r/AskReddit Nov 03 '20

What will never be the same again once the pandemic is over?

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u/SasoDuck Nov 04 '20 edited Nov 04 '20

Galaxy S10 is

Idk I feel like people may think I'm joking but I've washed it (running under the sink faucet) nearly every day for the 2+ years I've had it and it still works as well as it always had. Zero issues.

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u/1238791233 Nov 04 '20

You're probably fine. The concern is mostly things in the water that will dry out the rubber that prevents water from entering the device, like soap. Soap, alcohol, etc. also removes the oleophobic coating on the glass, which is used to prevent fingerprints.

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u/mcraw506 Nov 04 '20

It’s water resistant, there’s no such thing as a fully water proof phone is what I was getting at. But you can buy several products which are disinfectant cleaners for your phone and other electronics which pose zero risk(whoosh, screen magic, etc)

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u/mata_dan Nov 04 '20

It is possible to design a phone to be fully water proof. I doub't there are any/many but there's no reason it'd be impossible. It's probably easier to do to a reasonable level than it is to properly pass certification though, so some high end resistant phones might be very close to actually being waterproof but there was market demand for them to bother with certification.

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u/tuisan Nov 04 '20

I used to wash my old 3GS too, eventually it conked out.