「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」 | (aka: 鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma)Does anyone actually take into account "IP Rating"/"Water Resistance" when they buy phones?
over_cloxI dunno about everyone else, but definitely not me.
I don’t swim and I’m not prone to dropping my phone in the toilet.
Also, if you get even one drop of water on the screen, the touchscreen doesn’t even work correctly.
Electronic devices aren’t meant to get wet in the first place.
Rain exists… 👀
Obviously, duh.
One rain drop on your phone screen, and already shit don’t work right anymore.
This message coming from a tech that has worked on thousands of mobile devices.
All my phones so far worked in very light rain to some extent. A single drop of water won’t make it unusable.
The IP rating isn’t meant for making the device usable in all conditions. It was meant for the device to survive those conditions.
I get a drop of sweat on a digitizer touchscreen, and my day is fucked, and my paycheck is fucked.
Phones aren’t meant to be waterproof or even water resistant.
Go ahead, drop a few drops of water on your screen. It won’t work right…