Cellphones getting water damage is nothing new. Before the iPhone, I had a flip phone that fell into a swimming pool. The first thing everyone told me to do was to dry the phone out with rice. The ...

Ever since cellphones were a thing, we’ve been dropping them in water. And while today’s iPhones are resistant to splashes, dips, and dunks, there are still times when they get too wet and the dreaded ...

What just happened? The old tale of putting a phone in a bag of rice if it gets soaked has been around as long as mobiles themselves. But it's long been pointed out that this method isn't actually a ...

Regardless of how careful you are around your electronics, there's a chance you've spilled some sort of liquid on your smartphone before. Whether you accidentally dropped your device into a cup of ...

Apple, the maker of the iPhone, is telling customers to ignore the practice of putting a phone that has gotten wet into a bag of rice to dry it out. Why? Because it doesn’t work. At least not well and ...