Hardmac article on water indicator

[derek320]

Personally I haven't had a problem with humidity yet. I work at a restaurant and am always either at the grill or in the dish room. Anyone who has worked in a restaurant would know how humid it is in the dish room. I can go into work on a hot summer day with 90% humidity and the dish room still feels hotter and more humid. When I'm at work I usually sweat alot to and this hasn't affected me yet.

Maybe I'm lucky that the humidity hasn't tripped my sensor yet, but reading these articles gets me a little worried. I can't leave my phone in my car cause there are always cars getting broken into in our parking lot.

 

[alFR]

Ever been in a warm car. Ever had a phone in a parked car. You can kiss your 45C goodbye.

Actually, no, I've never been in a car that was 55C (except maybe for a couple of minutes until the doors had been open, fan had been on etc.). You're seriously trying to tell me you drive around in your car and it's 55C inside for extended periods of time? You must sweat a lot.

As for the parked car, I don't leave electronic stuff in my car on hot days because, you guessed it, it might get really hot (which apart from anything else will damage the battery). It's not rocket science.

This is one reason why my ericsson phone works and is still used. It is made for out of the box use. Apple can keep their phone, because you can't use it as a mobile phone without going outside apple approved parameters. What a joke!

I'd be interested to see a sony phone that had an operating temp range above 45C. Anyway, my post made no comment about the appropriateness (or lack of) of the iPhone's operating temperature range. I was simply pointing out that the temperatures used in the test referenced in the article are outside the iPhone's operating temperature range and therefore the results of the test are not applicable to in-spec use of the phone.