­The world has seen cell phones bundled with new technologies but a new phone has been unveiled last week which is the world’s first floating phone. The phone is manufactured by JCB Toughphone Tradesman. According to them, it is fully functional after being submerged in water, and making its way to the surface.

The floating updated version of the Toughphone, which was originally launched two years ago and made its way into the Guinness World Records Book, was put through a similar cruel and vigorous test emerging completely unscathed. It can operate after being dragged behind a JCB GT at 120mph, buried in 2 tones of rubble and kept floating on the water for six hours.

According to Jason Kemp, Marketing Director for Dragon Den star Peter Jones’ company Data Select, which worked with JCB to make the phone, the Tradesman is the perfect phone for people working outdoors, in the rain, sailing or just accident prone. Its rugged design will also take a hammering that would see lesser phones destroyed. Alternatively, the JCB Toughphone Tradesman makes the perfect second phone for those with an active, outdoor lifestyle that don’t want to take their smartphone mountain biking.

The original Toughphone has sold 50,000 units and the Tradesman already has 4,000 orders since its launch last week.

Peter Jones added that they have seen huge and rapid growth in the mobile phone market with ‘smart’ phone devices, but it you lead an outdoor lifestyle or work in a particularly rugged environment, these aren’t always suitable. These phones operate fine in tough working conditions, and are ideal for people who lead an outdoor lifestyle, such as mountain climbing, skiing and sailing.