Apparently, in Japan, most (about 90-95 percent) phones are waterproof. At the recent Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, a Fujitsu vice-president stated, "The mobile phone is with us 24 hours a day. It accompanies us to the bathroom, to the shower, or under the rain. So it is a necessity for the phone to be robust,"
I love this way of thinking. I personally, would probably never buy a watch that isn't waterproof. Why should this same logic not extend to my cell phone. About a third of the damage to mobile phones involves exposure to water of some kind.
In general, any advance in "hardening" technologies is welcome news to someone as rough on things as I am. For instance, in November, Apple recently filed for a patent on a crack resistant glass screen solution.
Some phone manufacturers already have models that meet military standards for solar radiation, rain, dust, altitude, shock, temperature and more. These are typically, however, not the models with the most features, smallest footprint, or trendiest styling. As such, they are not the phones that most of put at the top of our wish list. With the Japanese helping to influence the global market, though, perhaps the concept of ruggedness will become more prevalent within the mainstream product lines.
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