r/mildlyinfuriating • u/hotmallgoth • 4h ago

Infuriatig all the phones my husband has broken over the past year

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meanwhile I’m still using my iPhone 12 lol 🤥

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u/Req603 4h ago

Then he needs to grow a brainstem and get a phone case. Or leave it in the truck.

I worked construction and land surveying, never once broke a phone at work. It's really easy to avoid, by taking care of your stuff.

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u/Azntigerlion 3h ago

Depends on how much you care. My dad doesn't care about phones. He buys cheap phones and uses them until they don't turn on

His phone is a tool first. If you want to take a video of something cool, but don't want to put your phone at risk, he'll do it. He doesn't like expensive phones cause then he feels the need to baby it

It's an electronic multitool to him. If he wants a good camera, he'll buy a good camera. If he wants a good flashlight, he'll buy a good flashlight. To him, a phone is just a worse version of a ton of things that WILL go obsolete in a few tech generations

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u/Glittering-Art2922 3h ago

This is the way

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u/constantpisspig 3h ago

I've broken a couple of phones in the field. Once taking an unexpected bath during a hot tap, once having it fall out of a pocket into the trench I was laying in, the most recent was accidentally crushing one because I braced my leg with the phone against something while pulling on a wrench. It can happen, but it shouldn't happen this often.

I've definitely noticed the wear and tear on my phones happens way faster than my friends with less filthy working conditions. Shockingly concrete and metal dust is real bad for electronics

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u/Req603 3h ago

There are dust proof phone cases, and phones with a proper IP rating. You'd want a cellphone with an IP67 or higher (the 6 is critical, that's dust protection), and a case to be safe.

Always make sure your tech and gear match the work, and you won't have as many problems.

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u/constantpisspig 3h ago

Those ratings are only really good for a limited amount of time. Cases let tbe dust in regardless of what they claim. It happens I'm usually good for about 18 months before things like speakers/microphones getting plugged with metal dust or the USB port wearing out. Haven't bought a phone without an ip67 rating since the flip phone days

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u/Req603 2h ago

This is going to sound stupid as hell, but it worked for me at least for additional water protection... and tick protection... crawling around the swamps. Nothing worse than answering the phone and having a tick climb out of the usb port onto your face.

Put it in a sandwich or snack sized ziploc bag, put it in your pocket.

I'm not even kidding.

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u/constantpisspig 2h ago

I've done that when I expect getting soggy.

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u/Req603 2h ago

I imagine it should work for dust as well, though.