Review by Alan Moore:

I’ve lived with my B2100 for a couple of months now. Interestingly my work phone is a Blackberry Bold … whilst the Samsung’s functional design is more 1990′s Nokia by comparison, I have become strangely attached to the little quad band pocket rocket … and indeed prefer using it to anything else.

First up, this is a seriously tough phone. Most of the exterior is constructed from urethane and has a very pleasant tactile feel. The handset does not require any precious handling and indeed I think even the most casual user would be challenged to make any marks on the phone under normal use (of course if you want to challenge its IP54 military certification that’s up to you …). It’s also relatively compact and WAY smaller than the current offerings from Sonim and Durrocom.

Full marks for construction. I’ve dropped mine on hotel floors, covered it in mud, made calls (and listened to its radio) in pouring rain. No problems.

Using the handset is also a bit of a breeze. Most pleasingly its audio quality is sublime. Both the ear speaker and external speaker providing crystal clear sound (well done Samsung!). Chunky buttons on the side of the unit also facilitate easy volume toggle during calls and a third activates the unit’s xeon bulb torch – which is incredibly bright – its now scary how many times its came in handy.

Phone and SMS aside, the remaining technical features are surprisingly ok. It has MMS, send/receives my personal email ok, takes microSD cards up to 8Gb and is a great little radio / music player.

The battery is also worth a special mention – a full 10 days of charge under normal use with me (5-6 calls / 2-3 SMS per day).

Downsides? Well I feel I’m being REALLY picky but would have liked a higher res screen with more resistance to direct sunlight (although the latter is overcome by creating a mono custom colour scheme). The camera is VGA, although this does not actually bother me and the image quality is surprisingly good.

In summary I think Samsung have done a great job … its a WAY better phone than the Sonim’s XP3 (or indeed other tough mobiles out at the moment). It’s also newer and cheaper than Samsung’s higher spec’d B2700 (which I’ve actually been put off buying as the B2100 has pretty much everything I need).

This little guy sits on the EXTERIOR of my rucksack during a daily cycle commute and hasn’t complained. It won’t score highly on the phone-snob-review sites and quite honestly …

I don’t care (I’m keeping mine!)

Review by D. Herbert:

I would have LOVED to have this phone 10 years ago!

I got a SonyEriccson C905 about 9 months ago, but working in the Oil/Construction/Foundry industry, the fancy phone was getting murdered. So I went for a tough-type phone. I’ve never had problems with Samsung, so that was my choice.

It’s like the Jason Bourne of phones. You can leave it on a brick wall in the rain, 30 feet up, and don’t worry if it gets knocked off. Just get someone to call it, and the mud starts ringing. Dig your phone out, and it’s perfect. Wash it off, and it keeps on going. After about 9 months, I’m getting the odd scratch on the screen, but it’s been hammered with sand, rocks, you name it. The casing is scratchproof, the buttons are fine, Even the exposed camera lens is not marked in the slightest, and i’ve never covered it with anything. that’s the externals sorted. Durability 10/10.

Downsides? The PC interface software is a bit sketchy, it loses USB connection when uploading or downloading my shots. Not all the time, but enough to be a bit irritating, and not as good an interface as Sony’s PC Suite. PC Connectivity 7/10

The only other downside? Hearing my phone ring when machinery or stuff is going on, that can be difficult. And so to be safe, sometimes I’ll set it to Sound Off/Vibrate On. If it’s not actually in my pants, I can’t feel it all the time. I’m told it’s because the case is so SO TOUGH the shell won’t transmit the vibration very well. So Ring Vol/ Vibrate mode 5/10.

Internals? The interface is dead easy, like the anti-motorola of phones. Pick up and play. The screen isn’t beautiful, it seems a bit basic, but the colours are bright, photos look brilliant, and it’s got everything I need, including internet access, as good as any other phone i’ve used. Get a memory card, (SD, fits behind battery) and you’re sorted. The sound is great, never get anyone at the other end saying “Can’t hear a thing…it must be your end” The torch now seems totally essential, is blinding, and obviously lasts as long as the battery is charged, i.e days and days (the battery life is brilliant), and i even use the compass, especially when i’m in a city i’ve not been to, very useful in Prague new town or Barca. So, Features 10/10.

Basically if you treat your phone like it’s not a precious jewel, but still want all the stuff you need this side of an i-Phone, this is the phone to get. As i said at the top… Bulletproof! It may not look pretty, but neither does a Land Rover Defender.

Review by Alan H:

Returned as was a bit too large for my samsung model C3050. My model does seem smaller than normal, so sock should be fine for normal size samsungs

Review by F. Fay:

I’d highly recommend this phone sock.. I have a Samsung 360 and it fits nice and comfy inside without sticking out over the top..

Its thick and protective as i have dropped it a couple of times and it never got a scratch on it.

Also the Black Colour doesnt get dirty looking..

Review by :

got this fone 2 months ago its realy good big clear screen bright and good.games u have 2 pay 4 after a while so i stopped playin them it only holds 107 txt messages.pretty good camera great phone if u want a standard good fone

alltogether its a pretty good fone!

Review by sevy:

This was bought as replacement for my daughters smashed samsung phone so had to be similar with camera, mp3 and look quite cool too. This does it all and she is very happy with it. It is a bit sturdier than the old 600 model which was un-usable with a small crack in the screen! We were very happy with the rapid service and the quality so thank you.