Samsung plops out waterproof smartphone In preparation for a wet autumn, or perhaps to cater for those escaping the Blighty weather for sandy shores, Samsung has unveiled a waterproof smartphone with touchscreen capabilities. The Samsung Galaxy Xcover runs on Android 2.3 Gingerbread with an 800MHz processor. It packs a 3.6in reinforced touchscreen display made from …
All you need to do is remove all the input holes - headphone jack can be replaced with bluetooth, charging port can be replaced with a 'wireless charger' like HP-used-to-be-Palm's Touchstone. Then it would be completely sealed; waterproof to a depth of pressure-smashes-the-screen-in.
...to use the term 'plops out' and a picture of a phone smeared with brown stuff on an article published just before lunch? Ewwwww.
That said it's not a bad idea, the only concern I have with my HTC Desire is that it might not be rugged enough to stand up to the knocks and splashes of great outdoors. Everything else about it is great.
I have a magic.
I have fallen on it while drunk.
dropped it in a river.
Punch my mate with some force while holding it.
dropped it down a metel fligh of stairs.
dropped it down a carpeted fligh of stairs.
dropped it of my desk. MANY times.
placed in a pool of tea.
sat on it..
Dropped it in the mud along the canal, dragged it along by my headphones for a foot, reeled it in and contined running(damned if I was going to let it effect my pace)
dropped it from chest hieght onto a wooden floor.
the last instance was in an orange shop while talking to a windows phone promoter. the look of utter horror as the phone fell hard enough yo scatter the battery followied by awe as i turned it back on without a worry, is somthing I will remeber for a long time
Its VERY well worn but works perfectly.
as you can see i'm pretty clumbsy(i broke the previous phone in 24hrs)
If your is as solid as the magic you have nothing to fear.
I'd love a phone similar to this, but why do they have to give it such rubbish specs. Why not give it some innards that are worth protecting.
I'm looking for a replacement for my HTC desire. All of the top end phone's look like you'll be shoving something akin to a flatscreen tv in your pocket. I think 3.7 inches is plenty big enough. Just give me a decent resolution screen, 5mp+ camera, dual core processor and a decent battery. If it all comes wrapped in a tough waterproof case, even better.
Pint glass as it should be able to survive all manners of random drinking related injury.
...rough texture of the mud (as shown in the pic) being wiped off the screen by someone trying to see the screen without getting scratched to buggery?
Are the charging and headphone sockets covered by a little rubbery plug that will come off with several months use or are they sealed and just need a rinse under the tap to clean?
It's Android - root it, flash a new ROM etc. MotoBlur went off mine in like a millisecond ;)
I am currently running Cyanagenmod 7 on mine - loving the Gingerbread!
The Defy is great and i suspect this phone will probably be just as good - just don't believe the hype about the scratch proofing and get a screen protector.
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