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My latest phone has proved more water resistant than previous ones, but perhaps I'm being more careful. That said, the touch screen is totally useless in the rain. I had a catastrophic mechanical failure about 50 miles into a brevet a couple years ago, and I had to call for a ride. Well, I couldn't call for a ride until I got out of the rain! Pain in the *****.

To GPS, I have a Bryton 530, already mentioned in this thread. It's a bit wonky but once I got to know it it's been pretty reliable. I've used it in a lot of terrible weather and it has proven, so far, as close to waterproof as I needed it to be. Battery life is also excellent; good enough for 380 km or so... which is great, right until the last 20 km of a 400k, that is. You can charge it while it's navigating. I was on one ride where my riding partner had a Garmin of some sort and I had my Bryton, and both were losing GPS signal occasionally, but not at the same time; so between the two different platforms, we were able to stay on route. There came a point, however, where our route was blocked and we had to reroute; my Bryton is totally useless for that. His Garmin told us exactly where to go, and we were back on our route in a few miles. I have no regrets about the Bryton, but when the time comes to replace it, brand loyalty will not be on my mind.