Kyocera Duramax available come 2nd October

We understand that in some professions, while owning a nice high-end smartphone like the iPhone 4, the Samsung Galaxy S2 or the Motorola Droid Bionic is desirable, it can often prove to be not very practical. Professions such as construction, factory work, outdoors work or basically any job that requires you to be in rough terrain would see your shiny high-end smartphone get scratched and damaged even before the day is out.

If you are indeed working in such a profession, Sprint has just revealed the Kyocera Duramax, which as the name implies is a rugged device. It will be one of Sprint’s Direct Connect phones, and according to the advertisement it has been built to military specifications which means we’re guessing it can probably take a beating. It will cost you $99 on contract and will be launching 2nd October 2011.