Beware of lifeproof cases for apple products

**irneb** · 03-Jun-13, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by ians

... what my phone will experience once in goes onto site, I work on construction sites...duh.

In which case I'd advise you get some phone which is meant for rough-n-tumble. I aslo have such issues as I'm also constantly on a construction site.

Something like a military grade phone - one of these:

Or if you want a true "smart-phone" but not as rugged as those, go for a Motorola. Their Razr line are waterproof, dust proof and shock resistant:

And if you go for the MAXX you get a smartphone with awesome battery life too! I'm just p'd off that the "new" Maxx HD (already a year old) is still not available in SA!

I've still got my old phone as backup, the one I got in 2001: a Siemens ME45. It's fallen onto concrete from 5 floors, been under water several times and even been driven over. No cracks, no issues, still works without any hickup. The worst ever to happen was that I had to unplug and re-insert the battery as it jolted loose (that was the 5 storey drop). Sorry that Siemens aren't making phones anymore, IMO they were the best quality of all - in strength of construction, reception, battery life and features (even that old phone has java apps, email and web connection). I've went through 5 other phones since, all of them either died or I got fed up with them. Now I've got a Samsung Note 2 - simply because of the battery life - I wanted a Motorola Maxx HD, but cannot find any in SA. The closest match in battery life was the Note 2, though it's still a lot less. Painfull that it's not rugged at all, so I'm constantly trying to "protect" it - to the point where you place it "carefully" on the desk. Maybe I should have gone for the 2 year old Razr Maxx instead, I just hate it when we in SA have to go for the already discontinued models! Was the same thing when I got a Moto Milestone 1.

Originally Posted by HR Solutions

I just take out R 65 insurance a month and get a new phone if it damaged . No phone cover nothing !

All too true! I've very seldom found any of those "guarantees" to be worth the paper they're printed on - even if they don't contain those "escape" clauses!

**ians** · 04-Jun-13, 10:41 AM

Check out this video, the kind of punishment my phone goes through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0XJtbYaEbM

**HR Solutions** · 03-Jun-13, 10:41 AM

@irneb - the insurance works. It is with Nashua Mobile themselves, not an insurance company. I have had a phone replaced and so has my daughter. Even if the dog chews the phone they replace !
And yes ians should get a more hardy phone !