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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by achompas on Sunday December 10, 2017 @05:12AM (#15890781)
> I'm not an expert on water resistance but I'm guessing something can be both resealable and water resistant.

I’m not either, but you’d have to figure out an extremely special way to create a water-resistant phone with battery contacts that would not corrode on contact with water.

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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by icebraining on Sunday December 10, 2017 @05:53AM (#15890867)
My Nexus 7 has a pop out cover, yet when it fell in a stream of running water, it never even shut down. Opening it revealed only two small drops of water.

Plus, battery contacts don't corrode from a short exposition to water (otherwise, so would the headphone plug).

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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by summm on Sunday December 10, 2017 @06:35AM (#15890987)
Battery contacts and headphone contacts are usually gold plated, so corrosion is not really an issue.
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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by keganunderwood on Sunday December 10, 2017 @09:20AM (#15891461)
>My Nexus 7 has a pop out cover, yet when it fell in a stream of running water, it never even shut down. Opening it revealed only two small drops of water. Plus, battery contacts don't corrode from a short exposition to water (otherwise, so would the headphone plug).

I have a Nexus 7 as well and I have no idea what this pop out cover means. Can you please help me understand? Thanks

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Re:If your iPhone is slow, try replacing the battery by icebraining on Sunday December 10, 2017 @11:07AM (#15891983)
Sorry, probably a wrong name, I mean the back cover just snaps together (and can be removed easily, even with one's nails) rather than having screws and such.
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