W/re to the phone. I've ruined a couple of cell phones that way; falling in the pool.
The third one I left in my pocket and my wife washed it AND dried it. That'll teach me to either empty my pockets or wash my stuff myself (I'm emptying my pockets).
Amazingly the one that went through the wash/dry cycle still works as a phone but the pullout alpha/numeric keyboard has a few bad keys.
I have noticed that the manufacturers are making them more water resistant every generation.
