Review: Toughest Smartphones for Business Business is messy. Your mobile device should be able to handle it.

Anyone clinging to the notion that starting a business is a spic-and-span, khakis-wearing endeavour has never done it. Getting an operation off the ground is about as messy as you can get.

So you need a phone that can take it.

Until recently, phones that could be dropped, run over or otherwise abused were either ugly or low functioning or both. But now, phone makers and carriers are offering excellent ruggedized mobile options. Here's a look at the top end of tough phones for your business.