Tough phones

[paul&mandy]

Looking to order 1 asap, any suggestions? Mainly looking for a Chinese one as i don't want to spend mega money. needs to be very tough and a smart phone, don't want an iPhone in a box.

 

[Hilly]

Looking to order 1 asap, any suggestions? Mainly looking for a Chinese one as i don't want to spend mega money. needs to be very tough and a smart phone, don't want an iPhone in a box.

Why not ? Ip Iab best by country mile .

 

[tepapa]

Look at the CAT phone range.
I've tried lots of tough phones and they all break.
Cat s61 been best so far. It has broken (charger socket) twice but it's got two year warranty.
I brought a cheaper cat phone when this one went back for repair but Its microphone died after the first monsoon so I'll need to send that back. Not sure on number of it.

 

[feilding]

Had a CAT S42 about a month ago, so far so good. Seems a good phone. Battery is lasting about 4-5 days. But time will tell. I've given up on Samsung phones, too fragile.

 

[br jones]

Black view

 

[Bramble]

Cat s42 here, it replaced a cat s30 which was the only phone I haven't managed to break. It just got a bit old and slow to run everything

 

[chickens and wheat]

Cubot quest bought from amazon

Waterproof and strong.

 

[Old John]

Why don’t you try a Tuff 500. They have a triple supplier system, so you should virtually always have a signal.
Buy direct from supplier. Very good service. Not silly expensive, very tough.

 

[deleted user 837354]

Just buy an otterbox or griffin defender.

 

[PuG]

Ulefone Armor (mines version 3), very large battery capacity which lasts a week. Three years, had plenty of abuse and still fine.

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[Veryfruity]

Otter box on one of my teenage kid’s old iPhone. Nothing cheaper.

(They buy their phones, working sullenly for me)

 

[The Son]

Another vote for the Tuff 500 here, works well, dual sim and when you ring them you get someone at the end of the phone, not 10 hours of automated waffle.

 

[S J H]

A Nokia 105, £18 in Argos, but they’re pretty tough. Just have to put up with people taking the pee, and not being able to understand the emojis.

 

[paul&mandy]

Always had android and wont pay iphone prices, no hand me downs here. I got my wife the tuff 500 last year. £400 though.... Just seeing that the cheaper tough phones were like, are they cheap for a reason? after all the tuff phone is made in china too....

 

[polk_farmer]

I bought a Nokia 800 tough about 9 months ago. It's an old school brick phone but does have 4g if you want email. We'll impressed with it, I've dropped it off a second lift of scaffold. Can also give it a wash in the sink if it gets dirty. With mobile data turned off I can get 10-12 days between charges. And because it's such a faf to work the internet there's no distractions when working...... people do take the pee alot though

Was around £100 I recall

 

[paul&mandy]

I bought a Nokia 800 tough about 9 months ago. It's an old school brick phone but does have 4g if you want email. We'll impressed with it, I've dropped it off a second lift of scaffold. Can also give it a wash in the sink if it gets dirty. With mobile data turned off I can get 10-12 days between charges. And because it's such a faf to work the internet there's no distractions when working...... people do take the pee alot though

Was around £100 I recall

Very tempting but i listen to all my music on phone if I'm in tractor and also podcasts, need to be a smart phone really. might try one of the cheaper tough ones see how i get on.

 

[polk_farmer]

Very tempting but i listen to all my music on phone if I'm in tractor and also podcasts, need to be a smart phone really. might try one of the cheaper tough ones see how i get on.

Ah I see, it has YouTube for music but I doubt you can get podcasts

 

[onesiedale]

CAT phone every time for me now.

 

[bobk]

Stop using it as a hammer

 

[paul&mandy]

It done 2 yrs, I dont know how as I smashed it on day 1. I need something chunkier for my big fingers then I might stop dropping it. Usually drop it while taking photos...