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Land Rover Unveils "World's Toughest Phone"

Land Rover says their new S1 mobile is the world's strongest phone. Testing done by Land Rover and the staff at The Sun showed the S1 would still work after being stepped on by an elephant, run over by a Land Rover, dropped from a second-story window, buried in mud, soaked in a pint of beer, and roasted in an oven at 150 degrees centigrade. A forklift truck proved to be its match, and was able to crush the S1 under its three-tonne weight. The phone comes with 1,500 hours of battery life, a 2.0 megapixel camera, an extra loud ringtone and an unconditional three-year guarantee.

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  1. the obligatory... by timpdx · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...but does it blend?

  2. Rumor has it by Critical+Facilities · · Score: 4, Funny

    Naomi Campbell is first on the waiting list to get one.

    Nothing can stop her now.

  3. Psh by sys.stdout.write · · Score: 4, Funny

    A forklift truck proved to be its match, and was able to crush the S1 under its three-tonne weight

    Well then it's no good to me.

    1. Re:Psh by njfuzzy · · Score: 3, Funny

      Just don't sit on it, and it should be fine. ;)

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    2. Re:Psh by fridaynightsmoke · · Score: 2, Funny

      A forklift? Or possibly Chuck Norris.

      Of course! Indeed, forklifts are advised to avoid areas where Chuck Norris is in operation.

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  4. Re:I have a question by vux984 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Either one could be given a bowling ball in an empty room...and 5 minutes later come out with a bucket full of pieces.

    The truly amazing thing isn't that they can destroy a bowling ball in under 5 minutes. It's that they were able to craft a bucket using the pieces.

  5. With optional battery pack by SuperKendall · · Score: 2, Funny

    62.5 days of battery life?! Is this for real!?

    Yes, when attached to your Land Rover.

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  6. Re:Want it! by geekoid · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you get one of these and it breaks, You should just stop getting cell phones. Clearly they are not for you~

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  7. Extra loud ringtone? by 6Yankee · · Score: 3, Funny

    Extra loud ringtone?

    Buy shares in forklift manufacturers.

  8. Re:How about the phone? by xaxa · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's the Sun. If phones had breasts the picture would have been fine, but the photographer didn't know what to do when they said "hey, photograph this".

  9. Looks like a real iPhone Killer!!! by bADlOGIN · · Score: 2, Funny

    As in, if you smash the device into an iPhone, you can kill the iPhone and the device in question will keep working. Given what the G1 and Palm Pre have turned out to be, this is the only true valid definition of the term "iPhone killer" in the market today;)

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