Rugged Phones

[rapalaman]

Not tried an Otter Box but I use a Seacosmo for my iPhone and not had any breakages in 5 years

[daltontrees]

We have a Ulefone 7 and a Ulefone Pro 7, both great so far, a few maddening eccentricities, but so did my previous Galaaxy. You MUST get a temepered glass screen for them though. They come with a polycarbonate one but it gets scratched and loses sharpness quite soon.

Extraordinary cameras, Built in clinometer. Decent torch. Assignable side button. Waterproof. Lanyard attachment point. Battery goes on and on if you switch it to dark mode and stay off the 'location' and 'moble data' functions and spend a couple of minutes finding the several things you need to do to disable Google Play, which still manages to send notifications telling you that you have disabled notifications. Grrr!

£110 on Amazon.

[manco]

15 hours ago, Conor Wright said:

As said above, otterbox. I've dropped my phone numerous times, including into a bucket of warm coolant and the otterbox has saved it every time. Best 20 quid you'll ever spend.

i spent 20 quid on a lapdance before covid and i think it was better than a phone case

[Spruce Pirate]

Thanks all.

 

Looking into Ulefones and Otterboxes.

[Richard 1234]

2 hours ago, Big J said:

Regardless of which phone you go for, I really recommend something with a massive battery. I've had mine 4 or 5 months now and haven't once had to charge it whilst out and about. It's like having an electric car with a 1000 mile range. That anxiety is totally absent.

Do you really get phone battery  anxiety ? I’ve learnt to leave mine at home. It’s incredibly freeing. I get the thing about kids and needing to be available in case of a problem, but there is two of us so I can leave mine alone as my wife has this phone anxiety problem too😂 just try switching off for a couple of hours, it feels good to not be a anyone else’s beck and call

[Richard 1234]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

I live my life on a headset. It means that when people need to get in contact with me, they can. 

 

Also, when I'm machine operating it means I have access to the world of podcasts, Youtube and Radio 4. I'd get very bored indeed without the phone.

 

The headset in question is a Peltor WS Alert XP. Also very highly recommended - I think mine is now getting on for 5 years old and works as well as the day I got it. They are expensive (£250-350, depending on how lucky you are on eBay), but well worth it.

That’s fair enough. I used to be the same. I have the same headset. Not used it for months now. I’ve grown to like being off grid so to speak. Each to their own.

[Vedhoggar]

I have had my iPhone in a Lifeproof case for years and the phone is like new inside, the case is drop proof, dirt proof, water proof and you can attach a lanyard to it. Lifeproof cases are similar to the Otterbox case which has been mentioned. Not cheap but I drop my phone regularly, it gets covered in dust and very wet at times too, without it the the phone wouldn’t have survived very long and the phone camera works fine with case on.

[Richard 1234]

4 hours ago, Big J said:

I live my life on a headset. It means that when people need to get in contact with me, they can. 

 

Also, when I'm machine operating it means I have access to the world of podcasts, Youtube and Radio 4. I'd get very bored indeed without the phone.

 

The headset in question is a Peltor WS Alert XP. Also very highly recommended - I think mine is now getting on for 5 years old and works as well as the day I got it. They are expensive (£250-350, depending on how lucky you are on eBay), but well worth it.

On a serious note download a podcast and some music and put phone on aeroplane mode.

It will feel good to ignore the world for a bit. Work calls can wait they know you are working and if they don’t like waiting a few hours you really don’t need them in your life. Life has got too fast. Buy today get delivery tomorrow on anything you want! Do we really need to be rushing life so much? 
I know I’m a kind of outsider as I gave up work to look after my boys when the first one came, maybe you neeed a big change like that to take a different look at life?

[Stubby]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

. I sometimes get to the end of a story with the kids and have no recollection of what I've just read as I've been daydreaming!

 

 

Have you ever checked with the kids what they think the story was about ? 😄

[Richard 1234]

1 hour ago, Big J said:

 

You raise many valid points, but I really like being in communication with the outside world. Machine operating on a headset gives me much more time to sit and waffle my way through conversations with family and friends, near and far. I find telephoning without a physical distraction (like operating a forwarder, or driving a car) challenging sometimes. My compartmentalises tasks fairly well, and I can do a couple of things simultaneously without either task being affected. I sometimes get to the end of a story with the kids and have no recollection of what I've just read as I've been daydreaming!

 

We also sometimes do get sites with absolutely no signal. Had one in August/September and the best you could hope for is a few messages might come through at the top of the site. That was it though.

I miss bedtime stories🥲

edit reading them not listening 😂

Edited November 29, 2021 by Richard 1234