What cell phone stands up to farm abuse and dust?

[bucket]

One the locals has his phone in his front pocket and its tethered loosely around his neck.. works for him.

And I doubt he's lost his phone. Or dropped it.

[Blaithin]

So, I posted one tasteful picture of myself, and the thread just dies...
Tough crowd.

I never thought you’d be so bald.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

One the locals has his phone in his front pocket and its tethered loosely around his neck.. works for him.

And I doubt he's lost his phone. Or dropped it.

I'd probably end up hanging myself from the tether as I jump down from some piece of machinery, otherwise a good idea.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Found a new phone with keyboard, "robust", doesn't say dust or water proof though, good battery life, and small:
https://www.knowyourmobile.com/phones/titan-pocket/ https://www.knowyourmobile.com/phones/titan-pocket/

[AlbertaFarmer5]

I never thought you’d be so bald.

Well thank you for the honest feedback. And, yes, other than the hairline, that picture is a very accurate representation of myself.
I am pleased to know that I haven't misrepresented my charming good looks and stature.
You are obviously a very good judge of character.
Apparently there are people on anonymous Internet forums who will pretend to possess attributes they don't actually have. Or at least, not correct others when they mistakenly suggest they are something which they are not.
I prefer to be honest.

[sumdumguy]

I'd probably end up hanging myself from the tether as I jump down from some piece of machinery, otherwise a good idea.

The neck ties quick detach with a pretty good tug. Never have to look for my phone.

[AlbertaFarmer5]

Update.
I did replace the Blackberry with an almost unused, but few year old Cat S60 phone last spring/summer.

I've thrown this thing across the yard/house/shop in frustration so many times I've lost count. The good news is that it does prove to be very resiliant to abuse.
Bad news, the speaker and microphone still filled with dust within a month, the very problem I was trying to get away from.

Can't type without a keyboard. Predictive typing is not predictive at all, unlike the Blackberry.

Screen goes black when on the phone, as it is supposed to, but most of the time it won't wake up, can't hang up, can't type numbers for menus.

Never could get all of my contacts to import, half came without numbers, some never came at all, tried every possible way. never had that issue before iwth any other phone.
Can't adjust volume of each notification separately. I never hear or feel it ring, but it wakes everyone up with an email.

Battery life is disappointing, but it could be age.

It is one of the smaller phones I could find that was also rugged, but still far too big to fit in most pockets.

I've found the one handed operation shortcuts, but it still isn't useful for one handed operation, which is mostly what I do in the tractors etc. And no good way to hone in and make menu choices without the track pad. have to zoom way in, using two hands just to pick a number. No shortcut keys.
No Hub where all messages are displayed and searched together.
Frustrating to try to type passwords when there are no keys, and no way to know which letter you've entered.

On a positive note, The FLIR temperature camera is amazing, and comes in very useful.

Switched back to the blackberry recently for making phone calls requiring entering numbers while calling. What a pleasure. unfortuantely, as of today, Blackberry no longer supports any of the old OS, so they claim phone, text, data and email may no longer work. Voice to text quit working months ago. Most websites no longer open, including weather radar.

Looks like I'm back to the Cat phone again. Will have to disassemble and try to clean the dust out.

Anyone else find anything better since I started this thread? A simple keypad is all I ask for.

[fjlip]

Had a Zagg gear 4, Otter box and Ishield screen protector on iPhones in 4 years. No issues, returned for 100% trade in. Been dropped, bumped squashed against machinery, in dust etc. Got same for the 13 Pro on Sunday. Apparently way stronger, SS case, crazy tough screen, best water resistant iPhone yet , unreal cameras, longer battery life.
Agree the rubbery soft Otterbox is stupid hard to take out of pockets, not recommended by me, dropped phone more times with that.

[15444]

Galaxy S20 with Otterbox Defender case and screen protector. Went through 3 screen protectors in last year, but not a hint of damage to actual phone. Fallen down flights of stairs and dropped on concrete, keeps on going. Whatever phone you get, the case is what saves it.

[blackpowder]

Still following.
I liked the rubbery OtterBox for not slipping out of shirt pocket when bending over lol.
I've decided that like the computer in the office, you eventually need to stay current on OS's and CPU's.
Therefore researching cases.
LifeProof only for iphones.
Finding some all enclosing cases that look promising. Not OtterBox.
Looking at most promising case leads to Samsung by elimination of offerings.
We'll see. Just not spending $1200 on a phone.

[fjlip]

Upgrading every two years, with a undamaged trade = $131 per year. 10 years to buy a new one that way.

[blackpowder]

Upgrading every two years, with a undamaged trade = $131 per year. 10 years to buy a new one that way.

Telus sells used?