tough phone needed

danger_mouse_tm

My boss has had a 5140i since they came out and the buttons have gone to hell. There are pleanty of replacement covers out there but i think the problem is with the grid under they keypad which is damn near impossible to get. carphonewarehouse said they could get me one for 60 euro!

I thought by now that there would be a replacement for the 5140i but extensive googling hasnt come up with much in the nokia range. We have bags of 6300's I might just throw his sim into one of those and stick the phone into a krusell holder for the time being.

a final note. I see these jcb phone thingys about. You can pay as much as 300 euro for one of these on an irish site but i se on one particular english site you cant get it with a free vodafone sim for 99 pounds or twice that unlocked. If a phone is locked to vodafone UK can an irish vodafone sim be put into it without problems?

Any suggestions for a rugged phone (preferably on vodafone upgrade)!

Cheers

towel401

you will need an unlocked phone for that. those phones are much cheaper on ebay. i havn't had a 5140 for a while but replacing the keypad might be a simple job. if you cant find the grid on ebay there are a couple of sites dedicated to nokia spares but i forgot what they are

drunkmonkey

danger_mouse_tm wrote: »

Any suggestions for a rugged phone (preferably on vodafone upgrade)!

Cheers

Samsung Bound http://uk.samsungmobile.com/mobile/GT-B2700 not sure if voda do it yet, 3 have it at the moment....looks a better buy than the JCB, it's got a flash light, external memory and a 2mp camera....the JCB hasn't much in comparison....

towel401

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Samsung Bound http://uk.samsungmobile.com/mobile/GT-B2700 not sure if voda do it yet, 3 have it at the moment....looks a better buy than the JCB, it's got a flash light, external memory and a 2mp camera....the JCB hasn't much in comparison....

they call that a rugged phone now? the ruggedness of rugged phones is going down by the minute

Remember the Ericsson R190/R290? or even the 5210? those were *real* rugged phones.

drunkmonkey

towel401 wrote: »

they call that a rugged phone now? the ruggedness of rugged phones is going down by the minute

Remember the Ericsson R190/R290? or even the 5210? those were *real* rugged phones.

the samsung bound looks good for a rugged phone, seems a pretty decent spec....I think Sony and Nokia are afraid to make rugged phones any more, it wouldn't help their bottom line...:)

Not a fan of the JCB or the Samung Solid, lookin forward to trying out the bound but I can't see me swapping from my e71, now that's a solid phone...

towel401

drunkmonkey wrote: »

the samsung bound looks good for a rugged phone, seems a pretty decent spec....I think Sony and Nokia are afraid to make rugged phones any more, it wouldn't help their bottom line...:)

Not a fan of the JCB or the Samung Solid, lookin forward to trying out the bound but I can't see me swapping from my e71, now that's a solid phone...

probably, ****ing throwaway society. soon they will start soldering in batteries as well.

drunkmonkey

towel401 wrote: »

probably, ****ing throwaway society. soon they will start soldering in batteries as well.

You mean like apple....:D

towel401

drunkmonkey wrote: »

You mean like apple....:D

yesh

Kristopherus

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Samsung Bound http://uk.samsungmobile.com/mobile/GT-B2700 not sure if voda do it yet, 3 have it at the moment....looks a better buy than the JCB, it's got a flash light, external memory and a 2mp camera....the JCB hasn't much in comparison....

Can't find that phone on three.ie or three.co.uk. Any idea where it can be got?

drunkmonkey

Kristopherus wrote: »

Can't find that phone on three.ie or three.co.uk. Any idea where it can be got?

As far as I know it's out next week, it's in the latest 3 store magazines...

Twired

the sony k800i is a tough motha****a I fell of a moving car with my one in my hand and landed on it and it still works 6 months l8r a friend dropped his into a cup of tea and it works fine
and I heard of one being dropped in a water tank and it was grand
tuff as fuk sir !

drunkmonkey

Twired wrote: »

the sony k800i is a tough motha****a !

+1

I've seen someone drive over one, nothing a bit of super glue couldn't fix:)

Damomayo

Old phone now got it on 087 years ago but Samsung SGH-ZV10 is very tough phone kids always dropping it .......... i even left it in my pocket for a full wash @ 40 degrees (looks like new now lol) and still works perfect ..... Didn't think it would