OnePlus One gets dunked into a puddle of water, how did the $300 phone hold up? [VIDEO]

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OnePlus One gets dunked into a puddle of water, how did the $300 phone hold up? [VIDEO]

While many of you are still anxiously awaiting your opportunity to pick up a OnePlus One, others are still a little leery about the phone. Top notch specs, sure. But as a smartphone built by a relatively unknown company, build and quality control issues are a reasonable concern. As OnePluses begin trickling out to customers, one lucky owner was willing to put his device through a stress test of sorts, simply to satisfy his curiosity (or blood lust).

YouTube content creator GadgetGuruHD decided to take his OnePlus One out in the rain, operating the device as water droplets began gathering on the display. Unsurprisingly, the phone was still fully functional, operating normally as if it were dry. That’s when the YouTuber felt daring enough to fully submerge the OnePlus One in a dirty puddle of what. The results — described as “legit crazy” — was the phone, once again, came out unscathed.

Now, we know. One of the most basic quality control tests manufacturers put their hardware through is ensuring a phone can handle some light rain or moisture. But full water submersion? In a phone with a removable back no less. Now, we’re not sure about any long term effects the OnePlus One will face after the water dunk, but it seems safe to say that in the event you drop your phone in a puddle of water (or heaven forbid, a toilet), the phone should be operational. Nice work, OnePlus.

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Pebble launches a beta Android app with tons of new features

The Pebble app for Android could use a lot of work. They are slowly improving it, and it has come a long way since launch, but it could be better. They are working hard to improve it, and now they are giving users early access to new features. The folks at Pebble have created a new beta app and community for Android users.

To be a member of the beta and try new features before everyone else you have to join the group. Head on over to the Google+ group, opt in to the receive the beta, and download the app. You will now get more updates than the regular app. Here are some of the features you can get right away:

• Adds a new user interface for managing the connection to your Pebble


• Adds support for automatically changing the color of the Pebble graphics based on the color of the connected


• The user interface for side-loading Pebble apps is now consistent with the Pebble apps installed from the App Store


• Fixes a bug where the time on Pebble would not update when the phone’s time zone changed


• Fixes several issues encountered by some users when pairing or connecting a Pebble


• Many other bug fixes

Hit up the link below to join the group and start getting new features!

[via Pebble]

Thanks everyone!

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