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Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by ceejayoz on Friday June 14, 2019 @09:52PM (#20187977)
They've been reducing ingress points over time. The removal of the headphone jack was at least partially for this reason; so was the non-mechanical home button.

A battery door is a giant potential ingress point for water.

Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by effingwewt on Friday June 14, 2019 @11:45PM (#20188287)
No, those are just more ways to stop people from opening their phones and doing things like replacing batteries rather than buying a new phone. There are water resistant phones with headphone jacks, removable batteries etc. Shoot even a plug for potential infress points would be fine. Sorry, I just hate the new anti-consumer trend of irreplaceable batteries. Feels like we are back to the days where every phone had a diff charger port. Anything to make people spend more money than they have to. /rant.
Re:Don't put your drowned phone into rice to dry it by stouset on Saturday June 15, 2019 @03:15PM (#20191587)
Yes, and all of those things mean other compromises.