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| Thread ID: 60500 | 2005-08-03 22:53:00 | the toughest mobile ? | jonp (7517) | PC World Chat |
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| 377990 | 2005-08-03 22:53:00 | Well it always happens doesn't it . Buyt a brand spanking new mobile overseas on a trip to HK and you go and drop the bloody thing two months after you bought it . Of course this being a nokia 6100 they seem to be as tough as eggshells so the thing is now kaput !! Research shows that these phones are renowned for being "a bit soft" . Hindsight is a wonderful thing eh ? Anyway, here I am in the market for a new mobile and lets be honest they do get a bit of a knock now and again . So which mobile (021) would anybody recoomend to getta hold of ? (Of course the old ones that have been around since the late 90's are the toughest and strongest etc etc but they are a limited option today so lets have a look at todays offerings if we can please ?) |
jonp (7517) | ||
| 377991 | 2005-08-03 23:24:00 | mobiles same as sunnies........buy cheap they break/get lost etc too easily why waste big $$ on something that you may not own for long | drcspy (146) | ||
| 377992 | 2005-08-04 04:47:00 | I have a nokia 2600 (or something like that) . Have dropped it a couple of times from 1 . 5m above the ground, the battery has popped out each time it's hit the ground but I just put it back together and it's working fine again . It's happened with all my other Nokia's - dropped em many times but never broke from that . |
caffy (2665) | ||
| 377993 | 2005-08-04 06:02:00 | Do you have a especially hostial environment that you are in often? EG construction site (droping/crushing hazard), fishing boat (salt water), concrete factory (dust) Some will do better than others in different environments. -Qyiet |
qyiet (6730) | ||
| 377994 | 2005-08-04 06:20:00 | www.nokia.com | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 377995 | 2005-08-04 06:26:00 | It's old, but it's rugged (www.sonyericsson.com). There's probably an updated one somewhere :) Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 377996 | 2005-08-04 06:35:00 | The (very) old Alcatel OneTouch and EasyTouch, and the Nokia 5110, were the toughest mobiles I have ever owned. I can't remember the number of times I dropped the Alcatel - I even immersed the thing in water! - and it still worked afterwards. I left the Nokia on top of my car and drove away - and it worked just as well afterwards. I have a builder friend who swears by the older Nokias in a good case. And they are the cheaper ones. Maybe it is worth asking one of these manual labouring type of people what mobiles are tough. |
vinref (6194) | ||
| 377997 | 2005-08-04 10:32:00 | Do you have a especially hostial environment that you are in often? EG construction site (droping/crushing hazard), fishing boat (salt water), concrete factory (dust) Some will do better than others in different environments. -Qyiet Yup, its the good old construction side of things.... |
jonp (7517) | ||
| 377998 | 2005-08-04 13:33:00 | I used to love my Nokia 3310 - Those things could take a beating... Being thrown around a room etc. The worst that'd happen is the faceplate would occasionally come off after about a year of excessive beating :P My brother has one similar to a Nokia 5100, only more square-shaped. He's dropped it from a 6-story building roof and it just bounced on the floor. Not so much as a scratch, although the rubber casing wasnt quite so smooth after that. Good phone and he'd swear by it for anybody on a worksite like that, or who just wants a 'rugged' phone :) |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 377999 | 2005-08-05 05:42:00 | nokia 2280 [edit] whoops, the nokia 2280 is for telecom, but the nokia 1100 is another very tough phone, its on the vodafone network too. nokia's are known to be tough. |
Prescott (11) | ||
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