http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/products/mobilephones/overview/xperia-active?cc=gb&lc=en

discuss... It is about time a waterproof smartphone comes out. What do you think about this one?

10/27/2011 12:36:10 PM

it is made by sony and therefore some shit

10/29/2011 12:00:56 PM

This would have been perfect for me when I used to run with my phone.

I fucking destroyed my og droid with a combination of sweat and rain. Probably rain mostly. But having the screen become completely useless after getting a minute amount of sweat on my hands sucked.

Of course now I just run with a $140 watch on my wrist instead of holding a $600 phone in my hand.

[Edited on October 31, 2011 at 10:27 PM. Reason : asfasdfasdf]

10/31/2011 10:27:31 PM

now that Sony is buying Ericsson what does that mean?

11/1/2011 9:18:39 AM

Quote :

"waterproof smartphone"

it's not waterproof. it's water resistant. that can make a big difference. you can't go swimming with it.

similar topic: lifeproof makes waterproof cases for the iphone that you can swim with, take underwater pics with, etc.

11/1/2011 1:37:59 PM

^True, though did you watch the ad? The guy is fucking surfing with it and takes quite a few dives. Marketing bullshit I guess.

11/1/2011 1:41:05 PM

yeah i saw the commercial on tv over the weekend, & that's what drew me this thread actually. husband & i were talking about how much bullshit that surfing thing is if the phone is only water resistant lol

11/1/2011 1:52:21 PM

err.. actually, I may have to take back what I said about marketing bullshit. ^^^and you may be wrong too

Quote :

"So swim I did. I stuck it in the my swim shorts leg and jumped to the pool. I swam about 20 minutes with it there, before pulling it out and shooting the below video. As you can see, the phone can record video underwater – and any apps that you started above water will continue to display underwater. However as expected, the touch screen itself doesn’t really work underwater (since there’s constant water pressure on it) – but the other buttons do (such as the camera shutter button)."

http://www.dcrainmaker.com/2011/09/hands-on-review-of-sony-ericsson-xperia.html

I suppose they are keeping the term water resistant to cover their ass, but it seems like they have gone well beyond that.

11/1/2011 2:06:48 PM

it's just my nature to be skeptical. i still wouldn't trust it to be waterproof

11/1/2011 2:22:05 PM

Even many dive watches are labeled as "water resistant to X meters". Which means they're waterproof to a rated depth. It's not marketing bullshit, just terminology

from the review:

Quote :

"The Xperia Active is waterproofed to IPX7 levels, which means that it can withstand submersion in liquid (ocean, pool, lake, beer, cupcake batter) up to 1 meter deep (3ft) for 30 minutes."

[Edited on November 1, 2011 at 7:41 PM. Reason : .]

11/1/2011 7:39:22 PM

Ruined my blackberry with water. dropped in a cup of water once, took out the battery immediately and dried a week in rice and it worked but was flaky, then got rained on and stopped working totally soon after.

But the Droid Razr is supposed to be splash resistant and is much more badass than this phone, so I might go with that.

11/1/2011 10:00:12 PM

i wish that i had this phone but only when i needed it. i guess with sim card technology I could get one and do that.

11/4/2011 10:55:30 AM

sim

card

technology

11/4/2011 12:13:02 PM

fuck, did i do it wrong? i thought maybe sim card technology wasn't right

11/7/2011 5:45:01 PM

motor

car

technology

11/7/2011 11:28:49 PM