Blackberry is still the best phone for wrenching

"505Turbeaux" (505turbeaux) 11/25/2014 at 09:26 • Filed to: None

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I am a big fan of ruggedized phones, as I do alot of wrenching and drinking, which leads to all kinds of cell phone abuse. I have a Casio GZ'one 3G, and a 4G, but my favorite phone that was never touted as ruggedized but may as well have been, is the Blackberry Bold. Damn phone got dropped in running engines a number of times, launched off moving fan blades, run over, sprayed with coolant, run over again, hoods dropped on it, left on an intake manifold then driven away and found 3 hours later after being on the road. To this day, 4 years after I bought it, still has a full days worth of battery life. on the original battery. Though battle scarred and duty worn, that keypad still works with a 2mm layer of petroleum based goo on your fingers. I hook it back up every time I know I am going deep on a car, and that is a testament to quality.

Today, I see they are coming out with the Passport, and I hope it is based on the same qualities. And I hope my carrier didn't sever the contract with RIM.

Also my 3G Casio has seen similar abuse, but the battery life sucks, and it was built for it

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 09:35

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I found that impact-resistant glass is one thing, but the LCD element being impact resistant is yet another: dropped my phone (a Kyocera) and broke the internal screen without breaking anything else on the exterior. HURR. Fortunately, good used whole phones are about $45, so one quick organ donation later and I was back in business.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/25/2014 at 09:39

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which organ you selling for $45, your appendix? Someone probably cooked and ate it

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 09:44

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I use to have a bold, fell out of my pocket while plowing with a quad, the slush killed it..that was 5 years ago, and Im still mad.

505Turbeaux > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 11/25/2014 at 09:46

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the slush killed it for real? I didn't submerge mine but it has spent some time in a snow bank and gotten splashed heavy quite a bit with no effects

Coty > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 09:47

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I killed 4 Casio G'Z series phones.

505Turbeaux > Coty 11/25/2014 at 09:48

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how? My 3G is still cranking along

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 09:48

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I thought we on oppo were well familiar with the concept of harvesting organs from other things than people. I mean, we have *Tohru*.

505Turbeaux > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/25/2014 at 09:48

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hahahaha this is very true

Coty > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 09:54

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The last one was I ran over it with the tire (THE TIRE!) if a small lawn tractor, picked it up, and the hinge was broken.

ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 09:57

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yea, I was at the bottom of the driveway(hill), so the slush was deep. plus I ran it over for good measure before I noticed it laying face down. I stared at if for a second, "that looks like my phone....that is my phone..."

I still have it, and on occasion I pull it out of the junk drawer to remind me what could have been...

505Turbeaux > ESSSIX GmbH - Accountant/Wagon Thumper 11/25/2014 at 10:00

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it could have been a glorious thing

505Turbeaux > Coty 11/25/2014 at 10:01

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ah I have zero experience with the flips, only the smartphones. Damn

Coty > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 10:03

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Oh ok, yeah all mine were flips. My shitty ZTE Majesty smartphone has taken what beatings I've given it very well.

505Turbeaux > Coty 11/25/2014 at 10:04

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so did my Razr! My hairline is what has taken a beating in the past 10 years...

Coty > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 10:07

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I think the other 3, or at least most of the other 3, developed a crack and water got in through them.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Coty 11/25/2014 at 10:14

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I had a samsung that looked like this after a rollerblading accident (I was equally broken with 2 sprained wrists, a sprained elbow and a broken elbow) but the bottom half STILL WORKED. The speaker phone speaker was in the bottom half so I was able to make phone calls on speaker, I had 5 speed dials set up so I had the "important" numbers until I got a new phone the next day. Was hysterical to use though.

Coty > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/25/2014 at 10:15

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It sounds awesome.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Coty 11/25/2014 at 10:21

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well my destroyed arms weren't awesome especially when I had a professor force me to write a written exam literally hours after the accident happened (and then have the nerve to tell me I didn't write enough for each answer and give me a failing grade, yes i fought it, yes I got the grade dropped, I offered to provide xrays if he wanted).

But the phone kicked ass lol!

Coty > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/25/2014 at 10:23

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I had a pulled muscle and a teacher told me I wasn't writing high enough on the board, obviously a little less severe than your case.

Also, because I'm a little shit I started writing on the wall above the board.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Coty 11/25/2014 at 10:28

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LOL

Yeah my left arm was in a sling and I could barely move my entire right arm (I'm a righty) the entire class of about 125 people were like "are you fucking kidding me? you're making him take the exam?!"

Sad part is I knew the info inside and out and I loved the material of the class. Was Intro to Political Philosophy at MSU. Shame the prof was a DICK.

Sat in the 1st or 2nd row every day too.

And yea, you would write on the wall wouln't you hahaha

Coty > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/25/2014 at 10:32

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I've always been a pro at passive agressive.

MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner > Coty 11/25/2014 at 11:05

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I'm not so sure about the "passive" in that lol

Coty > MontegoMan562 is a Capri RS Owner 11/25/2014 at 11:33

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Could've written it on his forehead...

Tohru > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 11/25/2014 at 13:15

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Manuél Ferrari > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 14:41

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That phone will be much more fragile than your trusty sidekick. What you want is their new version of the Bold:

http://us.blackberry.com/smartphones/bl…

505Turbeaux > Manuél Ferrari 11/25/2014 at 14:42

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I saw that. Does that have a glass screen on it? I think that would have been the downfall of the old one.

Manuél Ferrari > 505Turbeaux 11/25/2014 at 15:12

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it is touchscreen, I think. But the small screen size helps with drops. The larger the glass screen the more likely it is to crack when you drop it.

I had a touchscreen Bold I bought in 2012. It dropped many times and never broke.