Rugged Samsung Galaxy Rugby LTE to launch on Bell and TELUS

While a niche market, the demand for rugged will be one that we expect to continue even in the age of smartphones. With the emergence of LTE, blazing fast data speeds on the go has been made possible but not in a rugged smartphone, until now. At the end of October, TELUS will launch the Samsung Galaxy Rugby and Bell will also follow suit early November.

As far as specs are concerned here's what we are expecting:

• 1.5GHz dual-core processor 
• LTE and HSPA+ capable
• Military grade certification to be water and dust proof
• 3.97-inch Super AMOLED display (480 x 800 resolution)
• 5MP camera and a 1.3MP front-facing camera
• 1850mAh battery
• DLNA
• NFC with S-Beam support
• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 161 grams heavy

Source: MobileSyrup (1), (2)