I wouldn't go for those phones because of the brand name.
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I wouldn't go for those phones because of the brand name.
I see that point too BUT the advent of the smartphone has shaken up the mobile phone market massively (only a few years ago people would have laughed at apple releasing a phone and commanding a market share-and in fact did as a story about it was run as an april fools day gag a year before the iphone was announced!), HTC were unknown, samsung were there but not a big player and nokia were the biggest group by a mile-compare to now!! lol
Panasonic have released phones in the past (what I am referring to as the age of the dumb phone ha ha) but concentrated on plasma tvs (oops! sales plummeting this year!!).
I would imagine that both panasonic and fujitsu have had phones in japan (completely different market) for years just not in western world.
Also waterproof phones is a new thing so the first company to do it really well (ie a damn good phone as well as protected) could clean up and score a massive hit
(I know there have been ones in the past-JCB,Land Rover,Motorola Defy,SE Active etc but none have been outstanding phones just well protected)
If the fujitsu phone is not a massive hit then there is something wrong with the world!
Hey Lazyitus, have you seen the latest Sony phones, the Sony Xperia Go and Sony Xperia Acro S..?
I have really confused about this question that waterProof Phones. I think it's talk about the case for phone by which you can easily protect your phone from water. I have used Land Rover S2.
Thank you so much!!! I had not seen about these at all and I was losing hope of getting a decent waterproof phone after I read that Panasonic were not going to bother releasing the eluga on a contract i the uk (germany and Italy only in europe apparently)
My hope is restored, now I just have to hope that sony have sorted out the glitch in quality control that was the x10i mini pro (it's an ok phone but has far too slow a processor and too many niggles and not enough support from sony -too many models I suspect and ditching support for the older models/hardware far too quickly, if a phone contract is two years you expect the manufacturer to be supporting that model for that period!)
Doesn't look like the acro s is coming to the uk (been removed from uk sony website), the panasonic eluga is not coming to the uk, the fujitsu phone is taking forever to be launched in europe let alone the uk and the samsung rugby smart seems to have disappeared off the planet- my contract can be upgraded NOW so it looks like the xperia go is my only option.
The best solution to your problem is getting a waterproof case for your existing phone. It prevents water entering to your phone and is a cost-effective solution to your problem.
I have gone for the SONY xperia go with a IP67 rating -if people don't know what that means it relates to 6/6 for dustproof and 7/8 for waterproof (to 1 metre for 30 minutes). It is a mid range phone that does things reasonably well and is about the the same size as the iphone 4. If you really want a waterproof phone and live in UK I would recommend getting one.
The SONY Acro S is a better very high end phone with a IP57 rating but very few regions/countries have had it released.
I have looked into this a lot so any questions post them here or on my profile.
My basic conclusions of waterproof phones are:
JCB/Land Rover S2 - Was part of a series of old style phones (non smartphone)
Motorola DEFY/DEFY+ - Was good but outdated now
Samsung XCover - See Above
Sony Ericcsson Active - Wasn't ever a great phone but was more modern than the above two
Panasonic Eluga - Mid range phone with great looks but niggles and only released in a few countries.
Panasonic Eluga Power - Much better but released in even fewer countries
Samsung Rugby Smart - Mid range phone, too many buttons apparently slow processor
Before anyone mentions it, the spray on waterproofing has been shown to work in prototype BUT has not been used in any model released to mass market.