paul&mandy
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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.
Tough phones
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Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Why not ? Ip Iab best by country mile .
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- North Wales
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.
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.
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- Boroughbridge, york
Cubot quest bought from amazon
Waterproof and strong.
Waterproof and strong.
Old John
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- N E Suffolk
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.
Buy direct from supplier. Very good service. Not silly expensive, very tough.
ollie989898
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Just buy an otterbox or griffin defender.
PuG
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- Languedoc-Roussillon
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
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Otter box on one of my teenage kid’s old iPhone. Nothing cheaper.
(They buy their phones, working sullenly for me)
(They buy their phones, working sullenly for me)
The Son
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- Herefordshire
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.
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- Bedfordshire
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
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- surrey/west sussex
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
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- South West (Gods Country)
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
Was around £100 I recall
paul&mandy
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- surrey/west sussex
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
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- South West (Gods Country)
Ah I see, it has YouTube for music but I doubt you can get podcasts
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- Derbyshire
CAT phone every time for me now.
paul&mandy
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- surrey/west sussex
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...