Back in May when I was in Seattle for the Mobius Event, our MC (Master of Ceremonies) John was kind enough to give me an HTC MTeor. It’s A two year old Smartphone from HTC, never released in Japan, and I was very found of it (actually the very first 3G Smartphone).

Anyway… My little family and I visited our heaven in the country side for a week-end to get some rest… One night before going to bed I Ieft my MTeor next to the kitchen-sink, 50cm away from it. During the night my wife decided to wash some stuff…. Note to myself, buy a dishwasher for our country side residence…

Back to the washing… For some unexplainable reason a big glop of soap decided take residence where my MTeor was sleeping (it was still switched on)…

Early next morning I wanted to check my email and saw my MTeor laying in a pool of soapy water, switched off. At first I thought the water didn’t penetrate it, but when I opened it I saw with horror that water was EVERYWHERE. Just to give you an idea, when I tried removing the MicroSD card, some soap bubbles came out with the card… The battery was dead, and there was rust everywhere…

My MTeor was DEAD… or was it?

Two weeks later we visited our place again from Tokyo, and my MTeor was still there… laying next to the TV… Out of curiosity I tried recharging it, and guess what. Even though the battery was clearly dead… (1 hour of battery lifespan), my MTeor booted-up and was FULLY functional (3G, Bluetooth….), My HTC MTeor looked perfectly normal from the outside, just a burned area from the soap in the water marking the screen…

In the past I’ve both dipped and dropped several devices into water, but this was the first time seeing one survive this treatment…

Impressive. Well done HTC !

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