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HzO 'Talking to Apple' About Water Blocking Technology for Future iPhones
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Well 1 iPod Touch and 1 Sony cell phone for me. No, it isn't a huge percentage of sales, but I'd venture a guess that MOST people will encounter water damage at some point in their lives.
Good. But who is going to fish it out of the crapper?
They could just give you one of these in every iPhone box. Of course, with the tagline "In case of emergency"
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There are "good profits" and there are "bad profits". "Good profits" happen when you make money while making your customers happy. "Bad profits" happen when you make money from exploiting customers. Building things that fail quickly falls under the category of "bad profits". There are people who think that going after bad profits is a good idea; their companies do well for a while and then they go down the pan quickly.
Apple has been improving their profits every year for the last ten years. You can only do that with "good profits". If Apple can improve the iPhone, they will. Now whether or not this company has something that would actually improve the iPhone, that is an entirely different matter. For example, if this technology reduced the signal strength by 50% then it wouldn't matter if you can use an iPhone while diving.
Because when people ruin their stuff by dropping it in the tub, they'll have to buy a new one.
Apple only charges $169 to replace an iPhone with new through out of warranty service, I'm sure they don't make money on this and they even waive this fee entirely for a lot of first timers, so it would be in their best interest to reduce these water related nuisance calls.
I've never dropped any of my phones in water, no one I know has dropped their phone in water, water has not been a problem for my phones, on and on and on.
This is a hyped selling point for a perceived problem...which isn't as big as people make it out to be.
If Apple is going to spend money on such a feature (which ultimately gets passed on to you), I'd rather they invest in something that most would find really useful.
How many here are willing to admit they dropped their phone in the toilet?
This is a hyped selling point for a perceived problem...which isn't as big as people make it out to be.
If Apple is going to spend money on such a feature (which ultimately gets passed on to you), I'd rather they invest in something that most would find really useful.
How many here are willing to admit they dropped their phone in the toilet?
This looks very interesting, but I would be concerned about modifications to thermal transfer. Chemicals that insulate electrically tend to insulate thermally (this does not always hold, but it's especially true for metals where there is a direct correlation).
Interesting - it's an achilles heel for mobile devices.
Funny, almost every post on here seems to prompt a deluge of responses such as "google invented this first back in 1508 out of old carrots and twigs". I don't think the article was saying this is completely new or utterly revolutionary, but that they put on an eye-catching demo at a high-profile event, and wouldn't it be great if Apple adopted something like this. The article is a nudge-nudge to Apple and reporting that they MAY be interested (hence the 'rumors' bit in the website title). It's not an entry for the Pulitzer prize.
Sheesh...
Funny, almost every post on here seems to prompt a deluge of responses such as "google invented this first back in 1508 out of old carrots and twigs". I don't think the article was saying this is completely new or utterly revolutionary, but that they put on an eye-catching demo at a high-profile event, and wouldn't it be great if Apple adopted something like this. The article is a nudge-nudge to Apple and reporting that they MAY be interested (hence the 'rumors' bit in the website title). It's not an entry for the Pulitzer prize.
Sheesh...
now i would love apple to do this. i run with my iPhone sometimes, and i would run with it more if it was waterproof/sweatproof
Interesting - it's an achilles heel for mobile devices.
Funny, almost every post on here seems to prompt a deluge of responses such as "google invented this first back in 1508 out of old carrots and twigs". I don't think the article was saying this is completely new or utterly revolutionary, but that they put on an eye-catching demo at a high-profile event, and wouldn't it be great if Apple adopted something like this. The article is a nudge-nudge to Apple and reporting that they MAY be interested (hence the 'rumors' bit in the website title). It's not an entry for the Pulitzer prize.
Sheesh...
It's an Achilles heel for any electronic device. Imagine a company room with hundreds of worker computers undergoing a sprinkler deluge. That would be hundreds of thousands in assets they wouldn't lose.
Absolutely. I was thinking data transfer via magnetic 1s and 0s over the induction cable, given today's state of the art, is a much slower process. Might as well transfer the data over bluetooth.
Until the fire and smoke destroyed them.
Just because sprinklers go off doesn't mean everything in the room is already on fire. They are deployed when the fire is in a small area.
That goes agains planned obsolescence
Wich states something like:
"Why keeping an old product when you can buy a new one, much more attractive and 3x better?"
To keep the industry moving your products have to last not much more than what was planned by the designers and engineers.
I just hope that idea gets weaker and older as "greener" ideas gets stronger.
Oh, btw, awesome technology up there.
Wich states something like:
"Why keeping an old product when you can buy a new one, much more attractive and 3x better?"
To keep the industry moving your products have to last not much more than what was planned by the designers and engineers.
I just hope that idea gets weaker and older as "greener" ideas gets stronger.
Oh, btw, awesome technology up there.
The obsolesce is forced through hardware and software updates. It's not through shoddy engineering and manufacturing. Some people out there still run original iphones. Want to be green? Recycle your device and keep it out of a landfill.
Yes please. Oh my gosh, yes. Our phones have become as essential to our lives as our organs, something we simply cannot do without. One of few impediments to being able to use them whenever and wherever we like is water.
This is the feature I've been waiting for. Higher resolution displays, more speed, better cameras - these all make the smartphone experience better, but only waterproofness would make it a different kind of experience for me, with my phone joining me on all kinds of adventures in the woods, etc.
However, I doubt we'll get a waterproof iphone out of this: if the company was actually working on a contract with Apple, they'd be hush hush about it. Not worth risking the contract, and with Apple, talking would indeed risk the contract. On the other hand, if they approached Apple and got a cold shoulder, this would seem to be just the strategy. Generate some buzz and expectation around a waterproof iphone. Might not win them a contract with Apple, but it puts pressure on Apple, gets free publicity, and likely wins a few contracts with other companies not wanting to be left in the dust.
This is the feature I've been waiting for. Higher resolution displays, more speed, better cameras - these all make the smartphone experience better, but only waterproofness would make it a different kind of experience for me, with my phone joining me on all kinds of adventures in the woods, etc.
However, I doubt we'll get a waterproof iphone out of this: if the company was actually working on a contract with Apple, they'd be hush hush about it. Not worth risking the contract, and with Apple, talking would indeed risk the contract. On the other hand, if they approached Apple and got a cold shoulder, this would seem to be just the strategy. Generate some buzz and expectation around a waterproof iphone. Might not win them a contract with Apple, but it puts pressure on Apple, gets free publicity, and likely wins a few contracts with other companies not wanting to be left in the dust.