costly to have a waterproof membrane separating the keyboard from the rest of the machine.
(TheManWithThePlan cussed your mum on, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 17:02, closed)

air vents
My laptop would melt if it didn't have any...

It puts shitloads of heat out and once melted the top of my girlfriend's table.

True story.
( scoshi pretending to diet since, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 23:01, closed)

I think it is so they don't explode when you take them on a plane,
not sure though.
( Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 17:04, closed)

hear hear
Planned obsolecence at work. Similar cases:
-Original Ipods 15cent battery failing meant users had to fork out another £300-400 for a fresh Ipod as opposed to putting in a new 15c battery
-Lightbulb manufacturers used to boast of their bulbs lifetime in 2-3k hrs of light, 1911 they all get together and realise they're shooting their own feet like this. Lightbulbs limited to 1000hrs
(Joe Guevara is well known for stealing your biscuits, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 17:47, closed)

it can't be sealed up cos otherwise youwouldn't be able to change the battery when it dies, o no wait you can't anyway cos your an apple whore
BURN
(Quintno EXPERIMENT RUINED CANCELLED, LEFT 4EVER, Thu 1 Dec 2011, 19:35, closed)