Watching the World Cup with friends? Here's which spilled pint will damage your phone the most — beware of…
- Football supporters who spill and throw pints could ruin your smartphone
- Cider, with its high sugar content, can wreck the insides of even an IP68-rated phone
- If you fall foul of such spillage and booze-based buffoonery, make sure you take action to clean and protect your phone
As a man who hates waste and has a distinct apathy for over-the-top football celebrations, the seemingly new phenomenon of throwing alcoholic pints into the air when terminal runners-up England score a goal has left me with an even greater disdain for sloshed soccer supporters.
For US readers
A quick note for our US readers: this pint-flinging foolery may not be something you're entirely familiar with, but as hosts of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, it's important that we make you, too, aware of this beverage-based danger to your smartphone.
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