Thread: Amazon announces new 7" waterproof Oasis with 32GB storage option
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Old 10-12-2017, 04:57 PM   #182
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
Looking at the pictures of it, it's clearly not like the Kobo H2O, which was waterproof by having a rubber seal over the USB port (which made it a real pain to use!). The Oasis has an "open" port, so clearly water can get inside it to some extent or another. Makes you wonder how much of a problem corrosion is likely to be if you regularly immerse it in salt water!
I think amazon says that it is immersible in fresh water and resistant to salt water splashes.

I guess the best response to salt water immersion would be drain, immerse in fresh water, drain. But still, the USB connector might still be damaged, depending on what the conductor material is.
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