perfect sailor's phone?

Dylan,

it's always been a mystery to me why even the expensive mobiles aren't waterproof; now I see from the article you link to that w'proofing is standard in Japan but not for the likes of us; I wonder if the repeat sales from people who have dropped their expensive kit at the slipway / in the loo / been out in the rain may be anything to do with it ?!

I'm sure all decent mobiles will be waterproof eventually.
 
Hi Dylan

Well we are known as that golden island in the trade, if you look at the spec on electronics or cars you will find like for like the spec in Japan is far better then in the UK .
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As in the other thread Motorola Defy with Navionics tested repeatedly to depths of around 2m over more than a year...still working. Better so far than at least two Garmin handhelds which suffered moisture screen failure and water in battery compartment.
 
Defy +1

Another happy Defy user here. I got mine on ebay for about £100. Not exactly disposable, but I won't be in tears when it finally dies.

I don't see the point in spending a extra few hundred for the 'latest' with all the attendant worry.
 
I bought one of these for about 60 euro, waterproof and floating. It is a very basic phone (as its name says).


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http://www.mobiletoutterrain.com/

The same company makes other more sophisticated waterproof phones, smartphones, tablets, etc
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Basically they take an existing phone technology and make it waterproof + various other functions.
Pity it seems the site is only in French.
 
I thought the Sony Xperia Z would be brilliant - having seen how my friend kills iPhones by mixing them with water. So I went and got a Sony Xperia Z - great phone. Now heres a problem. Navionics doesn't work on it because it's not compatible. Go figure - anyone want to buy a phone?
 
Sorry to rain on the parade folks but...
On replacing my phone for a Sony Xperia Z - which is waterproof I found that Navionics doesn't work on it. "They have no plans to make it work". So I have a phone you can wash under a tap, (done it) has a great screen, battery life and perfect size and no nav software worth a pinch which will work on it. Xperia Z tablet is not compatible with Navionics. All phones or tablets it does work on aren't waterproof or even vaguely useful as navigation backup.
 
graypz said:
Sorry to rain on the parade folks but...
On replacing my phone for a Sony Xperia Z - which is waterproof I found that Navionics doesn't work on it. "They have no plans to make it work". So I have a phone you can wash under a tap, (done it) has a great screen, battery life and perfect size and no nav software worth a pinch which will work on it. Xperia Z tablet is not compatible with Navionics. All phones or tablets it does work on aren't waterproof or even vaguely useful as navigation backup.
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Navionics works perfectly on my Motorola defy, and has been tested repeatedly to over 2m depth in sea water and at speeds of 20knts + hitting the water. I add some silicon grease to the covers of the sockets to make sure these are sealed.
 
Are Sony making phones that actually feel like phones and not flimsy pieces of junk, yet? I used to work for a company doing advertising for their Xperia range around the time they split from Ericsson so got to play with all the new models as they were hanging around the office and I was always utterly disappointed with the feel of them. Kinda hoped Sony would push the quality up a bit when they went it alone, but suspected it might just be more shiny stuff that falls apart like most Sony gear.

Surely if you really wanted one Navionics support is just a software issue overcome by putting a third party version of Android on there?
 
Seajet said:
Dylan,

it's always been a mystery to me why even the expensive mobiles aren't waterproof; now I see from the article you link to that w'proofing is standard in Japan but not for the likes of us; I wonder if the repeat sales from people who have dropped their expensive kit at the slipway / in the loo / been out in the rain may be anything to do with it ?!

I'm sure all decent mobiles will be waterproof eventually.
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They arn't even scratch proof (screens), when in a pocket!:mad:

Anyway, thought sailing was the art of getting away from humdrum shorelife, so why take a phone!
 
I take my phone and switch of the phone, going to flight mode, using it as gps/plotteer/tide data, no phone calls and the batteries last a lot longer.
 
I have used a Motorola Defy, which is my standard mob phone, on my monthly T Mobile plan, as a back up CP with the Navionics software for at least 2 years. It is perfectly OK at this function on board, had no water ingress or corrosion problems , it is pretty tough if dropped and the Gorilla Glass simply does not scratch. Only issue really is that is a pretty small screen and power consumption with GPS on is pretty high, hence principal use as occasional @ helm hh check & back up.
 
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