Waterproof Galaxy Nexus

[superlawyer15]

Has anyone ever heard of this company:

Liquipel | Waterproof Your Cell Phone, No Case Required!


their product looks like magic if it really works like they way it does in their videos.

I contacted them and they said they might add the nexus, they already have other android phones like the thunderbolt that work with their process

what are your thoughts? a must have, or is it a gimmick?

 

[blaine07]

I'm skeptical. What about speakers? Like in phone? What if you switch batteries that hasn't been covered? Ehhh, not sold and bet its helaciously expensive.

Edit: ~$60 && " What about mics and speakers? The liquipel coating is not "heavy" enough to distort your sound quality from your speakers or damage the mic. It does however keep the soft materials most speakers are made of from breaking down when exposed to moisture. Some models (such as iPhone 4) have channels that the speakers play through. It will be hard to hear the music until the water dries from this channel. Liquipel is about preserving your device and all of its functionality."

 

[superlawyer15]

ya its $60,

if it works like they say it does I wonder why some OEM hasn't already bought this company and incorporated it into their product

 

[Touchpaddle]

I once dropped my phone in water by accident. The phone appeared to work but I threw it away.
The reason? I dropped in an un-flushed airport toilet. Even if the phone kept working, I didn't
think there was a way to really clean it 100%. Fortunately, it was a cheap phone that I didn't
like much anyway... so not real big loss...

With this new waterproof coating.... I still don't see how the internals can be cleaned out.
(in the same situation that I described above)

Update: probably karma? My GN just got killed by water....

 

[freeskier44]

I miss my Lifeproof case I had on my Iphone.... but I dont miss my Iphone! haha

 

[blaine07]

Exactly...dunno. looks neat. You test, let me know LOL.

 

[superlawyer15]

I once dropped my phone in water by accident. The phone appeared to work but I threw it away.
The reason? I dropped in an un-flushed airport toilet. Even if the phone kept working, I didn't
think there was a way to really clean it 100%. Fortunately, it was a cheap phone that I didn't
like much anyway... so not real big loss...

With this new waterproof coating.... I still don't see how the internals can be cleaned out.
(in the same situation that I described above)

...woulnd't you be able to wash it if its waterproof lol...

 

[anon(36315)]

...woulnd't you be able to wash it if its waterproof lol...

his phone wasn't waterproof, he was just saying that it still worked, but since it dropped in the toilet he didn't want it, I don't know that I would either.

 

[SSHGuru]

Airport Toilet?

Gah - I would have left it in there. Beyond gross.

$60 to waterproof the phone may be a bit much. How often to you get water on a phone?

 

[superlawyer15]

pay $60 now

or pay $600+ for a new nexus if you dont have insurance

i was watching a lot of user reviews on youtube, a lot of ppl had good things to say about it

 

[Touchpaddle]

pay $60 now

or pay $600+ for a new nexus if you dont have insurance

i was watching a lot of user reviews on youtube, a lot of ppl had good things to say about it

Spend $60 on Liquipel and they don't even guarantee anything. If you drop your phone it the toilet
and it dies, Liquipel won't do a thing to help you. $60 wasted.

Wouldn't the $60 be better spent on getting insurance from Verizon? It's only an extra few
bucks a month and you're covered for almost everything.(unless you take a hammer and
smash it)

 

[ndog21]

I miss my Lifeproof case I had on my Iphone.... but I dont miss my Iphone! haha

That's my same problem because I don't trust nano coatings

 

[tx_tuff]

First of all $60 is the cheapest version and it takes them 1 to 2 days to do it before shipping it back to you at another $10 shipping that you pay for. Plus the money it cost you to ship to them in the first place (I figure $5 at the cheapest). So know the cheapest it will cost you is $75 not $60! If you want it done the same day and back and forth faster you are looking at $85 to $90! So it really isn't that cheap.

And when do you apply it? When you first get your phone? Well what if you spent $75 to get it on a new phone and then after a couple weeks of using it your phone just isn't up to par and you need to replace it? $75 lost!! Just a couple thoughts.

 

[zedorda]

This is very old technology and it always fails. I wears off easy it voids all warranties and voids insurance. In theory it should work but no one has developed a reliable way to apply the coating after the device is assembled. There is no way to guarantee that the coating gets completely circulated within the device.