Over time, here at GoMo Towers we’ve discovered that many consumers simply cannot believe that it is genuinely possible to build a mobile phone that is truly waterproof. And iPhone users in particular feature heavily in this group. Their thinking is simply along the lines of … “If it is possible to build a waterproof phone then why aren’t all waterproof phone test?” Why indeed? Well, the stark truth is that handsets such as the Cat B15 and the Sony Xperia Z can be immersed in water and will continue to work afterwards. So goaded into proving that the B15 was waterproof we plunged it into a pint of water.
The experiment failed. GoMo News had failed dismally to spot that the back of the B15 wasn’t seated correctly.
In other words .. the cover had been left open and the handset filled up with water. Which we can’t get out again.
In our defence, we had only just inserted a second SIM card into this Dual SIM handset to continue our research into why such handsets are applicable in developed markets.
The handset actually had an Orange post paid (contract) SIM in one slot and a giff-gaff (prepaid) SIM in the other-Efox.
We were testing out the settings. For example, learning how to configure the handset to ask which SIM to use before dialling.