Tough Mobile Phone?

[paddyhasneeds]

Any suggestions on a tough mobile phone?

I don't need anything feature packed as it's for use with a PAYG SIM, but something that can take the odd knock would be useful.

I guess one school of thought is look at things like Sonim (yes I have seen that video ), and another is buy the cheapest phone possible and chuck it when it breaks.

Edited by paddyhasneeds on Saturday 19th June 18:52

[skene]

JCB do a tough phone, friends dad has one and he works on a building site, it always gets run over by Tele-handlers and forklifts and works still works great! It's basic but does the job.
http://www.jcbphone.co.uk/

[zollburgers]

Agree with the JCB suggestion. Mate is a block paver and he's purposely ran a whacker over it, put it in a bucket of water and rang it and run over it with his van. It still works fine.

[GTIR]

skene said:

JCB do a tough phone, friends dad has one and he works on a building site, it always gets run over by Tele-handlers and forklifts and works still works great! It's basic but does the job.
http://www.jcbphone.co.uk/

Bloody Flash websites/Bloody iPhones.

[skene]

GTIR, am I missing something?

[H_Kan]

Nokia do the 3720 which is quite tough.

Alternately should be able to get a refurbished 5140 or 5210 for peanuts. I had a 5210 for about 2.5 years and that phone was tough and took a fair amount of abuse.

None of these will be as tough as the JCB efforts etc, but I imagine they will be somewhat cheaper.

[It's a me]

My old Nokia 8210 took lots of abuse, an old phone now, but i'm sure they were built to last longer than the current generation of phones. No good for 3G though.

[GTIR]

skene said:

GTIR, am I missing something?

Flash doesn't work with iPhones. Apple say it's a dying software/concept.

I'm inclined to agree. Poncy waste of time.

[skene]

GTIR said:

skene said:

GTIR, am I missing something?

Flash doesn't work with iPhones. Apple say it's a dying software/concept.

I'm inclined to agree. Poncy waste of time.

Oh, sorry.

[GTIR]

Tbh any of the pre 2000 phones are very robust, particulary the old Nokia 8310.

[ApexJimi]

Unless they've already looked at the idea and decided against it, I reckon Casio are missing a trick here by not making a G-Phone

[rhinochopig]

The best value, and as tough as the others - how's about a full wash cycle at 50C and still working - is the Samsung ruggedised phone. Cost about £70 on PAYG.

Think they do two versions now too.

[iwantanalfa]

rhinochopig said:

The best value, and as tough as the others - how's about a full wash cycle at 50C and still working - is the Samsung ruggedised phone. Cost about £70 on PAYG.

Think they do two versions now too.

I've got one and they're excellent! Good to know as well that it can survive a washing machine! I'm on Vodafone and get signal where most people don't as well.

[Who me ?]

Long time ago ,Nokia brought out the 3310 - we started using them at work - and we worked in all weathers ,so they got dropped/knocked/soaked etc . But they still worked . And came back for more . I parted with my works one when I couldn't get replacement batteries .The phone kept on working, the battery couldn't hold a charge . My personal one -I gave to my DIL ,and it still works . Never heard of one that packed up at work - and work - that was on railways , on site in all weathers .

[welshsurferdude]

go to otterbox.com

bloody tough cases, had one on my iphone 2g for 3 years and I work outdoors as a mountain bike tour guide so rain mud snow sweat heat knocks scrape stood on by dog dropped a million times etc and iphone is still like new inside the case! case is fine too although screen protector is heavily stratched now but still useable! Ill be getting the Iphone 4 only when otterbox release the case for it! its a waiting game now!

[paddyhasneeds]

Bloody hell, a Nokia 1661 is £4.95 at Carphone Warehouse on PAYG plus a "£10 Top-Up".

Not tough but for a fiver who gives a st?!