Windsor Genova - AHN News Writer
London, U.K. (AHN) - A British retail chain on Thursday kicked off sales of a virtually indestructible mobile phone that passed such tests as being stepped on by an elephant, roasted in an oven and dropped from a building.
Tesco started offering the Land Rover S1 to customers, particularly construction workers, for $407 apiece and comes with a three-year warranty and a $41 monthly service contract with telecommunications operator Orange.
The handset jointly manufactured by car maker Land Rover and phone manufacturer Sonim also withstood being submerged in mud and being ran over by a car. However, a staff of The Sun tested it under the weight of a three-ton forklift truck and the device was crushed.
The Land Rover S1 also packs 1,500 hours of battery life, a 2.0 megapixel camera and an extra loud ringtone that cannot be drowned by heavy machinery noise.
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