Rugged Cell Phones

[Tumbao]

Who's getting one of those new phones with Military-Specs certified for:
dripping, rain, humidity, drop, dust, vibration, high/low extreme temperatures...

[ahkiatt]

I have a Nokia 8250...

Thing can withstand hell when it freezes over.

[Tumbao]

I'm watching the Motorola Tundra.

[Happynoj]

I have a Motorola Razr which I have had for 2 years and I have completely failed to destroy yet. It was my main phone for a while, but I have since got an LG Renoir. Because the Renoir is (probably) more fragile, and definitely worth more, I take the Razr when I go somewhere that is potentially damaging - mountain biking, nights out drinking, etc. It has been dropped 6 feet onto tiled floors (on MANY occasions - I'm stupid!), taken to beaches, filled with water, and generally knocked about, and it still works fine. I think that if there is ever a nuclear war, this will survive with the cockroaches.

[Selta]

Buddy at work has one. Apparetnyl, while ice fishing, it was dropped into the hole and got about 6' down in the water. He managed to retrieve it by hooking it with his fishing line. When he got it back to the surface, it was still on and working. He wiped it down and kept going.
I'm unsure excatly what model it is. It's the one with the big weight on the bottom so that when it does fall, it always hits on the same side.

[machine gewehr]

I used to have a good ol' Ericsson,it was 680 or something I don't remember. That thing would survive a nuclear war,it couldn't handle muggers though.

[Tsal]

I've had a couple, and my experience with those has been that unless you really spend time talking outside in the rain, crawling in the mud etc. and so need the extra protection, the thick rubber shell only makes it harder to use the phone. My basic Nokia has taken a lot of urban abuse, and it's held up well. Of course, it can't handle getting wet.