Yes. I have three young children, I need my phone to be waterproof.
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No. But I would love a replaceable battery.
Samsung Galaxy XCover series does both.
Sadly, Samsung doesn’t allow bootloader unlocks… so yea its a hard pass for me 🤷♂️ (also, spec to price ratio is horrible)
Same for me, locked bootloader is basically useless. Fortunately, from 2027 batteries must be replaceable in the EU. I guess it may have an impact on other regions in the world as well.
YES!!!
Sorta. I live in the Ohio Valley. It can literally be sunny one moment and the next be raining cats and dogs. I’ve walked out of the house and where I was standing, it was sunny, but 20 feet away it was raining. It’s pretty wild.
No, they tend to be good enough to have in a pocket while sweating in light rain which is the worst I’ll put them through.
Not me. I always used the phone in the rain if i needed to. It’s a nice plusy, but I woundnt trust the ip rating enough to carry the phone in wet swimming trunks after swimming.
I look at it a bit but then throw it out at the same time since I’ve heard that they’ll invalidate the warranty for water damage even if the IP rating says it should have handled it.
I don’t really look for “this one’s rated to 20 meters but this one only 10” I just want to see a water resistance rating of some kind. Which, it is my understanding the Galaxy Folds don’t have.
My phone will be in my pocket during five years of sudden rain storms, sweat, washing cars, fixing sinks etc. It needs to be able to survive getting dunked in a bucket of water. I’m not taking it diving, but also my chauffeur isn’t going to hold an umbrella while I climb into the limousine.
Folds have water ratings but no (or worse) dust ratings. So you can use them in the rain but be careful in a beach, wood shop, etc.
The first number in the rating is dust resistance, and the second is water resistance. So an IP 48 phone (new Samsung folds) has the same water resistance but worse dust resistance than an IP 68 phone (e.g. S25). IP X8 means there is no dust resistance but it is water resistant. IP 6X would be the other way around.
I am a woodworker, my phone also needs to survive being completely submerged in sanding dust.
I take it with me too the beach. Between the sand in the air and bringing it into the water it’s nice to know it’ll be fine. Also, when it gets dirty I can just wash it.
I did back in the day. Now everything is IP67 or whatever’s the most common one. It’s honestly a crapshoot, my Xperia Z3 died from just being in the shower room while I showered, nowhere near the water but vaguely steamy in there.
I accidentally flushed, yes - flushed my Pixel 1 XL down the toilet and it was fine (it swam up).
Right?! Electronics would straight rust, quickly. Remember having to take your watch off to wash your hands? Now I have a collection of Casios and would be shocked if any so much as got foggy. LOL, now you can pull the battery and put your motherboard in the dish washer.
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Yes. I’ve never had a bad liquid incident, but I don’t want my phone to be one spilled drink or dropped-into-toilet-or-puddle away from being fried.
Yes. It has saved my bacon at least once (went down a water slide into a swimming pool forgetting it was in my pocket.) I need all the help I can get keeping my phone alive.
Do you?
Only that there is one. I don’t expect my phone to get wet but I do want it to survive everyday life.
Supposedly the Apple Watch is fine to go swimming with. I’m happy to see that feature, as confidence I can wash my hands without ruining my watch
No. If I add any more requirements for what I need from a phone I’ll go from 1 option to zero.
What’s your one option btw?
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XCover 6 Pro
Well, it already has IP68 anyways so you got that covered :D
Allegedly so. Looking at that rubber seal behind the flimsy back cover doesn’t inspire much confidence however so I’ll keep treating it as if that rating doesn’t exist.
What’s the requirement that only this phone covers?.. If it’s not being more “resistant”? Its whole point seems to be to be rugged.
Has removable battery and a headphone jack.
Carrier pigeons.
They also don’t work underwater.
Carrier salmon.
Yes, outdoor work and phones are expensive.
