Panasonic unveils waterproof smartphones

Would come in handy on those drunken nights - staggering up to the can - dialing up a booty call, when all of the sudden... PLOIT!

wrong button...sorry - dropped my phone...

I'm interested in waterproof/dustproof. I wish more phone manufacturers would do this.
I use my phone in the Imperial Sand Dunes when off-roading. It's very useful, but sand in the buttons can destroy a phone.

Originally posted by LordRuss:

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Would come in handy on those drunken nights - staggering up to the can - dialing up a booty call, when all of the sudden... PLOIT!

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I'd like to say this hasn't happened to me..but have ruined a perfectly good $400 phone with a drop in the toilet. At least insurance covers a good portion, heh.

Originally posted by DVDBack23:

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Originally posted by LordRuss:

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Would come in handy on those drunken nights - staggering up to the can - dialing up a booty call, when all of the sudden... PLOIT!

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I'd like to say this hasn't happened to me..but have ruined a perfectly good $400 phone with a drop in the toilet. At least insurance covers a good portion, heh.

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I was being 'artsie', as this hasn't happened to me... YET... TFG! Otterbox & the relentless refusal to answer or call anyone when I'm in the head; seated or even at the door (you NEVER know what could happen), despite the level of intoxication.

But I have been the unwitting observer of multiple high divers into the porcelain ravine. What 'happened next' is just as varied & either shocking or life altering as the next guy's story & should "stay in Vegas".

Given their mobility - ie going outside & using them - is a prime reason for being you'd have thought waterproofing would have simply been a feature from day 1 of the mobile/cell phone.

Many of us live in climates with rain being common so it's always been one of those things that has puzzled me as to how come it hasn't ben standard.
Especially with things like the GPS apps.

Better late than never I guess, hopefully it spreads rapidly.

Very cool

I think most of the comments are from North American residents. They have no clue what a 3 month long south Asian monsoon can be like. Not only that the summers of places like Thailand or India are so bad one can sweat to a level that makes them look like drenched in rain.

For us it would be a god send.

they need to make it unbreakable.i havnt dropped a phone down a toilet or got it wet but i use to break phones all the time as a teenager usually by dropping it on a bad angle or when running and it would go flying out my pocket and the screen would hit something and break.

@pmshah im in australia we get heatwaves for up to 10 days at a time.we get temperatures of up to 45 degress celcius.I know what sweat is.

Originally posted by ThePastor:

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I'm interested in waterproof/dustproof. I wish more phone manufacturers would do this.
I use my phone in the Imperial Sand Dunes when off-roading. It's very useful, but sand in the buttons can destroy a phone.

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i have 4 teenagers and we hike in the mountains hwere you have to cross streams all the time and having a waterproof phone will be helpful, although cell service is spotty at best. wish i could afford a sat phone, anybody know much about them: any affordable options?

Originally posted by pmshah:

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I think most of the comments are from North American residents. They have no clue what a 3 month long south Asian monsoon can be like. Not only that the summers of places like Thailand or India are so bad one can sweat to a level that makes them look like drenched in rain.

For us it would be a god send.

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You obviously haven't lived in some of the southern states of the US. They make Africa look like Frigidaire & parts Thailand like a dip in the kiddie pool. And yes for your information (& not dispelling any OpSec) I have been in several Asian countries during the height of summer & monsoon season. I'd still invite you to try on an F4/5 tornado or a couple prolonged hurricanes.

Redundantly, yes, I have been through 4 tornadoes, 4 hurricanes and two monsoons. No, I did not have a cell phone, nor does it make my schlong much bigger...