Who… da fuq… does this??
Nah hold on.
Manufacturers stole repairability and the headphone jack from us under the guise of waterproofing and now you make fun of people who use the feature?!?
If I had to give that shit up then I want the damn feature. Otherwise waterproof speakers exist and we never had to give up anything.
Manufacturers stole repairability and the headphone jack from us under the guise of waterproofing and now you make fun of people who use the feature?!?
Because said waterproofing was for accidental, rare incidents of exposure, such that you have enough time to yank it somewhere safe before water penetrated.
Waterproofing was never meant for intentional, repeated, or extended exposure to extreme environments. That’s what waterproof cases are for. You know, the kind that allow your phone to go intentionally into water.
Yea that’s my whole argument. We lost very important things for some bullshit.
Should be an option, not mandatory.
Offering options costs a lot more.
if you feel the need to bring your phone into the shower, you really need to take a hard look into your steamed up mirror
It’s either a phone or a radio/speaker. Sometimes a portable CD player with aux cable.
Why not a tape deck in the shower?
If you can’t take a bath without your phone you might have a problem.
But how else am I going to use the app for my shower’s water temperature and pressure and massage pattern and RGB lighting?
Yeah but how else can I exchange shower nudes ?
Polaroids and postal mail, like god intended!
People take their phones in the shower!? Braver folks than I, I paid over 1k for that shit and I’m not risking it.
Personally I need the danger to feel alive.
Also, you should look into buying second hand phones, $1000 is crazy.
I paid like $230 two years ago for this Pixel 8 I’m typing on. And that’s paying extra for an unlocked one.
In the actual shower, where the water is? Who does that?
Me. I have a phone mount installed in the shower. I need my dopamine receptors to be constantly stimulated from artificial sources, or I can’t accomplish basic tasks like cleaning/showering/cooking. Executive Dysfunction is a bitch.
People with normal dopamine levels just can’t relate, so I get a lot of flack and am often called lazy. Which is annoying as hell because I genuinely want to be a functioning adult, but my stubborn brain just refuses to let me accomplish anything without external stimulation. It’s torture being labeled something you’re not, just because someone can’t understand what it’s like when your brain won’t make the reward chemicals on its own. But it is what it is.
Also BTW I’ve been doing this for a decade and only once has a phone actually died on me from water damage. So I don’t worry about it. I’m clumsy so I always have an insurance plan for my phones regardless…
Is that not something that meds like Ritalin can help with, like ADHD? Or is it different?
Unless you shower in boiling water there won’t be any steam.
Why are you so down voted? People should remember this from high school. If you have steam in your shower youll be in hospital haha. You get water vapour in a shower.
Now I cant take this article seriously because the author hasn’t understood the difference. Maybe its anecdotal but ive taken my phone into the shower for youTube since they started being ip68
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steam
1: a vapor arising from a heated substance
It doesn’t have to be actually boiling to be steam.
Why in the world would I bring the phone in the shower?
Like a few other commenters, I had never even thought that taking your phone into the shower was a thing until I saw this post.
Just… why? Why risk it? Your average smart phone is anywhere from $500 to over $1000, so what’s so important that you’re deliberately exposing it to water and the risk of dropping it (especially if you’re using shampoo, conditioner, soap or any other bathroom product designed to act as a cleaning agent)? Surely whatever it is can wait however long it is you’re showering for?
Personally, I wouldn’t want a friend/relative/whatever phoning me or answering the phone if they were in the shower or using the bathroom.
I can understand one of the other comments about using it to listen to podcasts/music/videos/etc., and at least in that case the phone is presumably far enough away (and not being regularly accessed) that it’s at lower risk. Fair enough – I sometimes do that whilst washing dishes. Still, I think I’d struggle trying to listen to something whilst actively showering – too much other noise.
The shower is the one place where I can have some peace and switch off. No news, no noise, no immediate crises that need solving. Just listen to the running water, enjoy for a bit, feel a little bit more relaxed and clean afterwards. A phone would achieve the exact opposite.
A shower is 1/10 of a haircut on the meditative activities scale.
I buzz my head in the shower, does that mean I get 110% every time?
How else am I going to clean the phone after using it while I shit? That’s dirty
Next you’ll be telling me I should use a bidet instead of cleaning my ass with the shower wand.
I would recommend sanitizing wipes for that. Alcohol, not chemical chlorox or whatever.
Who’s taking showers so hot that steam comes off? A quick web search says showers should be colder than 40°, maybe up to 42.5°. Phones start thermal throttling when battery temp reaches 45°. So shower water is hotter than the recommended operating temperature of 0 °C to 35 °C, but not hotter than what the phone itself can get.
The manual says sudden changes in temperature such as the sauna may damage the water resistance.
May doesn’t mean will. Mind you that the manual also says installing unofficial apps voids your warranty. I wouldn’t be worried unless someone actually tests this and finds that it does cause harm.
Edit: Did I say something wrong? I don’t understand the downvotes
Are you only taking cold showers? I’ve never taken a hot shower that didn’t produce steam.
Maybe some of y’all shower too long.
Yeah but that’s unrelated to my phone
I don’t even keep my phone in my pocket when exercising because of the humidity from sweating. If I’m hiking it either goes in my pack or in a ziplock to protect it.
I haven’t found that to be a problem if I put it screen side in. Except for the sweat on the screen. I’ve had sweat on the camera side get into the camera. I like to have it convenient to snap a picture quickly, like if there’s some wildlife.
