hydroGEN to [email protected]English • 1 year agoThe Fairphone 5 is less about what comes in the box and more about what you get over the yearswww.theverge.commessage-square160fedilinkarrow-up1405 cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoGalaxy S5 not only had a headphone jack and was water resistant but it had a removable battery as well.
minus-squareVincentlinkfedilink2•1 year agoCould you also replace the screen, camera’s, USB port, loudspeaker and earpiece with nothing but a screwdriver?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoI don’t see how is exclusion of headphone jack going to help with water resistance if everything is held with screws anyway.
minus-squareVincentlinkfedilink1•1 year agoMy guess would be that it’s one less hole that water/dust can get in?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoIf they figured out a way to keep it out of usb c hole then it isn’t a rocket science to keep the water from going in through headphone jack.
minus-squareVincentlinkfedilink1•1 year agoWhat I’m assuming happens is that no way is fool-proof, so they managed to limit the amount going into the USB port, and they’d be able to limit the amount going into the jack, but not by enough to tip it over the edge of the rating.
Galaxy S5 not only had a headphone jack and was water resistant but it had a removable battery as well.
Could you also replace the screen, camera’s, USB port, loudspeaker and earpiece with nothing but a screwdriver?
I don’t see how is exclusion of headphone jack going to help with water resistance if everything is held with screws anyway.
My guess would be that it’s one less hole that water/dust can get in?
If they figured out a way to keep it out of usb c hole then it isn’t a rocket science to keep the water from going in through headphone jack.
What I’m assuming happens is that no way is fool-proof, so they managed to limit the amount going into the USB port, and they’d be able to limit the amount going into the jack, but not by enough to tip it over the edge of the rating.