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Fitbit Flex 2 review: Fitbit jumps in the pool for the first time and doesn't drown

Rita El Khoury

For the past 4 years, I've been wearing a Fitbit device of some sort. I started with the One, which stuck with me for the better part of 3 years, then I tried the Blaze, the Alta, and the Charge 2. My main complaint with each of these trackers was the lack of water-resistance, which meant that I couldn't wear them in the pool or track my swims with them. I've tried several swim trackers including the Misfit Shine 2 Swim Edition and Amiigo, looking for something that could replace Fitbit, but the best that I found was the Garmin vivoactive, which has excellent swim tracking and can send the main stats to Fitbit through MyFitnessPal.

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Samsung says it fixed manufacturing issue that caused Galaxy S7 Active to fail dunk test

Ryan Whitwam

The Active variants of Samsung's Galaxy phones on AT&T are sold as a more rugged option than the standard version. However, Consumer Reports found that the Galaxy S7 Active didn't even stand up to water as well as advertised (or as well as the regular GS7). Samsung was at first unconcerned, but now says it has identified the problem in its manufacturing process and corrected it.

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The Motorola Nexus 6 Will Be Water-Resistant Like The New Moto X

Ryan Whitwam

Looking for something to help you justify that whopping $649 Nexus 6 price tag? Yeah, us too. Well, how's this: the Nexus 6 will be water-resistant. Probably not submersible, but at least splash-proof like the new Moto X.

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Sony Unveils The Pool-Loving Xperia M2 Aqua, Its First Water-Resistant Mid-Range Phone

Bertel King, Jr.

Sony has announced the Xperia M2 Aqua, a variant of the M2 that it's marketing as "the waterproof smartphone for everyone." It's Sony's first water-resistant phone with mid-range specs, and it's apparently ready to swim with the best of them.

In the small print, we see that the Xperia M2 Aqua is IP65 and IP68 compliant, meaning that it can withstand dust and survive being kept under 1.5 meters of water for up to 30 minutes. These recommendations don't quite match up to how Sony is marketing the phone in its videos, where it shows the phone floating rather safely to the bottom of a pool.

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Sony Xperia Z2 Reportedly Survives Being Submerged Under Ten Meters Of Salt Water For Six Entire Weeks

Bertel King, Jr.

The Sony Xperia Z2 is a water-resistant phone, and it may just be more humble than it puts on. One reportedly managed to survive for six weeks on a sea bed more than 10 meters deep. It didn't come out of the deal without a fair bit of damage, but the phone was still able to boot up and make calls.

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Swedish reports speak of a man from Gothenburg who, while water-skiing with a friend on vacation, lost his mobile phone in the water. The Xperia Z2 reportedly sank more than 10 meters to the bottom of the salty sea bed.

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Sprint And Virgin Mobile Announce The Low-End, Water-Resistant Kyocera Hydro Vibe For Release In May

Michael Crider

Do you like the idea of water and ingress protection on the Galaxy S5, but don't feel like ponying up for a flagship phone? Then Kyocera hopes you'll consider its Hydro Vibe smartphone, at least if you're a potential Sprint or Virgin Mobile customer. The "ruggedized" Android phone will be launching on Sprint on May 9th and Virgin on May 27th. Sprint is talking up its "Easy Pay" payment plan, where the phone costs ten bucks a month for two years, but Virgin will sell it outright for $149.99.

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That will get you a decidedly low-end phone, though you might have to look hard to tell.

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[Weekend Poll] How Important Is Water-Resistance Going To Be In Your Next Smartphone Purchase?

David Ruddock

With more and more smartphones featuring water resistance as standard, particularly Samsung's Galaxy S5, it seems like weatherproofing may be on the uptrend in the smartphone world. It's easy to see why - countless phones are lost to moisture-related incidents, whether it be a pool, toilet, or washing machine. Building phones designed to withstand the elements only makes sense, as nearly ever-present companions in our daily lives, our phones are bound to end up exposed to some less than electronic-friendly conditions during their lifetime.

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So, with that in mind, how important is water-resistance, in particular, going to be for you when you make your next smartphone purchase?

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[Fail] Archos CEO Demos A Water-Resistant Phone On Camera By Submerging It... And It Goes Dead

Bertel King, Jr.

Hardware demos don't get much worse than this one. Archos CEO Loic Poirier wanted to demonstrate just how much punishment one of his company's smartphones could take, but he didn't get quite the results he wanted. He was able to drop the phone just fine, but when he placed the device in a glass and filled it with water, apparently the handset had taken all it could handle.


Le directeur d’Archos casse un smartphone censé... by Spi0n

The device in question is the Quechua Phone 5". The French brand is associated with hiking, biking, and other mountain sports capable of making your typical smartphone nervous.

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Kyocera's Waterproof Hydro ELITE Launches On Verizon Online August 29th, $99 With A Two-Year Contract (After $50 Rebate)

Bertel King, Jr.

My first two smartphones, the Milano and the Rise, were both made by Kyocera, so I have a soft spot for the brand. The company's handsets generally may not be high-end, or even midrange, but they're good for average folks who don't live and die by the number of pixels their phone is able to push or flip tables if there's a momentary stutter when switching between home screens. Kyocera's latest offering, the Hydro ELITE, will launch online at Verizon Wireless this Thursday, August 29th, and it's quite an improvement over the company's usual offerings.

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Kyocera's devices typically leave much to be desired, but the Hydro ELITE is a big step up from its predecessor.

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AT&T Confirms It Will Offer One-Time Replacement For A Water-Damaged Galaxy S4 Active

Ryan Whitwam

When a phone is advertised as "water-resistant" you have to wonder just how resistant it actually is. In the case of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active on AT&T, the answer is apparently "not very." Despite AT&T heavily advertising the device as “whatever-proof” and great for taking underwater videos, some owners have been complaining of damage to the device after an encounter with water.

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The Active is supposedly IP67 certified, which means it should hold up to water at a depth of one meter for 30 minutes. The phone's warranty does not include coverage for damage by liquids, but AT&T is apparently seeing enough waterlogged GS4 Actives that it is doing something about it.

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