I need to replace my "pay as you go" mobile but as I now work as a self-employed handyman the screen on my my old phone got very scratched very quickly so I could really do with something more robust.

Can't afford a fortune so do you have any suggestions?

John.

JCB tough phone and ...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Nokia-5140i-Tradesmen-Tough-Sport-Mobile-Phone-Unlocked-/280526462128?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_MobilePhones_MobilePhones&hash= item4150ae1cb0

[Edited on 27/6/10 by thunderace]

any cheap phone and screen protectors? buy a roll of helicopter tape and cut your own?

just avoid anything with slides. plaster dust ate my d900
tom

Probably outside the budget at nearly 300 squid but the Landrover S1 is military graded
and ( allegedly ) virtually indescructable.

Iphone 4. Doesn't matter how you try and break it, it still won't work if you're left handed

If you just want something straight forward & basic how about a Nokia 3720?
I've got one & so far it's been no trouble despite enduring some unplanned "tests".

I have a nokia 2330 on pay as you go, £25 or less in most phone shops witrh free minutes thrown in.

Dropped the phone plenty of times in the last 6 months with no problems to phone or screen,at the end of a shift i just hoover the paper dust out and carry on.Nice and small easy to use nokia with bluetooth and i can even pick up my e-mails if needed.

My C702 sony ericsson has survived 2 years of abuse. Including burying in the sunny sand in Cyprus, falling into a hot bath and staying there for 30 minutes before I realised, and being through a laundry cycle.

It's rated IP56 I think (splash and dust proof) so shouldn't really have put up with all that abuse but has been brilliant.

Comes with GPS (albeit a crap one) in case you get super lost.


+1 for the Land Rover phone, the toughest thing out there at the moment and the spec isn't too basic.
However, if it's a land rover, whilst it'll probably withstand a nuclear blast, the electrics may wish to malfunction on a daily basis (shouldn't say that working for LR, should I?)

http://www.mphone.co.uk/rugged_tough_phone.html

As above - nokia 5140i. Indestructible - had mine for years now. Got a spare new one off ebay for when the worst happens (if it ever does).