Remember when Sony advertised the Xperia Tablet S as being splashproof? Well, don’t go out with your tablet in the rain just yet, as the production has been halted on account of a defect. It appears that only a month after the product’s launch gaps between the screen and case were found and those make the slates exposed to water damage.
The tablet is supposed to be resistant to contact with water and breaking that promise is a disaster for Sony, who really advertised this feature. The problem was caused by a manufacturing problem in the Chinese plant where the device was manufactured. The information comes straight from top brass, Sony spokeswoman Noriko Shoji. Sony hasn’t decided when it will resume sales and how the already sold units will be handled. On September 7th the product started selling in USA, followed soon after by launches in Japan and Europe.
Around 100,000 devices have already been moved and the company is saying it will fix any of the already sold models that were damaged by water and doesn’t expect the recall to impact earnings. We’ve recently tested and reviewed the Sony Xperia Tablet S ourselves and we were inspired enough not to test its waterproof abilities, tempted as we were by that…
