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HD Video: The phone you can’t kill, the Land Rover S1 by Sonim

Categories: Sonim
By: , IntoMobile
Friday, June 19th, 2009 at 4:02 PM

For 300 British Pounds (355 Euros or 495 US Dollars) you get a device that has 15 hours of talk time, 2.5 months of standby time, and has been to the 7th layer oh hell and back. Most of you are not going to buy this phone, much like most of you will never buy the cars you see on Top Gear, but that doesn’t stop this video from being any less entertaining. Watch Dan from The Really Mobile Project interview the CEO of Sonim, Bob Plashke:

The funniest part of this video, for me, is hearing Bob say the word “mates.” He’s trying so hard to pick up the local colloquialisms.

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Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.