03-09-2008, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by The12thMan
Wow, Senax. I thought no one could be rougher on phones than my kids. I do OK because we have 6 people on the plan, and every time I extend one of them, I get a free (or near free) phone of my choosing. I once paid $30 for a really cool phone and my daughter sold it on ebay for $170.
We've had good luck with all the Samsungs we've had though if your boyfriend happens to be holding it when you break up with him, chances are it won't survive.
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Actually, I'm pretty good on phones. I just want to have a "contractor grade" phone when I do landscaping and stuff. The Gz One by Casio seems to fit the bill rather nicely, but lately they've been hard to find. It's not a phone with a lot of bells and whistles. It's just a rugged phone that reviews from people who have one say it takes a beating. The one I'm interested in is the "Type V" which can be found here:
http://www.casiogzone.com/home.aspx
Like, I read one review where this guy drops his in a lake at night right near the shore in about 10 feet of water. Can't find it, can't find it... even uses a friend's phone to call it and actually hears it ringing from underwater but still can't find it in the darkness. Comes back the next day in the sunlight and fishes it out. Charges it up... it still works! How cool is that?
My experience over the past 4 years is with Sprint. They seem pretty reasonable and no really large complaints to speak of. This phone is ony available through Verizon. Even now, it's not available online. I'm wondering if I'm putting too much of my expectations on one phone and does it warrant my changing carriers over it. Probably not.
Sprint sells one that's "rugged" but I'm not really sold on it. It's called The Buzz™ ic502 by Motorola. There's also the ic602 which has a camera, and Sprinit also offers the Sanyo SCP 7050. They all claim to be "certified to military standard 810F" for extreme temperatures and vibration, and dust... but it's not waterproof like the GzOne is. Here's the link to it: http://nextelonline.nextel.com/NASAp...itRegionAction
So what would I do with a waterproof cell phone? Probably something really smart... like drop it in the toilet by accident while it was flushing.
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