what smart phone for the not so carfull arborist?

[penfold]

How about the Samsung galaxy xcover 2. Basically a toughened version of the galaxy but IP65 rated for dust, shock and water. Mobile fun is a reasonable site.

[mendiplogs]

How about the Samsung galaxy xcover 2. Basically a toughened version of the galaxy but IP65 rated for dust, shock and water. Mobile fun is a reasonable site.

 

HI PEN ask the FOX what samsung are like he loves them thanks jon

[penfold]

I have had Samsung tough phones since the m110 solid but couldn't get the tough version so have got the S2 in just an ordinary case and I was out in all weathers over the last winter surveying in the north east of England with no problems.

[sloth]

The s2 despite feeling feather weight and skinny is a tough bugger. My wife is very hard on phones, its been dropped down stairs, onto concrete, many times. It even survived a complete dunk into a bath full of hot water! Ok, it didn't turn on straight away, but 48hrs in a tub of rice and it hasn't missed a beat since (6 months ago)...

[T33eco]

Easy an I phone in an otter box two years on now and bomb proof

[Taupotreeman]

I have an iPhone 3GS in an Otterbox. Yep, it's old technology but all I use it for is the basics so why pay out $1K on a 4 or 5 when the 3 does all I need and, if I do actually break it, a new one is only a couple of hundred bucks. And on the subject of breaking them; I dropped mine once too often in the Otterbox the other day and the screen cracked so the Otterbox isn't totally idiot proof.

[Joe Newton]

The s2 despite feeling feather weight and skinny is a tough bugger. My wife is very hard on phones, its been dropped down stairs, onto concrete, many times. It even survived a complete dunk into a bath full of hot water! Ok, it didn't turn on straight away, but 48hrs in a tub of rice and it hasn't missed a beat since (6 months ago)...

 

A cycle in the washing machine will bugger it though.

 

Now I'm stuck paying £26 a month until April '14 for a £15 phone from the supermarket...

[sloth]

A cycle in the washing machine will bugger it though.

 

Now I'm stuck paying £26 a month until April '14 for a £15 phone from the supermarket...

 

Ah, yeah that'll kill most electronic things!

[T33eco]

It is idiot proof cause I got one, bomb proof however who knows

[Roylance1988]

My iphone 4 has been through the wash and lives to tell the tale, not a full cycle mind, but must of still got pretty wet!