| JCB's are great. They're big, they're tough, and they're | | | | JCB, there was really no other colour it COULD be! |
| bright yellow. Well, now, they've given birth to a phone: | | | | Now, throw into that mix a ringtone of a digger starting |
| the JCB TOUGH PHONE. | | | | up (which is sure to make builders grin across the |
| Take one look at the JCB TOUGH PHONE, and you'll | | | | whole country), and you get a phone that has sense |
| spot its heritage straight away. It is, as the name | | | | of fun nestling within its rock hard body. |
| suggests, built more solidly than any other phone ever | | | | Now, as you can probably guess, there's no way the |
| seen. In fact, the whole thing feels like it's carved out of | | | | JCB TOUGH PHONE could ever be called gadget-y. It |
| solid rock. So, combine a tough, plastic body, with a | | | | doesn't have a camera, but then... does it need one? It |
| rubberised shell, and you get one amazingly tough | | | | doesn't have Java, but is that really such a loss? It |
| phone. Essentially, this phone is just about tough | | | | won't play video, but then, why would you want it to? |
| enough to smash its way through a wall. It's rated up | | | | Because, at the end of the day, this phone is meant |
| to IP53, which basically means it's resistant to shocks, | | | | for one purpose, and one purpose only: to be a phone, |
| water, dust and impacts. Not only that, but it will work | | | | to do calls and texts, in harsh environments, and shrug |
| without a fuss in temperatures ranging from -20 | | | | off things that other mobiles would cave in and be |
| degrees all the way up to 60 degrees. | | | | killed by, like, ooh, for example, a direct meteor strike. |
| That's really quite jaw-droppingly good... | | | | Let's just say I don't think an |
| Oh, and of course, it's a JCB. So, it's bright yellow, | | | | iMegaHyperSuperDuperWooperPhone will survive |
| which does give it a fair bit of character. And let's not | | | | being run over by a 2-and-a-half tonne Audi SUV. The |
| forget, given that the TOUGH PHONE came from | | | | JCB phone did........... |