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Stop bringing your phone in the shower: How steam can ruin 'waterproof' phones (www.engadget.com)
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[–] charokol@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Wanting to listen to music in the shower??? Could humanity get any lower? Disgusting

[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I do listen to music in the shower, lmao

I take my waterproof Bluetooth speaker inside the shower, and leave my phone in the other room

Even if I didn’t have a speaker, you don’t need to have your phone in the shower with you to be able to hear it

[–] expletivedeleted@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have a marsboy, and it is on the sink, not in the shower. But then again, I also leave the door open and the exhaust on, so the mirror doesn't fog. But I honestly wouldn't take anything with a screen in there.

However, I did have a airpod fall out of my left ear and it dropped in the toilet. Due to its "sleek design" it took me a good five minutes to retrieve it. Kept it separated from activation and tried it out over a few hours. Surprisingly, it still works.

But it does remind me of a coworker who had an iPod Touch and bragged that he had found the perfect pocket: his breast pocket. That same day, he destroyed in when it fell in the toilet.

I cheered him up by sending him the IT Crowd episode where Moss did the same thing with his cell phone.

[–] h0tbeef@lemmy.zip 3 points 23 hours ago

Lmao, I love the IT crowd

That’s a good point about leaving the door open, I leave it closed and steam my shit up (I do have the exhaust on tho, I’m not a maniac)