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laffen Posts: > 500

Motorola and Verizon today announced the Motorola Barrage. An IPX7 water ingress protection model withstanding 30 minutes submerged in one meter of water
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It is not often we see a new rough phone announced these days. Most new releases are designer deviced with touch screens. The Nokia 5210 and Ericsson R310 are classics in this segment but these models are no longer available. It has been tough times for Motorolas mobile division lately. Nice to see them back in business again. I can't recall seing a rough clamshell before. The Barrage might be the first. The Barrage specifications won't blow you out of your chair. But that is not the reason why you would buy this phone anyway.This rugged device sports a tough-as-nails exterior. Designed to be submersible for up to 30 minutes in one meter of water, it is constructed from chrome, glass, mesh and rubber – protecting it against blowing rain, humidity, solar radiation, high and low temperatures, blowing dust, salt fog, altitude, shock, vibration and transit drop. Key features

Mil Spec certified for extra strength and protection from blowing rain, humidity, solar radiation, high and low temperatures, blowing dust, salt fog, altitude, shock, vibration and transit drop

Waterproof when submerged in up to one meter of water for up to 30 minutes

Push to Talk features for fast, clear and reliable calls and chirps

Large battery that packs 1170 mAH for extended talk time

2.0 megapixel camera and camcorder

Dual speakers for high quality audio to cut through noise

Motorola Barrage specifications

Network: CDMA 800/1900, Digital Dual Mode

120 gram

96 x 55 x 24 mm

Standby time: 9 hours

Talktime: 6 hours

Display: 2.2 inches, 176 x 220 pixels, 262k TFT. Second display: 1.66 inch 120x160 pixels

SMS, MMS, EMS

2 megapixels camera and 8x optical zoom

256 MB memory

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Posted: 2009-10-02 03:29:54
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hihihans Posts: > 500

Great phone if you are a sailor. btw there are a lot of waterdamaged phones around. I think it's a great idea, and to ugly too.
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Posted: 2009-10-02 23:48:21
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PeterKay Posts: > 500

Ugly!! you can say that again.

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Posted: 2009-10-02 23:52:44
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Bonovox Posts: > 500

Its horrible and the specs are poor too
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Posted: 2009-10-03 02:13:00
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Marly Posts: > 500

Specs are not very important for these phones, all rugged phones have rather poor specs.
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Posted: 2009-10-03 02:43:21
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Bonovox Posts: > 500

It looks better closed open its horrible
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Posted: 2009-10-03 03:47:00
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hihihans Posts: > 500