• Coating helps phone survive swim
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[img]http://resources2.news.com.au/cs/newscomau/v2/_shared/base/css/images/icons/homepage-title.png[/img] Source: [url]http://www.news.com.au/technology/smartphones/coating-helps-phone-survive-swim/story-fn6vihic-1226464518785[/url] [img]http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2012/09/03/1226464/216526-liquipel-switched-on.jpg[/img] [I]It costs $99 for the Liquipel anti-water smartphone treatment. Picture: Supplied[/I] [quote][B]AGAINST every rule of gadgetry, one Australian firm is telling users their phones can survive a dip in a pool, a dunk in a toilet or a desk-side spill.[/B] But first the phone must be locked in a vacuum, sprayed with a nano-technology vapour and dried until the coating is invisible. The technology is called Liquipel and it's been brought to Australia by the Vita Group, owners of Fone Zone. For $99, the company will treat smartphones, from Apple iPhones to Samsung and HTC devices, with the special vapour that coats the devices inside and out, protecting their workings from water damage. Vita Group co-founder David McMahon says he discovered Liquipel's Californian creator at the Consumer Electronics Show this year and brought the product to Australia after seeing too many phones lose battles with water. "Dropping phones into toilets seems to be a common story ... that or having a phone in a top pocket and leaning over a pool," McMahon says. "The (Liquipel) phone I'm using is an iPhone 4S that has been under water 15 to 20 times in the past month. "I've been tempted to show off with mates on a Saturday night and drop it in a jug of beer." A coating machine, based in Brisbane, can treat up to 160 devices an hour. McMahon says the machine first sucks the air out of the room, creating a vacuum, sprays the liquid treatment in a vapour that coats the phones inside and out (entering headphone and charging ports) and then dries as an invisible coating. The treatment can be added to existing phones sent to the company, at Fone Zone and selected Telstra stores, or bought in a pre-treated device. With great trepidation, Switched On tested a Liquipel-treated Samsung Galaxy S III device. Spilling water on this fresh phone was nerve-racking, but the water instantly formed a bead on the phone's screen before slipping off. The phone didn't know whether to register this liquid as a touch, but showed no other ill-effects. We then conducted dunk tests and the smartphone struggled a little. Dunking its bottom half made the phone freeze temporarily. Dunking its top half convinced it that headphones were connected, failed to deliver an incoming call and required a reboot. We had to shake water out of the phone's sockets. Within minutes, the phone was able to make and take calls. It survived and was also surprisingly clean. Liquipel doesn't encourage dunking your phone, however. Warnings state it is only designed to guard against "short-term, accidental contact with water" and should not be seen as reason to take your phone swimming. In the event your phone does drown, Liquipel will refund your $99 investment and treat your next phone free. -- LIQUIPEL TREATMENT -- Liquipel, $99 -- liquipel.com.au -- Four and a half stars[/quote]
If it really works and ain't just PR bullshit, I'd get that in a heartbeat. I lost 3 phones to that liquidish bitch.
they will make a lot of money from the worrying amount of people i know who have dropped their phone in the toilet
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;37535388]they will make a lot of money from the worrying amount of people i know who have dropped their phone in the toilet[/QUOTE] my ex did it while she talking to me on the phone, apparently she was doing her hair and knocked it a fucking few feet into the toilet i don't know how
[QUOTE=The First 11'er;37535415]my ex did it while she talking to me on the phone, apparently she was doing her hair and knocked it a fucking few feet into the toilet i don't know how[/QUOTE] a friend of mine lost two iphones because she keeps them in her back-pocket and apparently that makes them susceptible to falling in the shitter. how would you make a mistake that big twice
I wonder if it has any side-effects.
[QUOTE=ChestyMcGee;37535434]a friend of mine lost two iphones because she keeps them in her back-pocket and apparently that makes them susceptible to falling in the shitter. how would you make a mistake that big twice[/QUOTE] One would think you pull down your pants before using the toilet
[QUOTE=Noth;37535458]One would think you pull down your pants before using the toilet[/QUOTE] nope
[QUOTE=Noth;37535458]One would think you pull down your pants before using the toilet[/QUOTE] My friend dropped her Nokia into a toilet bowl when taking a shit still works fine
Wouldn't the coating in the headphone socket be worn down after time from plugging/unplugging?
[QUOTE=fruxodaily;37535758]My friend dropped her Nokia into a toilet bowl when taking a shit still works fine[/QUOTE] "taking a shit #yolo"
[QUOTE=nick_9_8;37535934]Wouldn't the coating in the headphone socket be worn down after time from plugging/unplugging?[/QUOTE] Doesn't really matter. It's not a vital spot. I don't remember what specifically happens if you short circuit an audio jack on phone, but probably nothing. If it corrodes, the worst case scenario is you won't be able to connect headphones again, and even that's unlikely. Problem is when water gets onto the actual inside, onto the PCB. There are much smaller distances between the contacts and the electronics there is all fine. Even light corrosion can brick the whole thing, just as short circuit which burns something.
[QUOTE=-Get_A_Life-;37535160]If it really works and ain't just PR bullshit, I'd get that in a heartbeat. I lost 3 phones to that [B]liquidish bitch[/B].[/QUOTE] Is that a new MGS character
Notice they said that if it DOES fry your phone, they will refund your $99 and pay for your next coating free, but nothing about paying for the phone that got ruined.... I dunno, just found that tidbit interesting.
[QUOTE=simsfreak63;37536077]Notice they said that if it DOES fry your phone, they will refund your $99 and pay for your next coating free, but nothing about paying for the phone that got ruined.... I dunno, just found that tidbit interesting.[/QUOTE] Drop relatively old ~$300 phone into toilet with hopes its not coated properly, get new phone and coating!
i've always wanted to listen to music while swimming, is there technology for that yet?
[QUOTE=AK'z;37536386]i've always wanted to listen to music while swimming, is there technology for that yet?[/QUOTE] A speaker on a boat?
[QUOTE=simsfreak63;37536077]Notice they said that if it DOES fry your phone, they will refund your $99 and pay for your next coating free, but nothing about paying for the phone that got ruined.... I dunno, just found that tidbit interesting.[/QUOTE] It's made for accidents, not for enabling you to dive with your phone.
[QUOTE=AK'z;37536386]i've always wanted to listen to music while swimming, is there technology for that yet?[/QUOTE] They have waterproof phone cases and waterproof headphones nowadays. Not that expensive.
[QUOTE=Dlaor-guy;37536445]A speaker on a boat?[/QUOTE] I'm talking about in a fitness pool...
[QUOTE=AK'z;37536502]I'm talking about in a fitness pool...[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=How can you miss this]They have waterproof phone cases and waterproof headphones nowadays. Not that expensive.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Milkdairy;37536498]They have waterproof phone cases and waterproof headphones nowadays. Not that expensive.[/QUOTE] Waterproof phone cases, fair enough.. but I doubt I'll be able to plug headphones in without water killing the electronics. Waterproof headphones is something I never saw the use for unless the electronics are perfectly waterproofed.
I believe there's sites that specialize in the type of stuff for actually listening to music underwater OR just swimming. Google helps.
2 condoms make for a good antiwater "case"
....and then you crack your screen
[QUOTE=Hanibal;37536588]2 condoms make for a good antiwater "case"[/QUOTE] kipkay has gone really awful in the past year or two..
I remember reading about this water repellent coating in a news article here a while back. Nice to see it's on the market now.
Man, i was just centimeters from dropping my Gs3 into a lake just one week after i bought the thing. bad omens i tell ya! i need some of that coating shit!
[QUOTE=-Get_A_Life-;37535160]If it really works and ain't just PR bullshit, I'd get that in a heartbeat. I lost 3 phones to that liquidish bitch.[/QUOTE] They were at CES 2012 and demoed it, if you watch some videos it's pretty impressive stuff, compared to when you watch iPhone durability tests when they're submerged in water and die in a second.
[QUOTE=AK'z;37536386]i've always wanted to listen to music while swimming, is there technology for that yet?[/QUOTE] [url]http://www.h2oaudio.com/store/waterproof-headphone-systems.html[/url] ta-da!
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