Your next Samsung phone could deflect waterSeptember 28, 2016 - 12:39 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - With the iPhone finally learning how to swim, water resistance can now be considered a standard feature among high-end smartphones. Samsung, though, has been bringing customers the same technology for some time, and is seemingly looking to graduate from water survivor to water repellent, Digital Spy reports. The South Korean tech company has licensed a hydrophobic glass coating from the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Laboratory, which could result in future phones working as normal in the rain. Thanks to a coating which has a droplet contact angle of around 160 degrees, any fluid making contact with the phone's surface will simply bounce off. Fighting back against water isn't the only benefit of the tech, though, with ORNL also claiming the surface will reduce reflection and resist fingerprints marks - a big deal for Sammy's shiny, smudge-magnet casing. With the company officially licensing the product, we're bound to see it come to our phones at some point, Digital Spy said. Just which device, though, is unclear. It may be too late to implement on the Galaxy S8, but the feature could be brought to next year's Note - y'know, after they solve those overheating problems - or the Galaxy S9, Digital Spy said. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. U.S. welcomes efforts to define Armenia-Azerbaijan border The United States welcomes efforts to define the border between Armenia and Azerbaijan, says Vedant Patel. Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. |