Kill all germs! You can wash this smartphone with soap
Aiming to kill the thousands of germs that live on your smartphone and make some money from germophobes, Japan's Kyocera has developed a phone that can be washed with regular hand soap.
The phone, which will go on sale on Dec. 11, can be washed with conventional foaming hand soap of the type found in many kitchens, according to the manufacturer.
Of course, soap can be used to clean just about any smartphone currently on the market and waterproof phones are easier to clean, but many won't stand up to repeated rinses with soap and water. That's where this new phone differs.
On Thursday, cellular carrier KDDI released a video showing the phone falling into the tomato ketchup sitting on top of a plate of Om Rice, a Japanese kids favorite made from egg and rice.
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