Your phone is dirtier than toilet-seat. Samsung has a solution
Just as Google and Apple continue to take aggressive steps to combat the outbreak of coronavirus, Samsung is doing its own bit to prevent the disease from spreading. The company has already taken measures to protect its employees, and now, to expand the effort for existing customers, it has launched a phone sanitization service. Here's all you need to know about it.
Free service for phone cleaning, disinfection
In response to the staggering spike in the number of COVID-19 cases, Samsung has introduced the free of cost 'Galaxy Sanitizing Service.' The program, as SamMobile reports, strives to offer customers an easy way to get their phones disinfected, which would remove all the harmful viruses and germs the devices could be carrying - including the coronavirus capable of causing the potentially deadly disease.
Samsung's users in 19 countries can avail the service
The sanitizing service will be provided through Samsung Service Centers and stores in 19 countries, including the US, Argentina, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, Finland, Japan, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine, and Vietnam. India is not on the list, but the report indicates that the service would 'soon' be expanded to the country along with other regions.
UV-based disinfection technique
Having said that, it is worth noting that Samsung will not be using traditional chemical-based disinfectants and cleaners to clean your phone. Those materials can damage your phone considerably, which is why the company plans to use UV-C light to kill the viruses and germs that could be proliferating on the device's screen or body. This is the same tech from PhoneSoap's home-based sanitizers.
Sanitizing smartphone is important for personal hygiene
Samsung's effort to sanitize phones at its service centers comes as people continue to worry about the cleanliness of their devices. Health care officials have advised the general public to be extra mindful of personal hygiene to avoid contracting coronavirus, and keeping phones clean - which we touch over 50 times everyday - is a major part of that.
