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Samsung Galaxy S III and Apple iPhone 5 to be waterproof?

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03 February, 2012

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We've already heard about a hundred different rumors about the Galaxy S III specs sheet, but this one is by far one of the most exciting. According to an anonymous tipster, who is said to be working for a large UK retailer the next Samsung flagship will be waterproof. And it won't be the only high-end phone to have such a feature, either - the iPhone 5 will also reportedly resist water.

The rumor has it that the two top-shelf smartphones will feature a special nanocoating over their chips, which is impenetrable by water.

The technology is developed by a company called Liquipel and resembles the Nokia water-resisting coating that we saw in October and the HzO thing from last month.

Check it out in action in the following video.

Thanks to those coatings manufacturers are able to create fully water-proof devices without having to increase their weight and profile. And when we are talking expensive devices like the Galaxy S III and the iPhone 5, such a feature might save quite a lot of money to the more careless users out there.

By the way, Liquipel is offering to apply that same coating to your existing smartphone for $59 to $79. In case you are interested you should follow this link and see if your smartphone is among the ones supported by the company

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  • Anonymous
  • NuF
  • 14 Jul 2012

Wau that's so cool i would like to experiment

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  • kingswagger
  • ftb
  • 28 Mar 2012

thanks a lot apple stores u know how to think better, and i hope u will think better for other people who want iphone 5 please check your prices, cos we have spent so much money with iphone 4s everything is very costy even its own applications, watch...

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  • Steven
  • 0HW
  • 14 Mar 2012

Definitely like this rumor... I've had to replace 2 phone do to water damage... I bet it is true because nothing contradicts it.

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