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| Thread ID: 117646 | 2011-04-27 11:10:00 | Solid No-Nonsense Cellphones | Winston001 (3612) | PC World Chat |
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| 1197750 | 2011-04-28 01:55:00 | I agree, just brought one online from Telecom, cause it looked nice, and on special. But did not think about the buttons, which are a bit small, and phone feels feather light. As for rugged phones (or any lack of), you might find reasons in these lengthy white paper research documents - from Avnet UK: Smart Phones Tough Enough for Work (www.ts.avnet.com) and recent document from Motorola: Prime Value: Mobile Devices for Business. (ngem.motorola.com) |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1197751 | 2011-04-28 02:13:00 | johcar, it's scratch-proof and waterproof but not shock-proof, so while I wouldn't stress out too much if you do drop it, I wouldn't do it deliberately! True, but the Motorola lady demoing it said that it would withstand being dropped on the floor (maybe not off a roof onto concrete....). But that's not how I treat my phones. :) |
johcar (6283) | ||
| 1197752 | 2011-04-28 13:29:00 | I agree, just brought one online from Telecom, cause it looked nice, and on special. But did not think about the buttons, which are a bit small, and phone feels feather light. As for rugged phones (or any lack of), you might find reasons in these lengthy white paper research documents - from Avnet UK: Smart Phones Tough Enough for Work (www.ts.avnet.com) and recent document from Motorola: Prime Value: Mobile Devices for Business. (ngem.motorola.com) My compliments to you for the excellent links which are very informative. I can sort of understand why a rugged phone might cost a little more but not 2 or 3 times a normal phone price. My rubber Sanyo cost $250 four years ago, the vanilla version (Pinkilicious) for my daughter was $200. Of course before that all cellphones were free. :thumbs: It was a bit of a shock having to actually pay up front. |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 1197753 | 2011-04-28 14:39:00 | Nokia's are built pretty tough I must say! | beeswax34 (63) | ||
| 1197754 | 2011-04-28 19:06:00 | Mate a serious telecom user, thought he would have a look at 2 degrees,half the price with a huge selection of phones. He is on it next week, so worth a look! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1197755 | 2011-04-28 21:31:00 | The new Motorola Defy (store.telecom.co.nz) is apparently fairly rugged. Demoed by dropping it into a fishbowl! Will take a drop on the floor too... But not cheap (unless you go contract), at $799... If you had registered your interest before the release date with Telecom you could have got it got $699 |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 1197756 | 2011-04-29 03:33:00 | Nokia's are built pretty tough I must say! They used to be. Their smartphones I've found aren't quite so much. I'd definitely go with something with Gorilla Glass. I've just got me a Samsung Galaxy S i9000T, threw Android-2.3 Gingerbread (MIUI) on it, couldn't be happier! However, the back of it still "feels" a little flimsy coming from using my N1. With that in mind, go for the Defy, which also has Gorilla Glass. It's freaking amazing stuff!!! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1197757 | 2011-05-01 19:04:00 | I'm sure I've asked this before :D . Anyway, the theory is that the market drives product design . So why are modern cell-phones made with easily scratched/bent screens, tiny buttons - no buttons at all, no waterproofing, batteries which fall off, and easily broken cases? I have a rubberised Sanyo SCP 7050 which I can bounce off the floor . Hardcore . I know we live in a wonderful wired world but many many people still do physical work . Plumbers, electricians, builders, farmers, forestry workers, wharfies et al . Surely there is a huge massive demand for strong phones - yet they are barely visible as an option . I'm sure I could find something but my point is, if you browse cell-phones on the net or in a shop, they are all light-weight stuff . Why? Oh look, there are bullet proof, waterproof phones out there for people who think an $800 phone is cool . But there are also $49 phones for people like me who only want a phone that does calls and text and will sit in my pocket where it doesn't fall out or get wet . Looks like a lot of market driven products to me . No one yet has made a phone you can't loose! |
porkster (6331) | ||
| 1197758 | 2011-05-01 19:42:00 | True, but at least with the likes of the iPhone or Android phones, you can jump on your PC and fire up GPS to see where you left it, if you so choose to enable that feature ;) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1197759 | 2011-05-01 20:59:00 | LOL nothing so adventurous . I recall Pctek asking for a similar phone for her husband a while ago without much luck . Yes . But other than reasonably rugged (doesn't have to be super rugged), is the plainness . No smartphones with touch screens . No predictive txting . No features really, he makes calls and receives calls and that's all he wants . I looked at so many and couldn't find a decent XT network plain phone . |
pctek (84) | ||
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