I want to buy the Fairphone 3+ and I’ve seen reviews saying that Fairphones aren’t waterproof. Does that mean that it will be damaged if I’m just holding it and it starts raining and then I put it away? How waterproof is it exactly? I use my phone for Google Maps a lot, sometimes while it is raining…

[image] ree: How waterproof is it exactly? It is not waterproof. It is designed so you can open and repair it yourself, so there are ways for water or moisture to get inside and do damage. Some occasional droplets of water on the display or on the case should have no effect as long as they d…

My daughter has just told me she dropped her FP3+ with a case, in the toilet, only for a second and it’s ok. She did do some damage control. Still a prolonged wetting will allow dampness to get inside and if it isn’t dried well it will evaporate inside the phone and produce future problems, with a …

[image] Waterproof outdoor case for FP3 The Products Currently I’m choosing my next smartphone and I’m evaluating, if I would buy a Fairphone. In the German product testing organization “Stiftung Warentest” the Fairphone 3 has “won” the last place because it fails on the …

Oh ok that seems impractical though if it’s going to get damaged by a little rain! Since it’s very hard to make sure rain never goes on your screen :0

Ahhh ok, glad her phone was fine!

Well it’s early days! If there’s any moisture inside still it can evaporate and cause delayed problems :crossed_fingers:

It should be fine with a little rain, but what is a little?

Well, the phone is around for more than one and a half year now, and judging by this forum it doesn’t seem to be a problem many users have. I had some rain drops on my display more than once, and everything works just fine. But if you are planning to really expose the phone to rain for a while, thi…

Ahh ok, it’s just that I’ve had my £100 Samsung J3 for 2.5 years now and I’d always get rain on it because I’d use Google Maps while it’s raining and only now is my phone slowing down and needing replacement.

[image] ree: only now is my phone slowing down and needing replacement. A phone slowing down usually is a sign of an OS installation becoming cluttered over time with lots of Apps or phone storage simply filling up. Freeing up storage and, if necessary, backing up your important data and doi…

There was a test in the German consumer test journal “test - Stiftung Warentest”, where the FP3 was bad rated because of a failure in the rain test (short rain). I wondered if there would be some postings here, obviously there were not. Strange: in the next test, six months later, the FP3+ got a be…

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anon9989719 April 2, 2021, 3:05pm 4