When I bought this galaxy S7 i dunked it in a sink full of water for 10 mins. God knows why as i sh*t myself when it didn't immediately work after pulling it out (unsubmerging it)? there's a new word!

My s8+ had 10 minutes in the washing machine. Rinsed it off (weird feeling) and it was fine after a bit.
The earpiece was quiet for a couple of hours though

if it fails that's a warranty claim I suppose but I'm still hesitant to go there.

did you rip the washing machine door off or switch the machine off ?
mopping up the kitchen involved ?

you're a braver man than I ogz

Switched it off. There was no mopping up required.

My alcantatra case smelled of sweaty socks though . Had to wash that too

I dropped my Nokia 1611 down the bog back in 1996. after hearing the noise I thought jesus that was one hell of a dump not realising it was actually my phone lol it never worked again after that but obviously phones had no IP rating back then. the killer feature on the 1611 over the previous 1610 was two way text messaging.

two way !!??

My missus dropped her 6600 down the toilet. Rinsed it off as well. She got a new screen off ebay for cheap and it was as good as new

Yes the 1610 only had incoming SMS. I got the 6600 at launch really nice phone that would love to get hold of one now. The only thing missing was 3G but unfortunately we didnt get that from Nokia untill the 6630 in the Uk, which was a while after those clunky NEC 3G phones from the Three network! Mind you the NEC 606 was a good with the high capacity battery.

I made my first video call from a mobile phone using an NEC 606 in 2003.

She had the nec and the 6630

Still on three today

seeing as you're a prolific early adopter, have used 5G in the UK ?

matching husband and wife accounts ?

I was an early adopter for 3g and 4g but that hasnt been the case for 5g! Although I got the Galaxy S10 5g at launch in 2019 I have still not used 5g! Partly cos its still not in my area and lockdowns and my job have prevented me from travelling to a 5g coverage area!

Of course because of the situation with Huawei in the Uk, 5G progress will be much slower than 4G was. When 4G launched here in 2012, I had coverage in my area within 6 months of it being launched! Yet here iam two years down the line from the 5G launch in 2019 and there is still no coverage in my area! on any network! lol

Funny how its gone in the Uk. Vodafone were the first with 1G analogue and GSM digital 2G, Three with 3G, EE with 4G which peed rivals of something cronic, and EE again with 5G of course. Although Three claim there 5G will be the best cos they have more bandwidth than rivals, or at least they certainly claim to have anyway.

The only thing Cellnet (now 02) were first with was GPRS data. and of course Vodafone are the only operator in the Uk who havnt changed their name! The only one with their own network infrastructure anyway.

Don't dunk them in the water on purpose!

What happens if you accidentally drop them in a canal, reservoir or river etc? Do the kecks come off and you dive in? If I couldn't see it, I'd leave it for the fishe s to play with.

I'm in no hurry to test it out but at the same time these phones have been used like Gopros, a guy filming in a swimming pool then dives under the water with his phone and carries on filming underwater.

just gotta wait till the ports thoroughly dried out before you charge it.