Remember the Land Rover S1 – the phone from the car manufacturer that promises the same levels of ruggedness and reliability in the palm of your hand as you would expect behind the wheel? Well it’s just been released! Read on for the full details…
Land Rover ‘s spin-off branded mobile phone – the Land Rover S1 – may look like the kind of ‘Army’ walkie-talkie you nagged your mum to buy you when you were ten, but is in fact a ‘rugged’ mobile phone designed to keep you talking in the most extreme conditions and/or during the school run.
The Land Rover S1 has been designed and built by Sonim Technologies, who have some form in this area. Rather than just slap a bit of padding on the outside and give it a smaller screen, Sonim have created the ‘Rugged Performance Standard’ – a twelve-point set of features that it believes all such devices should adhere to, including ‘Fully submersible to a depth of one metre’, ‘Survives being dropped onto hard surfaces from up to two metres’ and ‘Extra-Loud speakers for use in extremely noisy environments’.
The Land Rover S1 is a GSM phone with built-in GPS, FM Radio and 2 megapixel camera plus flash. The phone won’t be winning any beauty competitions, but if you want a handset you can safely take camping of walking then this may be your best bet until Apple release a granite iPhone.
Out Now | £299 | Land Rover S1
