Thanks to Land Rover, you’ll never get lost in a Waitrose car park again | Barbara Ellen

The Explore, Land Rover's 'ultra-rugged' phone, has a built-in compass. As if it's ever going to leave town

The imminent Land Rover smartphone, Explore (599), sounds exciting. Described variously as "ultra-rugged" and the "toughest phone in the world", it's bulkier than a regular smartphone (great, I love carrying stuff) and splash- and dust-resistant. One presumes that this is in case the au pair hasn't done a diligent enough cleaning job or the jets in the wetroom go off accidentally?

Explore offers extra battery life from an "adventure pack", which also improves the phone's GPS signal - so useful for when people are finding it difficult to find their way out of the car park of a particularly large Waitrose. And - hurrah! - there's a built-in compass. Only the other day, I got completely lost among the bath-bombs in Lush and was considering sending up a flare.