Can the New HTC One Swim?

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Can the New HTC One Swim?
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The new HTC One (http://mashable.com/category/htc-one/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) may only be a few hours old, but the stress tests have already begun. It's already passed one: The new flagship Android phone turns out to be remarkably water-resistant.

The gang at TechSmartt (https://www.youtube.com/tech) decided to risk sacrificing a shiny new HTC One M8 (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/htc-one-m8/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss) by immersing it in water for over an hour. When they took it out, everything was fine — they just had to wipe the screen clear of water, and the phone was as good as new.

See also: The New HTC One Is the Same as the Old HTC One — and That's Good (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/htc-one-m8-review/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)


The new HTC One doesn't have an official waterproof spec, so it's hard to say why the phone is so resistant to water, but it could be due to vigilant sealing of internal components or even a waterproof na** coating. As the video narrator Keaton Keller mentions, most phones malfunction after just a few minutes of submersion, which syncs up pretty well with our experience. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/03/25/htc-one-m8-water/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)

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