best phone/tablet for an on-site work environment?

spaceboy

What would you guys recommend for people in the building trade, used daily for long periods?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

a toughbook is a better product for work envirmoments outside the office.

321chloe123

My dad and brother are builders and both have totally different phones. My dad has the Samsung C3350, a very hard-wearing phone, dust proof, water proof, it can be submerged in 1m water for 30 minutes and be fine, no that hes tested it out! lol. My brother on the other hand has a HTC smartphone, not quite sure which one but it has Dr. Dre Beats audio. He keeps good care of it though and is very careful with it on the site.

spaceboy

It's more for heavy data input use though, not as a phone, but usable as a phone as well.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

the toughbook is a touch screen, i had one briefly before being retire illhealth, i did alot of data input and data downloading and email alerts for area DMA testing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhaZKYEX9Pc

spaceboy

That looks like a laptop. No use as a phone, too bulky to carry around.

I'm more thinking along the lines of the Galaxy Note 2, that sort of thing.

Osarkon

My friend has an iPhone 5, but has it in an otterbox defender case to protect it whilst working. Seems to have held up extremely well.

Inner_Zone

Motorola Defy +, check out Hotukdeals, Three have them on offer and SIM free.

I have a Iphone 4S in an Otterbox case for work makes the phone very bulky and the rubber surround is forever undoing itself, nice idea just needs more though by the manufacturer.

Three appear to be OOS online so either instore or there is the Defy Mini in Tesco if you can find one (phone not Tesco's!).

mummyroysof3

Not much help on the device but can highly recommend the otter box and griffin cases. My dad is a builder on has one on his iPhone

atrixblue.-MFR-.

http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/sim-free-jcb-toughphone-pro-smart-p34873.htm?referer=PLA&utm_source=google%2Bproducts&utm_medium=comparison&utm_campaign=google%2Bproducts&gclid=CKPv2Imh_LYCFSbHtAod-xkAAA

should this sort your needs

kelfen

Make sure it's got a Gorilla glass screen, they're pretty much indestructible