[kaba0]

But its like fundamental physics and it doesn’t make sense to ditch wires — it will always take more energy and more loss to transport anything in a medium of distant molecules vs a tightly coupled one with interesting properties.

And for what benefit? That port is already water-proof.

[HumblyTossed]

> That port is already water-proof.

Resistant.

[dbbk]

Who cares? How many people are dropping their phone in the ocean and retrieving it?

[anakaine]

How many people have wound up with unusable phones due to accidentally dropping it in water? Sink, bath, toilet, stream, pool, spa, etc?

I care. It's a safety / insurance feature.

[dbbk]

They're IP68 resistant, those scenarios are pretty much covered already.