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• Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  If you mean a USB-C port in general, they can be made waterproof. If you mean something specific to putting one in the most compact form factor possible, that might be true.

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And that requires more space than a typical port. In a compact device that is difficult.

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    • Zak@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      A flashlight is literally one of the simplest electronic devices there is

      You might be surprised at everything going on inside a modern flashlight. I’ll grant that it’s probably easier to find room for extra seals around the port than in a smartwatch though.

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      • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Still not nearly as complex or compact as a smart watch. A little microcontroller versus an arm processor.

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      • cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        A switch mode LED driver can be made very tiny with as few as 4 components. Battery protection and a single cell battery charger can also be very simple.

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  • jonathan@piefed.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    They can be waterproof but are also non functional until the water is fully cleared from the port.

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  • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That kind of waterproofing wears over time (years). It keeps it’s resistance, but not a submersible seal. Watches have longer use years than phones on average.

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• vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  oh quit that bs. There was waterproof (not resistant) micro usb more than a literal decade ago. If anything they should have gottn better.

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  • roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    And that requires more space than a typical port. In a compact device that is difficult.

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  • paraphrand@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Eww, micro usb. I get the shakes just thinking about it.

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