Not when showering as my phone isn't waterproof. But I have been known to text and reply to messages while in the bath... In my defense I rarely do that these days... I tend instead to relax and drink tea while bathing.. but I do sometimes use my phone to read books on while in the bath.
Not particularly well. lol My 19-year-old son and I just had an argument about this the other day. He was pestering me and wanted my help ordering dinner. I told him to go adult and that I needed to get ready to leave the house. A few minutes later, the texts started pouring in.
Him: (Texts me order request) Me: Place your own order. My card is on the counter. Him: How? Me: Call them. Him: MMMOOOOOMMM There gonna ask questions about answers I don't have. Me: *They're I'm in the shower. Order your own or you won't get it. Him: How can you text in the showa? Me: Do you need a photo? (screaming emoticon) Him: There gonna ask about card info how does it work Me: (iphone screen now covered with droplets of water and no longer works right) I'm not helping And m Done answering Him: TF? Me: (15 minutes later) Did you figure it out? Him: Where are you? Me: (Sends location info- a map showing I'm in the house with him) Him: (Gives up in exasperation and orders his own dinner. Yay for adulting!)
Nah. I keep mine in an Otter Box. It's not waterproof, but it's encased. A few drops on the outside of it aren't going to hurt anything. I wouldn't physically take mine into the shower, but it was close enough that I could reach out and use it without worry.
Emergencies apart, I definitely would not use any electronic items of mine in conditions for which they are not designed. I pay for them and try to respect them.
I have had a 'phone ruined by damp conditions - I was camping at the time, in bad weather. I was not pleased as it was beyond repair, with its liquid-crystal display destroyed by the moisture. It was only about 10 or 12 years old, did everything I need, and I'd replaced its worn-out battery only a few months before that holiday; but it had otherwise been perfectly serviceable and useable.
:-) Yes. Physically at least they should. The battery is the part most likely to fail first, but whatever the failure in any equipment, I investigate repair first.
Assuming they are still operable fully (e.g., if a phone, still useable on the network as well as working internally), I don't replace things merely because they are not "the latest". That is wasteful as well as pointless. I own items to support what I wish or need to do; so purposes come before tools, then I expect to use the tools for their full physical lives - with due care etc.
I have a 'phone so I can exchange calls or texts to support my social and leisure pursuits, or for emergency use; I don't exchange them because I have a 'phone.
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