Levels of consumer debt in Germany are remarkably low. German aversion to mortgage debt is part of the reason why the country has some of the lowest homeownership rates in the developed world. Just 33% of Germans said they had a credit card back in 2011. And most of those hardly ever get used. In 2013, only 18% of payments in Germany were made via cards, compared to 50% in France and 59% in the UK. The national preference for cash, then, seems to be the flip side of aversion to debt, which, in turn, can be interpreted as a sign of deep-seated doubt about the future.
Consumer Reports: Samsung phone not actually water-resistant. A water-resistant Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone is submerged in water Feb. 22, 2016, during a preview of Samsung's flagship store in New York's Meatpacking District. Consumer Reports says a Samsung phone that's advertised as being water-resistant actually isn't. The problem appears limited to the Galaxy S7 Active, a rugged model available only through AT&T in the U.S. The standard S7 and S7 Edge models have the same claims on water resistance and passed tests.
Re: My HTC One M8 is Water damaged along with Black screen. Originally Posted by buckifvr Definitely agree with this, and they will be able tell that the phone sustained water damage. There are businesses that will replace a screen/digitizer while you wait.riginally Posted by usmc8990 The HTC One M8 is not water resistant. Mine was laying on the table and my son accidentally spilled a cup of water, the water got into the ports on the bottom and got into my phone.