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Most outdoor friendly cell phone?

Posted on 9/29/12 at 5:49 pm
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 5:49 pm
I currently have AT&T but might be willing to switch if I have to.

What is the most durable phone out there? I completely destroy cell phones and I'm currently using a camera-less go phone that the lock button is broken on.

Waterproof is an absolute must and is probably the most important thing. I drown my share of phones.

Does not have to be a smartphone, but it can be.

It can be a iphone with a badass case if that's the best

I see the samsung rugby and rugby smart are waterproof and all that good shite, but there are also waterproof iphone cases. Which one has the best chance of surviving 2 years of living in downshift's pocket?

TIA OB tech nerds
Posted by Nodust
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22630 posts
Posted on 9/29/12 at 5:54 pm to
You should write Motorola and volunteer to test new phones for them
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 5:56 pm to
I'm not sure why I wreck so many. 6 months is a long life for one of my phones. I wanna have one make the full 2 years for once.
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 5:56 pm to
My phones started lasting longer when I quit using the stupid hip holsters and just keep it in my pocket. 2-1/2 years with my eye phone. Cheap thin case.
Posted by Fap-n-Nap
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 5:57 pm to
Been an AT&T since 03
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 6:00 pm to
In my pocket they get drenched with sweat, smashed with heavy shite, and crashed into stuff. In hip holsters they get rolled on, fall out in the water, laid on, and frequently dropped.

There is no good way for me to carry a cell phone.
Posted by Nodust
Member since Aug 2010
22630 posts
Posted on 9/29/12 at 6:03 pm to
Wear a hardhat and keep it under it.
Posted by BayouKR4
Member since May 2012
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 6:21 pm to
Sounds like you need an iPhone with a lifeproof.
Posted by Old South
Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 6:26 pm to
Buy the phone and send it here - Liquipel

Then put it in a Lifeproof case or the fattest Otterbox you can stand.

Posted by bbvdd
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Member since Jun 2009
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 7:54 pm to
I have had my iPhone 4 since they first came out at its going strong. Get a lifeproof case.
Posted by benjamin96
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Member since Dec 2008
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 8:12 pm to
SONIM
Posted by Ole Geauxt
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Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 8:13 pm to
quote:

samsung rugby
looked good, but i had 2 of these and a motorola tundra... all 3 failed with mickey mouse type stuff, repeatedly..

eta: remind me to send you some info on how to carry it..
This post was edited on 9/29/12 at 8:15 pm
Posted by Slickback
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Posted on 9/29/12 at 9:50 pm to
iPhone 3GS for free with contract extension, plus a life proof case. Or a 4 for $100
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 9/30/12 at 9:00 am to
I'm leaning toward an iphone with a lifeproof case.

I hate iphones because I hate being a conformist, but if that's what I need to get two years out of a phone then damnit I'm getting it.
Posted by KingRanch
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Posted on 9/30/12 at 9:07 am to
I would say iPhone too, mine is two years old and going strong
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 9/30/12 at 9:08 am to
I always hear of the buttons going on and shite
Posted by PapaPogey
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Posted on 9/30/12 at 9:36 am to
iPhone with lifeproof case. Otterbox has gone down the shitter in terms of quality in the last couple years. Also, the lifeproof cases are around 70$!
This post was edited on 9/30/12 at 9:37 am
Posted by DownshiftAndFloorIt
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Posted on 9/30/12 at 9:39 am to
Yea but the phone is pretty much free with contract renewal so I'll swing the 70 bucks if that's what I have to do to get some decent tough shite.

Sure would be nice if somebody would make a damn tough phone that doesn't need a case and shite. I want aluminum and rubber all over that bitch.
Posted by animalcracker
Member since Oct 2010
1930 posts
Posted on 9/30/12 at 1:25 pm to
i had a rugby for 3 years with no problems. i upgraded to the rugby smart 6 months ago with a hard plastic case with a rubber type cover over that also no problems so far.
Posted by faxis
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Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 9/30/12 at 4:20 pm to
I'm with the Iphone plus Lifeproof crowd.
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