Casio G’zOne Ravine 2 Rugged phone specs

Casio, which is known for it’s rugged watches, has launched a new phone alongwith Verizon. It is called G’zOne Ravine 2, and it is a rugged phone, with quite unique features.

G’zOne Ravine 2 is clamshell type phone, with two displays – a regular TFT display, and a small display on the outer side.

This phone has been tested and proved to survive immersion, shock, water and dust. It provides global roaming support, allowing you to use the services in more than 200 countries. It’s specifications are average, it has a 2.2 inches display, a 3.2 MP camera, 512 MB memory, bluetooth, microUSB. But, what makes it different is features it provides, such as thermometer, astro calendar, walking counter and more.

Casio G’zOne Ravine 2 Specifications

• Dimensions : 110 x 51 x 21 mm
• Weight : 138 gms
• 2.2 inches TFT dislay, 240×320 pixels resolution
• Additional 1.3 inches CSTN dispay
• 1150 mAh battery
• Stand by time : 4.68 hours, talktime : 506 hours
• 512 MB ROM
• 256 MB RAM
• Memory expandable upto 32 GB using microSD/microSDHC card
• 3.2 MP camera with LED flash and auto focus
• CDMA/GSM/GPRS network support
• GPS
• Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB
• 2.5 mm headphone jack
• Sensors : Pedometer, Compass, Thermometer

Casio G’zOne Ravine 2 Features

• It meets the 810G standards for immersion, water, shock and dust resistant, vibration, salt fog, humidity, solar radiation, altitude and low and high temperature storage.
• It provides global roaming, allowing users to enjoy data and voice services in more than 200 countries.
• VZ Navigator provides audible directions to millions of points of interest, and also allows to share directions with others.
• A walking counter which keeps a record of the steps walked, distance covered, energy consumed, etc.
• Astro Calendar provides details about the moon’s age, and days left until the next full/new moon.
• Thermometer to measure the current temperature in degree celsius and fahrenheit.
• The tides feature shows the tidal graph for the day.
• Star Gaze displays the the stars and constellation names for the season.
• Sunrise Sunset to view the times of sunrise/sunset.

So, what do you think about G’zOne Ravine 2? Do we actually need that many features on a phone?