Land Rover Has Launched A Tough Smartphone With Two-Day Battery Life

Designed to run for two full days even with the screen on constantly, the new Land Rove Explore smartphone is a breath of fresh air
Land Rover Has Launched A Tough Smartphone With Two-Day Battery Life

Fair warning: this article contains pictures of a hipster beard. Land Rover and the Bullitt Group have announced a rugged new smartphone designed for life outdoors.

Thanks to a 4000mAh battery and a simple five-inch HD screen, the Explore handset can run for two full days, says Land Rover, even with the screen on constantly. Battery life can be redoubled to four days of constant use with an Adventure Pack add-on.

Land Rover Has Launched A Tough Smartphone With Two-Day Battery Life

If you drop it while crossing a shallow river it’s no problem. The Explore is fine with being under water, to a depth of 1.8 metres (6ft). That goes for salt water as well as fresh. You can still use the screen as normal even when it’s wet, or when you’re wearing gloves.

Extreme temperatures are no problem; the phone can deal with Arctic cold and desert heat without breaking a sweat. It can brush off vibration and thermal shock, but no specific mention is made of it being able to cope with being dropped, so we have to assume it’s as vulnerable to screen breakages as most other handsets.

Land Rover Has Launched A Tough Smartphone With Two-Day Battery Life

Lost in the wilderness? Easy for the Explore. It has its own off-road mapping, its own weather service data, its own compass and an SOS light. It’s the Swiss Army knife of phones. You can, of course, buy a host of accessories like bike mounts and extra batteries.

It’s due for a full reveal at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on 26 February. It goes on sale soon after, with a UK price of £599.

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Comments

=ash=

Erm, Land Rove?

02/22/2018 - 11:09 |
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woulditfitonmyhonda

In reply to by =ash=

Mistakes happen everyone is a human

02/22/2018 - 15:24 |
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Anonymous

Lg G6 3300 mAh once left the screen on for a whole night and lost like 30% battery

02/22/2018 - 12:00 |
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redflamexfire(R32 squad)

And soon this would be a new trend.a good one, for now.

02/22/2018 - 13:17 |
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ᴶᵘˢᵗᴬᴿᵃⁿᵈᵒá

Who needs this when most smartphones in the market can do it anyways? On second thoughts…. Give me the battery

02/22/2018 - 13:31 |
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Just get the new Huawei Mate 10 Pro with the same battery and sick performance for 700$

02/22/2018 - 19:30 |
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Anonymous

The new Nokia?

02/22/2018 - 14:14 |
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CannedRex24

bUt CaN iT RuN CrYsIS!?

02/22/2018 - 14:23 |
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OMM|1/24STANCE

What is a Land Rove? xD Spelling

02/22/2018 - 15:38 |
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Dprac1ng

The real question is…. is the camera any good? I’ve had tough phones before… they weren’t necessarily designed to be tough but they proved damn near indestructible. Anyway every rough phone I’ve had has had a useless camera. I want to know if this one is the same or if I can use it to take photos too. Also I better start saving…. thats a lot of money

02/22/2018 - 22:24 |
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Anonymous

From Land Rover you’d expect an overpriced £999 phone with internals from a base model Huawei and zero reliability… surprised they’re going back to their roots 😊

02/22/2018 - 23:31 |
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Guss De Blöd

I think I’ll stick with a Cat S60 if I want a tough phone.

02/23/2018 - 09:11 |
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