World record for toughest phone
It is not going to win any beauty contests but the JCB Toughphone has been named as the world's toughest mobile phone.
Guinness World Records have confirmed the title after seeing the phone put through its paces.
Earlier this year it was dropped from a height of 10 feet, sprayed with water from a high velocity jet and even placed in a cement mixer.
Guinness World Records then examined the handset and said only superficial cosmetic damage would be tolerated, even a small crack in the screen would have jeopardised the record attempt.
Unlike my phone - which seems to shatter into 27 different pieces if I even look at it in the wrong way - the JCB Toughphone passed the tests.
Makers say the mobile can operate at temperatures from -20c to +60c and be dropped, shocked, splashed and covered in dust, all without missing a call.
A spokesperson for JCB said: "The market has been demanding a no-nonsense mobile that can handle the knocks of an active lifestyle as well as dealing with the rigours of life on a building site."
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