Land Rover has recently announced that it has teamed up with Sonim Technologies, to launch the Land Rover S1 by Sonim, a rugged, high quality mobile phone designed to meet the needs of those who work and play in the great outdoors. The mobile phone was unveiled by the world’s greatest explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes, fresh from his successful ascent of Mount Everest. The Land Rover S1 by Sonim will be available from Go Mobile stores nationwide and through the http://www.landroverphone.co.uk and www.gomobileuk.com website from June 2009 priced at £299.99. The phone is compatible with a wide range of off-the-shelf car kits and headsets and comes with complete with charger, belt clip and headset as standard.

The Land Rover S1 by Sonim is the world’s first IP-67 rated GSM mobile phone - a standard which indicates it has been tested and found to be totally impervious to dust, as well as dirt, shocks and drops. The Land Rover S1 is also completely waterproof to a depth of one metre for up to 30 minutes and is resistant to extreme pressure of up to 400 kgs.

Its specifications comprise of fully submersible to a depth of one metre, survives being dropped onto hard surfaces from up to two metres, extra-loud speakers for use in extremely noisy environments, extra-long battery life with over 1500 hours of standby time and 18 hours of talk time, durable keyboard mechanics and extra-wide buttons for ease of use, keypad buttons tested to over 500,000 pushes, completely dust and micro-particle resistant – IP-67 Rated, resistant to road shocks and vibrations to over 2000 random vibrations in the 500Hz range, operational under temperatures from -20° to 55° C, resistant to extreme pressure up to 400kg, resistant to punctures at 75kg/cm2 of pressure, three year unconditional guarantee.

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