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\"Samsung<\/a>It was an especially tough summer for repairs. Working from my cottage, I am used to having things break down more frequently.<\/p>\n

A couple years ago, I went through a few wireless routers. It seemed every thunderstorm would fry one.<\/p>\n

This year took out my espresso machine, a couple propellers, a microwave oven, a toaster oven and 3 screens for a single cell phone.<\/p>\n

Yes, 3 screens for one cell phone. At $250 each, I asked my Muskoka repair guy if he had a punch card program so that every tenth screen would be free.<\/p>\n

So I was quite interested to hear about the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active<\/a> hitting the market in Canada. It is reported to be a solid answer to my problems sheltering high end devices from the dangers of impact with Muskoka.<\/p>\n

Having gone through so many screens on one of our family devices this summer, when I heard about the S5 Active offering all the benefits of Samsung’s high performance devices combined with military grade protection against salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, and shock resistance, I thought that I can’t be alone in seeking better protection for our mobile phones.<\/p>\n

These are powerful computers, cameras, high definition TV screens that now fit in the palm of our hands, and slip out of our pockets way too easily. TELUS (and some other carriers) also offer Device Care and Device Care Premium<\/a> to provide what you might consider to be stupidity insurance – something that would have saved me some headaches this summer.<\/p>\n

When my kids were in school, we had such complete care packages for their notebook computers, which took care of replacing screens damaged when closing on a pencil case and a replacing a computer that didn’t really want to share a beer that my son spilled into the keyboard. <\/p>\n

Is it just my family?<\/p>\n

Do you have a device care package for you mobile phones? How many screens and phones have you damaged?<\/p>\n

Is there a bigger market for high end hardened devices?<\/p>\n

I am looking forward to test driving one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It was an especially tough summer for repairs. Working from my cottage, I am used to having things break down more frequently. A couple years ago, I went through a few wireless routers. It seemed every thunderstorm would fry one. This year took out my espresso machine, a couple propellers, a microwave oven, a toaster …<\/p>\n

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