Casio's Boulder truly goes a step beyond in durability.
Highs: Rock solid durability; water resistant; useful flashlight
Lows: Chunky in size; average feature set; useless compass; expensive
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After covering the release of Casio’s G’zOne Boulder ultra-rugged mobile phone, we couldn’t wait to get our hands on one for review and put Casio’s rather bold claims to the test. When we finally got a chance to toss, dunk and drop it, we weren’t disappointed. The Boulder passed our abuse tests with flying colors, and even more impressive, made a solid, if slightly beefy, livable everyday phone, if you’re not looking for a lot of features..
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by Carl Childs on November 8, 2009:
“I might as well use a rock to make calls. This phone is absolutely the worst cell phone I have ever used. The Bluetooth is temperamental, the sound quality is poor, limited information can be stored in contacts- no addresses or additional information. I cannot...” More...
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by Tim Crenshaw on November 8, 2009:
“This phone is NOT durable and it is NOT water-resistant. I am a kayaker and wanted a water-resistant phone within easy reach in my PFD when I am paddling and the first time my phone got wet it drowned. I was in the water maybe a total of 90 seconds and it...” More...