Waterproof Handset

How many people have damaged their handsets by dropping them in the water? Many, I think. This is quite a problem, for example when we are going to the sea. There is always a peril to drop your phone in the sea and damage it. I'm not even talking about expensive handsets, some people don't even take expensive devices with them because of the fear of damaging it. On another note, did you ever want shoot someone or something (for example, a fish, or maybe a shark :) underwater? Yes, I bet many people do :)


So as it turns out, Sony Ericsson decided to fight with problems like these and has filed a patent of the waterproof mobile phone housing. It’s not just waterproof, the phone will be capable of underwater image capturing.

Patent abstract:

A housing may include a first portion that includes a window configured to allow a lens to capture images viewed through the window, and a first mating surface. The housing may include a second portion that includes a second mating surface adapted to mate with the first mating surface to form a watertight seal, at least one button to provide a signal to a terminal supported in the second portion, and a receiving surface on an inner surface of the second portion adapted to receive an insert, where the insert is adapted to be removeably coupled to the receiving surface on a first side and to receive the terminal via a second side.