Has your phone went swimming before?

[DTro]

or maybe your just a gadget freak like me.

Mine has (gone swimming), and if you are a Verizon user, there's a solution.

Finally a "manly" phone geared towards the no nonsense rugged type.

This phone is completely waterproof, dustproof, drop proof (to an extent of course).

So let it bounce around the floor of the boat, let the rain come down and the big waves splash on it.

There are a couple of cons:

No bluetooth (not too big of a deal)

No memory card slot. (potential deal breaker for me)

Quite spendy (probably the biggest deal breaker)

Also it has a 2 mp camera for all those big fish you catch!

I've actually seen video of this thing taking pictures underwater!

I'm thinking seriously about this one as my NE2 is coming up here shortly.

Anyone else have this phone or plan on getting it?

Here's the phone:

Phone

By the way, if your phone does go swimming.......DO NOT TURN IT ON

remove the battery, soak the phone in some Isopropyl Alcohol and let it sit for a few days, or put it in a warm over (no more than 100 degrees for a few hours).

[heartattack22]

Sorry about your phone. Another great Verizon Feature is an automatic backup that keeps your contacts stored online. You can actually go online and change contact info and everything. I don't know what would be your next step with your current phone.

[JohnMickish]

I have sent a few to a watery grave as well. I pay a $4 per month insurance fee that allows me to replace up to two phones per year. I run about a 50% success ratio of getting them to come back to life after getting wet.

[NEANGLER]

Had my new (3 day old) phone in my waders while duck hunting. Was pciking up the decoys when my foot got caught in a snag and down i went> filled my waders up good and froze my tail off. Just as I was checking my phone it goes beep beep and blacks out. I am glad I got the insurance coverage on the phone or it would have been another $250!

[JohnMickish]

For those that don't know, Verizon has moisture sensors inside their phones now so they can tell if it got wet or not.