Now notice I said Water RESISTANT, NOT WaterPROOF.
For those who may be unaware, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 active are all certified water resistant. What that means is, in theory, the phone should be able to survive being submerged in up to three or so feet of water for up to 30 minutes.
Notice I said "should be".
Of course even with these fancy new phones, the old wisdom about electronic devices is still true. Namely, keep them the hell away from water whenever possible.
Of course do we will expect SCs will listen?
Firstly, water resistant doesn't mean you can stuff your phone in your swimsuit while swimming for an hour and expect it to work when you're done.
It also doesn't mean you you can let it float in a cooler all day on a fishing trip and expect it to work.
It also doesn't mean that even though you somehow managed to recover your phone from a 45 foot drop into a lake that it should still work.
Probably not a good idea to think you're Mr. cool and shoot a bunch of underwater videos of your friends either.
Also, it's water resistant. WATER.
Just ask the guy who thought'd it be fun to use his phone to record a video from INSIDE his beer mug.
And for the curious:
Coffee is NOT water
Fruit juice is NOT water
Milk is NOT water
Gasoline is NOT water (yes, this actually happened...*sigh*)
I can almost guarantee that whatever genius at Samsung decided to go with a "water resistant" feature had zero experience with SCs.
For those who may be unaware, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active, Galaxy S5 and Galaxy S5 active are all certified water resistant. What that means is, in theory, the phone should be able to survive being submerged in up to three or so feet of water for up to 30 minutes.
Notice I said "should be".
Of course even with these fancy new phones, the old wisdom about electronic devices is still true. Namely, keep them the hell away from water whenever possible.
Of course do we will expect SCs will listen?
Firstly, water resistant doesn't mean you can stuff your phone in your swimsuit while swimming for an hour and expect it to work when you're done.
It also doesn't mean you you can let it float in a cooler all day on a fishing trip and expect it to work.
It also doesn't mean that even though you somehow managed to recover your phone from a 45 foot drop into a lake that it should still work.
Probably not a good idea to think you're Mr. cool and shoot a bunch of underwater videos of your friends either.
Also, it's water resistant. WATER.
Just ask the guy who thought'd it be fun to use his phone to record a video from INSIDE his beer mug.
And for the curious:
Coffee is NOT water
Fruit juice is NOT water
Milk is NOT water
Gasoline is NOT water (yes, this actually happened...*sigh*)
I can almost guarantee that whatever genius at Samsung decided to go with a "water resistant" feature had zero experience with SCs.
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