An AT&T employee sealed up the Samsung phone, took it in the water and it leaked like a sieve. Oh, and the warranty doesn’t cover water damage.
Samsung’s waterproof S4 is not so waterproof
An AT&T employee sealed up the Samsung phone, took it in the water and it leaked like a sieve. Oh, and the warranty doesn’t cover water damage.
Samsung lie about their products? Colour me shocked.
Waterproof != Water resistant (submerged, pressured environment vs. standard pressure no immersion environment). Which does Samsung claim?
On their website they claim up to 1 meter of water for up to 30 minutes
Ouch. That’s definitely a waterproof claim.
My buddy has one and takes underwater videos in his pool all the time, no issues,I wouldn’t put my phone in the water like that though.
Water resistant. I don’t think any company uses the term waterproof nowadays.
If I was to take my phone underwater, If it was rated to do so, I would do the same as with my underwater cameras. Check and make sure all seals are clean of any grit. Use a silicon grease, You can get it at any dive store, and lightly grease all covers and o rings. Take time to do this, I was rushed one time on a research trip and the repair on a flash from water damage was a costly lesson. Most likely a little piece of grit on the USB cover is what doomed his phone.
Been there, felt that heartbreak.
No company should be able to advertise this “feature”– even if water damage in a supposed water-resistant phone is caused by faulty manufacturing, the warranty isn’t going to cover it.
Or if they can advertise it, there should be giant asterisks everywhere alerting you to their complete lack of liability should the water resistance fail.