I made some enquiries about the Hedy WP812, that waterproof phone I mentioned recently. Apparently it only costs RMB1000, and it’s available in a store in Zhongguancun, literally just down the road.

Hmmm. I’ll certainly go and look at it. The waterproof feature is of no use to me whatsoever in Beijing, where it almost never rains… could be useful in Singapore’s monsoon seasons, though…. Anyway, it’s billed by Hedy as a part of their business phone range, and the features look pretty good to me; the only drawback is the camera, which is only 1.2 megapixels.