Phone Scoop - Kyocera Hydro Updates

Released for Cricket

Wed, 03 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT

The Kyocera Hydro is now available for Cricket.

Released for Boost Mobile

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 00:00:00 GMT

The Kyocera Hydro is now available for Boost Mobile.

Splish, Splash, Boost Mobile Takes a Bath with Kyocera Hydro

Tue, 17 Jul 2012 13:20:10 GMT

Boost Mobile today announced that it will sell the Kyocera Hydro starting August 3 for $129.99. The Hydro, which was announced earlier this year, is a water-proof Android 4.0 smartphone that includes a 3.5-inch display, 3.2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, GPS, and 1GHz processor. The Hydro will be available from Boost Mobile's web site and company-owned stores at first, but will reach select other retailers later in August.

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Hands-On with the Waterproof Kyocera Hydro

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:00:02 GMT

Kyocera has a lot of experience with waterproof phones, both from its rugged walkie-talkie phones for Sprint, and its Japanese phones. Now the company is bringing that waterproof know-how to an affordable Android phone with the Hydro. We spent some time with it. Read on for our first impressions.

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Kyocera Intros Water Resistant Hydro, QWERTY-Equipped Rise

Tue, 08 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT

Kyocera took the wraps off two new phones today, the Hydro and Rise. Both phones share a similar feature set, though the form factors differ significantly. Shared features include 3.5-inch 320 x 480 IPS LCD displays and 1GHz Qualcomm processors with 512MB of RAM and 2GB of internal storage. Other specs include EVDO Rev. A 3G and 1X Advanced; 3.2-megapixel cameras with LED flash and video capture; aGPS, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, and Wi-Fi; a bevy of sensors, and 1500mAh batteries. Both phones run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Hydro: The Hydro is a small bar-style device that is water resistant. Kyocera brings plenty of water-resistant know-how to the Hydro, which can withstand water jets for up to three minutes and immersion in 1 meter of water for 30 minutes.
Rise: The Rise is a sideways slider with a QWERTY keyboard for messaging, but loses the water resistance enjoyed by the Hydro.

Kyocera did not announce pricing nor availability, nor did it say which carrier will offer these phones; however, Sprint is typically the carrier to offer Kyocera devices in the U.S.

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