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The temps in the freezer where I work is 0 degrees Fahrenheit. I usually work in there no more than 2 hours. I recently got the S5 and am curious as to what temps it can handle?
To answer your "dumb question", I work alone in the freezer. What if something happens and I injure myself, gee ... I left my phone somewhere else and now I can't call for help (Some parts of the freezer are very slippery with black ice.) Last time a couple of my fellow co-workers were accidentally locked in the freezer, they used their phones to call for help.
I'll take extra care with my phone with regards to condensation.
Thanks
S5 is already waterproof so I doubt that the bag is going to do anything that the phone isn't already doing.You could put your phone in a ziploc/sandwich bag and it should keep out most moisture and keep it in your pocket. That temperature shouldn't be a problem then.
To answer your "dumb question", I work alone in the freezer. What if something happens and I injure myself, gee ... I left my phone somewhere else and now I can't call for help (Some parts of the freezer are very slippery with black ice.) Last time a couple of my fellow co-workers were accidentally locked in the freezer, they used their phones to call for help.
I'll take extra care with my phone with regards to condensation.
Thanks
I realise the OP is going to think that this is an unhelpful response, but I would avoid putting myself in the situation where my only hope for not freezing to death is my phone signal. In my last moments I imagine I'd hear the laughter of my cell phone provider's marketing department after they doctored the latest batch of reception statistics.
So personally I'd opt for either having someone on the other side of the freezer door just in case, or say to someone "if I'm not out in five minutes please come and get me".
I sort of had this same off topic question. I'm lucky enough to have a job where the most likely cause of death at work comes from a cholesterol or catastrophic events. Does OSHA not have anything to say about putting employees in situations where they can get isolated in a freezer and the only mechanism to get saved is your personal cellphone?
S5 is already waterproof so I doubt that the bag is going to do anything that the phone isn't already doing.
I presume that you wear some warm clothing whilst working in the freezer? If you keep your phone under that layer and near your skin then it shouldn't get that cold.
Sounds like he said possibility of trip/fall situation on black ice. In which case, he could be injured and unable to get to the door.Like other posters have asked... why wouldn't someone be able to open the freezer from inside unless the employer is breaking OSHA regulations?
Sounds like he said possibility of trip/fall situation on black ice. In which case, he could be injured and unable to get to the door.
Honestly, I'd be petitioning the employer for a better system to avoid all of this altogether. The employer should provide a walkie-talkie, work-provided phone, or whatever else, and have an adequate check-in system in place so no one is worried about being left freezing in a freezer or having to rely on their own phone. What if the day something happens there's no reception, forgot to charge, fall and break phone, etc?
Since it's happened already, the employer should have a fire put under their ass to get some proper safety precautions in place. Just my 2cents.
S5 is already waterproof so I doubt that the bag is going to do anything that the phone isn't already doing.
I presume that you wear some warm clothing whilst working in the freezer? If you keep your phone under that layer and near your skin then it shouldn't get that cold.
FYI the S5 is not waterproof, it's water resistant which is a totally different thing.
S5 is already waterproof so I doubt that the bag is going to do anything that the phone isn't already doing.
I presume that you wear some warm clothing whilst working in the freezer? If you keep your phone under that layer and near your skin then it shouldn't get that cold.
Sounds like he said possibility of trip/fall situation on black ice. In which case, he could be injured and unable to get to the door.
Last time a couple of my fellow co-workers were accidentally locked in the freezer, they used their phones to call for help.
Yeah I know, I was disagreeing that the plastic bag would achieve anything that a waterproof phone and a layer of warm clothing wouldn't.S5 water resistance doesn't matter much when the condensation is forming inside, on the PCB.
That's why you also carry your iFireAxe. Make a hole; crawl out through hole; get reception.Last time I had to work in a walk-in freezer (long time ago), I still had dumb phones that had much better reception/power than the current smart phones, and still couldn't get reception once the door was closed. Assuming most walk-in freezers are still a big ass Faraday cage of metal and insulation, you're gonna freeze to death if all you have is your S5 to call for help on..
Yep, but a huge number of commercial walk-in coolers and freezers have padlocks added to stop pilferage.I'm pretty sure all freezers are required to be openable from the inside. You can't lock a freezer and have it be un-openable by design, unless you literally put a bar or something over the door.