Tesco to offer Sonim's Land Rover S1 rugged phone

Calls it "indestructible"

10 July 2009 9:31 GMT / By Duncan Geere

Retail giant Tesco has announced that it's going to be selling Sonim's ruggeder-than-thou Land Rover S1 phone, in an attempt to help out the one-third of young people that the company claims break their phone on holiday.

Dropping it on the floor and into the toilet are apparently the top ways phones die, as well as forgetting it's in your pocket and going in the sea or putting it in the washing machine. "Naughty pets" are blamed too.

Tesco Mobile's CEO said: "Our research shows that summer holidays can be hell for mobile phones. So for all those guilty of mobile mashing and in need of something stronger, Tesco Phone Shops have the solution".

As previously reported on Pocket-lint, the S1 can stay in water for 30 minutes and is resistant to extreme pressure of up to 400kg. It's also resistant to temperature, has an extra-long battery life, super-loud speakers and can be dropped 2m onto concrete without damage.

It's got a 2-megapixel camera with flash, A-GPS, FM radio, a "2GB memory slot", which we're presuming is for an SD card, Java support, a WAP browser and Bluetooth. It comes with a 3-year warranty. The Land Rover S1 by Sonim is available now unlocked for £250 or from £25 a month on a mobile contract.

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Comments

  • this S1 phone is very useful! Posted by Zedej, HK
  • great Ive just purchaced the sp1 but its not unlocked I cannot find out what a NCK code is and will not work on o2 Im told it will only work on orange .HELP please Posted by Michael Bennett, U>K>
  • I want to buy one but only if i can get it to work on Vodafone ,I would like to know if anyone has done this successfully yet and who did it ?

    thanks
    Posted by fatmini, britian
  • Tesco sells these? I have been into four Tesco stores to enquire and have been given the stink eye like I am going crazy. Called the national Tesco customer service number and even they don't have a scooby about the Land Rover phone.
    Good old Tesco
    Posted by Sturg, UK
  • Hi You can buy this from EnduroMobile.co.uk with a free in car charger for 279.99 and is unlocked for all networks except 3g Posted by Scoonic, United Kingdom
  • Had this phone for little over a month well had two phones 4 batterys and the thing is still crap. The battery life has been my problem first charge was on for 24 hours and i got 3 weeks before it died second charge was 3 days now seem if i charge it for 12 hours i get 12 hour out of it and so on. Trying another one when the shop gets it in, only because they will not replace with another phone
    I had high hope for the phone, sadly they have been dashed.
    Posted by Dave , UK

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