Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That's far from the case today...

Among the many changes, the new rules would require batteries in consumer devices like smartphones to be easily removable and replaceable. That’s far from the case today…

  • ILeftReddit@kbin.socialEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    Can’t say I have ever needed the water resistance, but I also never drop my phone, so I guess I’m in the minority.

    • Flaky_Fish69@kbin.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      the old razer flip phones were horrible. I went through four of the things in the course of a year because they got so much of a whiff of water they’d crap out. the last time, it was left in the truck while I was fishing and the humidity killed it.

      Another model… got done in at a pool, it was left on a table and kids happened.

      it’s not that people are klutzes and drop their phones. It’s that shit happens. Yeah, it was a trade off, but, sealing it against stuff… is a lot easier when it’s sealed