Samsung Unveils the Ruggedized Xplorer Phone

The Samsung Xplorer is a funky looking mobile handset with vivid red elements on its body. This phone passed through the IP57 certification which makes withstand water up to one meter deep for 30 minutes. It also resists temperature shocks, blowing rain and salt fog.

Aside from its ruggedized feature, the Samsung Xplorer also boasts of some nice features worthy of mention and perhaps of your money as well especially if your eyeing to get a rugged phone. Some of its features include a 1.77-inch TFT Display, 8 hours talk time and 600 hours standby time, built-in camera, video playback (MPEG4, 3GP, H.263 format), GPRS/EDGE, USB 2.0, 7GB internal memory and microSD support, SMS/EMS/MMS messaging functionality, music player (MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA, WAV, AMR, FM radio, MP3 ringtones

The Samsung Xplorer is slated for an April release in Germany and Europe. No words yet as to whether it will be released in the U.S.