Please recommend Android phone for construction worker.

[ISUther]

Hello, 

I am planning to make a present to my father for birth day.
He is a construction worker (tiler) and i need good android phone for him.
What phone would you recommend?
Cat s60?
ULEFONE Armor 2?


 

[LienusLateTips]

If he doesn't need it to be extremely durable, something normal like a Pixel 2/2 XL with a rugged case would do, could withstand drops from ok heights.

 

Price range?

[Theguywhobea]

I think Caterpillar makes a ruggedized smartphone, I'd look that up.

[ISUther]

Well he is not very tech savvy person but same time i do not want to get him a phone that will break if he drops it + there is often a lot of dust where he works (clay-s he makes for tiles etc) all have a lot of dust and when phone is in his pocket it will face a lot of dust. 
Also water etc. 
So i preffer if it is water and dust resistant. For me popped up ULEFONE Armor 2 but then discovered that it is chinese phone. 
Durability seems to be good BUT i am afraid that it will work as those cheap phones (for example new samsung low price phones are soo damn slow i got one when i was working in one company. I returned the phone as it was in my opinion piece of shit) My own phone is Samsung S8 edge and it works fine but low end ones were crap-
Because i have no information on rugged smartphones i created this topic. 
Price range i think 300 - 500 euros

[ProjectBox153]

The S8 Active looks good, but I'm not sure if it's in your price range. 

[orbitalbuzzsaw]

If you can afford it, th S8 Active is a great option

[LienusLateTips]

44 minutes ago, ISUther said:

Well he is not very tech savvy person but same time i do not want to get him a phone that will break if he drops it + there is often a lot of dust where he works (clay-s he makes for tiles etc) all have a lot of dust and when phone is in his pocket it will face a lot of dust. 
Also water etc. 
So i preffer if it is water and dust resistant. For me popped up ULEFONE Armor 2 but then discovered that it is chinese phone. 
Durability seems to be good BUT i am afraid that it will work as those cheap phones (for example new samsung low price phones are soo damn slow i got one when i was working in one company. I returned the phone as it was in my opinion piece of shit) My own phone is Samsung S8 edge and it works fine but low end ones were crap-
Because i have no information on rugged smartphones i created this topic. 
Price range i think 300 - 500 euros

S8/S8 Active?

[dizmo]

Honestly, I'd just get a phone with a good IP rating, and a good case.

He's going to have to be a little careful with it regardless of what he does, as dust will destroy parts of the device even with the rating.