One Rough, Tough Phone

I am sick of phones that are built around planned obsolescence, which almost all of them seem to be these days. When I want to trade in my phone, I want to trade it in because there are new features in the newer phones that interest me, not because the cell phone carrier has told the cell phone manufacturer that it should design its phones to break right at the two year mark so as to force me to up my contract. Recharger ports seem to be a prime contender in this department.

The Samsung Rugby is not an elegant phone, and by now it is well behind the curve technologicially. It's a phone, with what used to be the standard kind of cell phone features - camera, camcorder, Internet access (basic), etc. But what drew me to it is that you never have to worry about it slipping out of your hand, hitting the pavement, and bye-bye phone. No, this phone practically bounces off the pavement back into your hand, none the worse for wear. The charger port seems very solid. The speakerphone is LOUD, although it does cut out at times at the beginning of words, but that's a small price to pay for someone (me) who is getting hard of hearing. I have never heard a better speakerphone in a cell phone. I don't use the PTT function, so I don't know how that works. Battery life is astonishingly good for a cell phone (several hours of talk time), and I bought my cell phone used! The only reason I didn't rate my phone excellent instead of good is that there are a number of annoying menu issues and programs that AT&T is trying to sell you on that I didn't want, so it's a lot of junk taking up space, but these are minor quibbles.

This phone reminds me of my pickup truck -- good reliable transportation, nothing elegant, but something that I'm probably going to get at least 200,000 miles from without a lot of muss or fuss. And no teenager is going to want to steal it, cause it aint QWERTY, and the only touch screen part about it is when you rub your thumb across the screen to clean it off. That's fine with me.

Good phone

This phone has good battery life and it is pretty simple to use. The service is not the best but overall it is a good phone. Don't know about being water proof as we have not had it near the water. It's bright yellow (that's the only color they have sadly)

This phone will take a beaten and keep working.

This phone is rock solid, buttons are large easy to see, the screen showes large numbers. Has a good speaker. The battery life is fantastic you could go a week before charging

Works like a charm. Verys strong.

I bought this phone used in order to use it at work. It works great and all of the features are very nice for a ruggidized phone of this type. The battery time is average. The push to talk works great and the phone feels very solid. The hinges are sturdy. My original SIM card did not work with this phone. But a quick trip to the AT&T store and that was resolved for free. I like it - works great - no complaints.

Samgung SGH A387 Rugby

i like the color and the fact that it is suppose to military spec and resistant to shock and dirt and water.I have two kida under the age of two and they sometimes find my phone and now dont have to worrt if they do because i know it can handle them.My husbnd took my first one because he does construction and welding and it has been the best phone for him he has dropped it from hieghts and it keeps on giving and it has fell out of his truck and bounced on pavement ad yet there it is working when most phones go out or start to act a fool after that
i dislike the fact that it is so thick and that the added AT&T package software gets in the way sometimes but you can manage around it

All in all its a great pjoe for tose who dont have time to baby a phone or need the toughness
it still has great features on i connect to the internet get my email check facebook and all kind of stuff take pictures and video's to cant imagine what i did before it and i had an iphone lol