alt Hacker NewsI was wondering about that. I lost my iPhone 13 mini the other day, did the find my phone beep thing and got a distant beep from my washing machine which was on wash cycle.
Surprisingly the phone was fine and works fine after a brief rinse under the tap. It must be hard to combine that sort of water resistance with easy user changing.
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fulafel • today at 5:01 AM
Putting the battery outside the water insulation zone might work for that, it's a sealed pouch anyway.
dlcarrier • yesterday at 6:09 PM
Conformal coating is a little more expensive than gasketing, but it works much, much better under pressure. Motorola does this.
iso1631 • yesterday at 6:10 PM
Third parties offer new iphone batteries so it's clearly replaceable commercially
Don't fall for the 'glue cuz of protection' myth - there are and had been water-resistant phones way before Apple started glueing to avoid customers doing their own repairs and them losing out on new sales.