Both Lasers and Water are Damaging to the iPhone 5

[ritmomundo]

It did survive the hot coffee test; rain or damp won't be an issue provided you are sensible about it and don't pour water through the open ports. Most phones, like any electronics, don't like water. You don't turn a phone on after it's been submerged like they did; it may take a while to dry off in rice, and the battery might be drained. Mostly people drop their phones into the toilet or some similar thing, and presumably don't leave it for more than a few seconds. Even with a hydrophobic coating I wouldn't care to submerge my phone deliberately, as it's tempting fate. Still seems a good idea to have a coating provided it doesn't affect the phone's operations.

Yep, I agree with everything you're saying. However, the tech is clearly out there, and Motorola has been using it in several phones. It would have been nice if Apple did it too.

 

[PinkyMacGodess]

News flash: Placing hand on red hot burner still burns hand, and causes pain...

Funny that my mom-in-law ran her 3gs through the washer and it actually worked. There was some water between the layers of the display glass that never went away, but it did survive, turned on, and charged. Everything worked, except it was hard to view what the phone was doing. Apple swapped it for $...

 

[MacDav]

Well...how about a steamroller, or a 12 gauge? A drop from the Empire State Building? I could go on, but I've already given this way too much thought.

 

[rjphoto]

Sorry it is a real gun.

That is a bebe gun, it ain't a 9mn handgun or even a desert eagle.

No, it's a Taurus Judge or one of the other shotgun (410 gauge) shooting revolvers.

Go to 8 seconds and you can see the size of the barrel. At 27 seconds into the video you can see the fire come out the end of the barrel.

In the first shot 3 "BBs" (bird shot like pellets) hit the screen. In the second shot only one pellet hit it.

Sorry, missed this:

it's not a bebe gun either. It's a Taurus Judge with a 4/10 shotgun shell in it.

 

[mjpearce023]

This is actually really helpful to those of us who own lasers and use them on a day to day basis. Accidents happen!

 

[cvaldes]

Lots of people have lasers, either in the form of a CD or DVD player.

 

[MacinDoc]

Lots of people have lasers, either in the form of a CD or DVD player.

I'm sure inserting your iPhone into one will not be particularly good for the phone, either. Even without the laser.

May not be that good for the player, for that matter.

 

[skottichan]

You think that's tough? Try just carrying the phone in your pocket. Amazing if it does not scuff and ding.

I'm carrying mine without a case, no scuffs or dings.

 

[TheRealPorkchop]

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Best thread comment....


HAHAHA!!!

I sure hope that during the zombie apocalypse they don't have lasers.