[rtkwe]

A modern cell phone is very different from the old flip phones and SLRs/large dedicated camera. Resealing modern phones after upgrades/repairs is one of the harder parts of the whole process with fiddly little sealing glue gaskets to maintain IP ratings.

[ProfessorLayton]

Again, solved problem: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairphone_6

[astafrig]

'Solved' by having measurably worse ingress protection than leading smartphones?

[ProfessorLayton]

Yes, this is solved. Samsung makes rugged IP68 phones with user swappable batteries that are thinner than an iPhone 17 Pro when factoring the camera bump [1].

It's kind of comical how accurate this comment is https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48807174

[1] https://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_xcover7-12784.php

[astafrig]

My experience with phones like that are that they tend to fall apart when subjected to impact, which is pretty counterproductive to features like, I don’t know, being able to use the phone immediately after an impact (car crash, fall).

[lesostep]

Sony Xperia Z solved in 2013: Water jet protected & Waterproof up to 1 meter in 30 minutes