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Dunk
posted by Rob on January 10, 2008 09:32 PM
For reasons I can't precisely recall, on Tuesday I decided to drop my phone into a river. It lay at the bottom for about a minute, its screen blazing white as all its little pixels lit up. Then, for various other reasons having to do with balance and slipperiness, I lay on the bottom of the river for rather less than a minute. But what's more than a little surprising to me is that two days later I'm using the phone without any problems. Yes, there's still some water under the touch-sensitive screen. And immersing it caused it to forget the date and time - but apart from that it's just the same as before (only slightly cleaner). If you don't believe me, try it for yourself.*
*Snowbooks does not advocate the immersion of any telecommunications device and will not accept liability for loss, damage or ridicule arising from such behaviour.
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A woman in my work once went swimming and, as she neared the end of her first length, she realised that she'd entered the pool with her handbag still slung over her shoulder, floating in her wake. Phone, money, girly stuff - ruined, the lot.
Posted by: Stewart on January 10, 2008 10:17 PM
And to think, I had one fall into a tiny bit of water for only a few seconds, and it slowly shut down, fried.
What brand is yours!
Posted by: S.Roit on January 11, 2008 01:34 AM
You were at the bottom of a river in January? That could be fatal here; hope you're doing as well as the phone.
Posted by: Auntly H on January 11, 2008 04:01 AM
This might, of course, explain why I haven't been able to contact you for a couple of days!
Have you been receiving calls - or is it just me?
Posted by: John A-W on January 11, 2008 08:06 AM
er, is no one going to ask the question that is CRYING OUT to be asked?
Posted by: Em on January 11, 2008 08:54 AM
H, I suppose I should say that only part of me was at the bottom of the river - it wasn't very deep - or cold. So I was never in any danger. My phone, on the other hand, could have been killed.
Posted by: Rob on January 11, 2008 09:25 AM
As Spike Milligan once said: 'Everybody's got to be somewhere!'
Did you find any shopping trolleys?
Posted by: Derek on January 11, 2008 10:01 AM