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This is Mac, not iPhone.
Read the first paragraph: >> Apple’s limited warranty doesn’t cover damage caused by liquids, even for water-resistant products like the iPhone, Apple Watch, and some AirPods models.
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Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports
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Making the ports waterproof would be pretty easy, since they can do that on iPhones. But what about the ventilation areas? That's much trickier, I'd think. Making a waterproof iPad should be trivial since it has the same ports as an iPhone.
Watercooling or passive cooling with external heat sinks.
Has Apple ever made a water-cooled computer? I agree this could be done with heat sinks, but was just pointing out that the current MBA design isn't on the cusp of waterproof.
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#113Wait wait wait, they advertise the iPhone as waterproof but still void the warranty and won’t fix it if their waterproofing fails? We lost the headphone jack for this?
Water resistant is not water proof.
A water sensor tripping is no proof of misuse independent of the devices IP-rating.
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Dumb question: wouldn't non-conductive liquids be harmless? i.e., the USB port can in theory work even if it is immersed in some non-conductive liquid, no?
Non-conductive liquids still might be corrosive, or might provide enough thermal insulation to cause heat build-up, or might leave some kind of residue that would be problematic, or...
Or dissolve plastics and rubber, maybe delaminate circuit boards, destroy any tape and glue...
Re: Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports
#115Possibly not related, but my past two Samsungs have had this feature and it drives me crazy. Usually they seem to trigger when using non standard cords and from 0% battery life. This means that I get a very loud warning sound triggering when trying to charge my phone from a battery pack or borrowing someone's cord. Oddly, charging when on (ie not completely dead), this feature doesn't trigger the alarm. I really disl…
You really dislike a feature that plays a loud sound instead of shorting pins in you USB-C connector together?
Guess what is more annoying than a loud sound.
Re: Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports
#116Wait wait wait, they advertise the iPhone as waterproof but still void the warranty and won’t fix it if their waterproofing fails? We lost the headphone jack for this?
Sony phones with headphone jacks, ten years ago were capable of all waterproof things you wanted to do.
It's been a massive gaslighting campaign.
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#117Samsung devices have moisture detection via USB-C for a long time. It does not work very reliable and many people have problems (https://ifixit.com/Antworten/Ansehen/511762/How+to+stop+the+...). I randomly get this error when I try to charge my S21 with my Macbook Pros charging cable.
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#118Earlier quoted context omitted.
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This seems like fake outrage at a restriction that exists only in a hypothetical that nobody on earth would ever implement if for no other reason than the fact that it would be incredibly hard and complicated. If some future despot actually wanted to forbid dirty power wouldn't they just do that instead of making your phone not charge?
His complaint sounds just like the hysterical right wing conspiracy theories about "15 minute cities" being a government plot to imprison people in their homes. Those right wing lunatics always love to play the victim like that.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-10-03/15-minute...
Re: Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports
#119Wait wait wait, they advertise the iPhone as waterproof but still void the warranty and won’t fix it if their waterproofing fails? We lost the headphone jack for this?
Been charging my iPhone 12 mini since it was 5 months old because of my toddler for this reason. Charging port died, went in and couldn’t get through a round of apple care people and gave up
Re: Macs can now inform Apple if any liquids have been detected in the USB-C ports
#120Samsung devices have moisture detection via USB-C for a long time. It does not work very reliable and many people have problems ( https://ifixit.com/Antworten/Ansehen/511762/How+to+stop+the+... ). I randomly get this error when I try to charge my S21 with my Macbook Pros charging cable.
Except when Apple decides to cancel your warranty over this, they're more likely to have defenders.