• JCB Toughphone

    John Biggs

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    Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

    Need a phone for your next manure-picking-up job? Have we got one for you. It’s the JCB Toughphone. They’re selling it in the UK right now and there’s a 3 year warranty and IP54 rating for splash, shock, drop, and dust resistance. It has up to 4 hours of talk time and 200 hours of standby.

    Fun Fact #1: I just realized what a JCB was as described in Nizlopi’s JCB Song. I figured it was a tractor but who knew?

    Fun Fact #2: The guy who showed me this winged it down the floor and when he brought it back the whole phone was in Russian but didn’t break.

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