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I don't even keep my phone in my pocket when exercising because of the humidity from sweating. If I'm hiking it either goes in my pack or in a ziplock to protect it.
this post was submitted on 27 Sep 2026
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If one is this ignorant and addicted to the damn thing, plug it while you take a shower. The phone will be happy.
I’ll keep that in mind in case I ever shower inside a boiler.
Waterproof ≠ Heatproof, and it also doesn't guarantee chemicals and other impurities won't wreck your phone. I took my old phone into the ocean a few times because we didn't have lockers on the beach and no rental car to leave stuff in. It was rated waterproof and it survived, but it didn't want to charge for quite a while and getting the salt and sand out of the usb-c port was tedious.
My fitness watch is as happy in the pool swimming laps as it is anywhere else. I do take it off in the shower though because I don't want to clean soap scum off it or have water trapped between the watch and my wrist. It sounds like I may be inadvertently saving the battery!
Waterproof ≠ Heatproof
Also Waterproof ≠ Waterproof. Found that out the hard way with my pixel, I was taking some pictures by the pool, it went in the water, broken and no warranty for liquid damage.
Forgetting I had my phone in my pocket, I got in to a 105 F hot tub. I immediately realized and got it out of water. It was already glitching out and dying. That IPX rating does not respect heat!
Guess I'll go back to putting it in a sandwich bag lol
Won't help with the heat but at least with the rest