No issues at all. While you are at it, perhaps you can also give your 65 inch OLED TV a good clean too by dropping that in the swimming pool.
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I clean iPhone 8 under tap water almost every day is it safe?
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No issues at all. While you are at it, perhaps you can also give your 65 inch OLED TV a good clean too by dropping that in the swimming pool.
I usually clean with a damp towel and then use a hair dryer for all the crevices and finish off with a dry towel.. that’s every other day! 
Have been doing the above with my phones since before water resistance came into fashion.
I even did the above with my Pixel with no issues.
Have been doing the above with my phones since before water resistance came into fashion.
I even did the above with my Pixel with no issues.
That's negated. TV's would never need a water resistance rating and reasons Being quite obvious.
Well, the point of deflection was that one wouldn't put a TV in a pool (or basically wash it) because it wasn't water resistant. The follow up question about a TV being water resistant isn't about why it would be so, or if it would ever be like that, but that simply saying that something should be exposed to fair amounts of water and on a consistent basis just because it's water resistant doesn't exactly come off as the most of rational approaches to it all.
I think i'll put my laptop in the bathtub today. I've been inspired by this thread, thanks.
People rarely wash phones, manufacturer make it "water restistant" people go crazy and wash it everyday....
Long story short...the phone brakes and the guy who washes it cries at Apple because it is not covered by warranty.
Why o why do you feel the need to wash it? and how did you do before it was water proof?
Since TVs are big and heavy i prefer to clean with damp cloth.
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No i wont cry at apple since i am taking the risk. I fully understand water damage like this will not be apple’s fault.
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Last time s8 plus submerged completely in bathtub while bathing, still working like a champ.
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Really good answer C DM
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I usually clean with a damp towel and then use a hair dryer for all the crevices and finish off with a dry towel.. that’s every other day!
Have been doing the above with my phones since before water resistance came into fashion.
I even did the above with my Pixel with no issues.
Good to know, i am little skeptical about hair dryer if its on hot setting because the heat can mess up then Lithiom Ion battery. If you are using on cool setting thans its okay.
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Before water proof iphone I simply used paper towel with light water. Time consuming.
You still have to dry it after you wash it, hence still rubbing it with a towel .... don't see much time difference there (actually you added a step, and made it longer), but to each his / her own I guess.
People have dunked the iPhone 7 under 3 meters of water for an hour and it still works just fine with no damage to the device, touchscreen, or ports whatsoever. The Samsung Galaxy touchscreen can even be used underwater as far as I recall.
Not that I'd do it, but these latest phones are very good at resisting water. Not at all like submerging a laptop under water or something like that.
Not that I'd do it, but these latest phones are very good at resisting water. Not at all like submerging a laptop under water or something like that.
