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Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by catalogia on Friday October 25, 2019 @01:43PM (#21357389)
I don't see why being water resistant needs to be mutually exclusive with replaceable batteries and sd cards. My S5 has survived being dropped in water, and it has both a replaceable battery and sd card. Maybe other phones can go deeper and longer, but I'm not scuba diving with the damn thing. When I drop it in water, I fish it out right away...
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Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by JohnFen on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:17PM (#21358838)
> I don't see why being water resistant needs to be mutually exclusive with replaceable batteries and sd cards.

They aren't mutually exclusive at all. You can even have a real headphone jack and maintain a high degree of waterproofing.

I think eliminating the ability for people to replace batteries and use SD cards has more to do with saving manufacturing costs and encouraging people to replace their phones more frequently.

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Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by dgzl on Friday October 25, 2019 @02:50PM (#21358025)
My S7 was fantastic at resisting water until the glass earned some cracks.
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