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Don't dry your iPhone in a bag of rice, says Apple
The popular remedy risks "small particles" entering the phone and causing damage, new advice says.
Despite the increasing sophistication of smartphones, popular approaches for fixing them if they have been dropped in water remain rather unsophisticated. As the website MacWorld - which first spotted the new support document - notes, the changing design of smartphones may mean all such advice will be unnecessary in the future. All Apple devices from the iPhone 12 onwards are able to withstand immersion up to a depth of six metres, for up to half an hour.
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