JCB Tradesman 4 Feature Rugged and Tough Waterproof Phone 4g Mobile Sim-Free Dual-Sim Phone TP1242 - Black

Brilliant phone,great price, easy to use, sturdy, good size buttons, sound quality, great battery life.

This is NOT a phone full of features. This is a very TOUGH phone which is what I required & why I bought it. I won't have to be charging it every day. More like weekly depending on use. It only has 4 ring tones . I needed a tough phone that makes and takes calls. Sends & receives texts. I have had this phone for a while and it is all of the above. Has Bluetooth so I can hook it up to the car hands free. It does have a calculator, calendar,measure converter . Calls are clear . Want a tough phone with.no bells and whistles then this is for you, if not then look elsewhere . It's a very good smart phone de-tox I have used this for a while . For a non smart phone I would have expected the battery life to be much longer. It doesn't need daily charging but I expected a couple of weeks at best which is does not have the legs for

Excellent phone that suits me great for what I need . Dual sim and have dropped it and submerged in water . The hands free in calls very loud. It's not bad innit.

Not impressed with this dumb phone - returned

Purchased a 'Used - Like New' which arrived with no charging lead... Not to worry, got plenty of USB leads knocking about so inserted a Smarty SIM (which works fine in my Motorola) made a call and phone indicates it's its dialing the number but no ringtone and no indication of incoming call on the mobile I'm calling. Tried calling the JCB from other mobile and no indication of incoming call, it just sits there all tough, rugged... and silent. Tried same procedure with another working SIM and the JCB refuses to actually make or accept calls so put it down to being a very exaggerated 'Used - Like New' organised a return and ordered a brand new one. Spanking new one arrives and has exactly the same fault. Called Amazon Tech Support whose entire technical knowledge appears to be "do you want replacement or refund?". Two identical duff phones in less than 48 hours dissuaded me from going for three out of three so the new one is being returned with the 'Used - As New'. I'm technology savvy, used different working SIMs from different carriers and tried every trick in the book but couldn't get either JCB to be an actual mobile phone. Can't recommend and wont be wasting time or money on any of their products after this nightmare.

Why did you choose this product over others?: Fabulous phone - does what it says on the tin! Second to none customer service from Roy following a couple of questions from someone who isn't up with this technical world of ours...... lol - totally professional, helpful, friendly and bob-on throughout, thank you Phone quality: Brilliant!

Good basic phone which I've already managed to drop - and no damage whatsoever. Camera is basic but functional, but the screen's not great for viewing pic taken. Used for work purposes - does fine for that. Sound quality in conversation is good.

The 5 stars I've given this phone is for the amazing customer service. We are going to have to return the phone as it doesn't have wifi calling on it and we need it as we live in a rural area, but we are considering replacing it with the Tradesman 3 which does have the wife calling feature.

Warum sollte man heute sein Smartphone gegen ein Tastenhandy eintauschen: Um aus der Scheinwelt von Smileys und unwirklichen Selbstdarstellungen herauszukommen; der dauernde geistige Aufenthalt in der Parallelwelt der "sozialen" Netzwerke ist eine Täuschung und das Gegenteil innerer Sammlung... eine Anti-Meditation. Nachdem nun der erste Entrüstungssturm meiner Kontakte vorübergeweht ist, schreibe ich ein paar Zeilen über mein neues JCB Tradesman 4: Es ist einfach schön, fühlt sich gut an, ist aus Kunststoff, aber der fühlt sich nicht billig an, sondern stabil und wertig, eher wie man sich Batmans Kevlar-Panzerungen vorstellt. Man nimmt es gerne mit und die Größe und Robustheit symbolisieren in angemessener Weise der Bedeutung dessen, was man da macht: Unterwegs dauernd erreichbar sein. Überhaupt ist das Tradesman 4 ein Gefühlserlebnis, die Tasten mit dem gut passenden Druckpunkt geben beim SMSen eine haptische Rückmeldung, mit der man sich wieder auf der Erde fühlt - anders als beim gegenstandslosen Attrappentippen auf einer vollgeschmierten Glasscheibe, was mich beim "Smart"phone schon immer gestört hat. Alles wieder an seinem Platz. Alles wieder wie gute Technik. Die Sprachqualität ist in beiden Richtungen glasklar, der kräftige Lautsprecher auf der Gehäuserückseite lässt sich beim Freisprechen so laut stellen, dass man ohne weiteres kurz in ein anderes Zimmer gehen kann oder auf die entgegengesetzte Seite einer Werkstatthalle. Der Akku, bitte das ist wichtig !!, ist häufig bei Neugeräten eine ganze Zeit nicht benutzt worden und wird mit jedem Ladezyklus besser, er hält jetzt bei mir nach dem 3. Laden trotz vielem Getippe zur Rettung meiner überaus frustrierten Kontakte schon den dritten Tag. Akkus geht es da wie Muskeln oder dem Gehirn, sie bauen bei Nichtgebrauch ab, lassen sich aber wieder auftrainieren zu einer guten Form (zumindest Akkus...). Es fühlt sich also richtig an, in der Tasche und in meinem Innern, und man muss eben nicht immer alles "teilen", vielleicht kann man ja den Weg zurück zum wirklichen Leben schaffen und die schönen Landschaften und Ereignisse einfach zusammen erleben. Das richtige Mobiltelefon, das einfach schön und gut ist, habe ich jetzt jedenfalls gefunden.

When fully charged, in 4G mode it took two weeks to get to 20% left. I did receive some sms turning that perion. Took 2 photos, but did not call to anyone. After I switched the battery care mode on(When that mode is on it shows 100% before the battery is fully charged. So only 80-85% from full capacity is used). It took about 10 days to get to 20%. In 2G mode and battery saving mode on. It took 2 weeks from fully charged to 20% with battery saving mode switched on. In comparison my old phone wiko lubi3 lasts 3 weeks with on charge and no G's just gsm. Even though it's 10 years old. But the new phone is shock and water proof and with 4g it's more future proof. The sim card holder and charging ports are protected from water only by rubber covers. But for my use it's probably enough water protection. It threads the sms messages that are received from same number, into threads. I don't like that. My old Wiko lubi 3 doesn't do that.

Riesiges Handy. Größen Angaben beachten! Leider war eine Taste defekt und deshalb wurde es retourniert. Sonst hätte es gepasst.