Looks like a nice, more modern and pre-paid alternative to the Casio. Best part is its only $129!
http://www.theverge.com/2012/7/17/3164615/waterproof-kyocera-hydro-boost-pricing-availability

I have the non smartphone water proof casio now and I love it. If I wanted to I could never buy a new phone again. Ihave been thinking about moving up the smart phone version of it through for awhile, this one.












 

I have it... I hate it......Want to send a text message? Nope you gotta wait 5 minutes...Okay I want to look at my gallery...Nope not today dude....Alright Fine i will check my E-mail.....Nope FORCE CLOSE... Okay its been 5 minutes Ill try to send that text...Nope FUCK YOU


But everytime I drop it or it gets wet I love it again.

I have one too and, sadly, have to agree with this. I knew when I bought it that it would be "A little slower" (per the Verizon salesman) than , say, a Droid, but it's ridiculous. My wife, who got assimilated by the Borg (iPhone), can have her iPhone out, have a text typed, have it sent and have the phone back to sleep and put away before mine loads up the messaging!

However, I also have to agree about loving it every time I get it wet. I work outdoors a LOT, so the water resistance is important to me. We were in GA on vacation a few weeks ago and went tubing down the Toccoa River. I was in water up to my waist, had the phone in my pocket (under water), and took it out, waited the appropriate amount of time for the photo app to load, took pics of the wife and kids, shoved it back in my pocket and went back to tubing. Try THAT with an iPhone (without an expensive case, anyway)!

Having said that, I'll NOT be getting another one when we renew our service plans. If there is a different phone that does the same thing, all well and good. Otherwise, I suppose I'll be assimilated and just buy the water resistant case. I HATE Apple with a flaming passion, but everyone I know with an iPhone LOVES it and they seem to work very well.

Bub75

Or you could just buy a nice, sturdy case for a nice Android phone and/or never get it wet?  Just a thought....crazy I know.

pretty sure some of their flip phones were virtually indestructible. If I didn't have to have a smart phone maybe.

It is an Android 4.0 ICS phone with 1GHz Snapdragon, 3.5-inch, 480 x 320 IPS displays, and 3.2-megapixel rear cameras. That HVGA size screen sure takes me back to early-2010 when the WVGA screens took off! Can't really complain for $129 and no contract, though...

And you can tell it's a genuine Boost Mobile phone because it's searching for service.

Good to know, thanks for the info.



I have the non-smart phone version and it's fast and works great, but it's not a smart phone so no apps or internet.



 

I hate to sound like an Apple fanboi but an iphone+lifeproof case is 10X the phone the casio or that kyocera is.  

http://www.lifeproof.com/

that thing is huge!

That's the flotation wrap you can put on it for boating, it's the slimmest waterproof case around by a huge margin:

I've got the Casio text version.  I love the warranty, especially the part where it says not covered by water damage.
Yea, here fuckers, here's a water resistant phone. But if our water tight seals fail, fuck you!