Fuji...
Will be intersting to see how this stacks up against the Fuji also noted on El Reg today.....
Panasonic today showed off its upcoming smartphone - it's first for Europe - the Android-based Eluga. The skinny - it's 7.8mm thick and weighs 103g - handset sports a 4.3in, 540 x 960 (qHD) display and packs in near-field communications (NFC) contactless payment and file transfer tech. Panasonic Eluga Android smartphone The …
Can't think why a phone needs to be able to be submerged in water. Splashproof would be good enough to cope with occasional use in the rain.
Maybe Panasonic want the Olympic swimmers to pose underwater using this new phone?
I guess people who go boating or yachting might appreciate a phone that's waterproof straight out of the box. No awkward 3rd party cases to faff around with if you want a slim touch screen phone.
Europeans don't go swimming a lot with their mobile phones, no- however dropping the phone in the toilet is no. 4 on the insurance claim list for mobile damage in Ireland- and no. 5 in Germany.......... I don't even want to think about how/why people feel the need to mess with their phones on the bog..........
@Stuart McCarrick -- some of us are just people who habitually keep our phones in our trouser back pockets. The iPhone that is no more had hit the toilet floor from the back pocket many times before the day when the bloody thing popped out and headed bowlwards as I was sitting down.
I used to wonder why all these wallies went around carrying their phones in their hands. Must be just some chlldish attempt at oneupmanship, I decided. But I now realise that the reason is that 'smartphones' are all too damn big to fit in a pocket. I will continue to stick to my non-smart phone and when I need internet access use a device with a proper sized screen rather than a silly compromise.
I hate to be petty, but technically IP57 is incorrectly described in the specs. The first number, 5 stands for Dust Protected and the second number, 7 stands for 1 Meter for 30 minutes Immersion. A truly Water Proof, Submersible rating is IP68 (fully submersible to 30 meters, usually rated for 24 hours, See Rolex) while the stated IP57 would be considered "highly water resistant" See Timex).
IP68 also applies when the enclosure has been opened and closed numerous times. IP57 does not include the enclosure ever being opened,
Oh, And I'm willing to bet they are "Self certifying" the IP rating with no 3rd party testing.
What on earth was it about micro sim cards that required that A Certain Phone be mentioned? What on earth was the relevance here? Apple certainly love it when lazy writing treats their product as a kind of SI unit to be mentioned on every conceivable (and inconceivable) occasion but I think that we should resist this kind of thing.