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Congratulations to Buffy, the winner of our October photo competition for the hilarious photo she sent in of herself underwater. The photo was taken on a Blackberry in a SwimCell waterproof bag for phone. 

If you'd like to win a SwimCell simply send us you photos taken with a SwimCell or photos of you with your SwimCell for a chance to win a waterproof case for phone.

We're delighted to see SwimCell and Owner Amy Day feature in some local Cornish newspapers this week. The Article is as follows:

A Penzance-bred entrepreneur has just received the sort of recommendation for her product that any business would dream of having.

Former Humphry Davy and Penwith College student Amy Day launched her waterproof bag for phones – SwimCell – just six months ago.

And now she has received a message on her Facebook page from a delighted holidaymaker from London who said she was the “luckiest girl alive” after losing her phone in the waves at Polzeath in north Cornwall.

Nicola's message read: “As the waves were quite small this morning we went out paddling on our boards and I took my phone in a waterproof case to take photos.

“I paddled around searching for ages but it was impossible to see anything.”

Four hours later however the phone – undamaged and photos intact – was found by a couple of girls who were rock-pooling.

“I have always been sceptical of gadgets but I can definitely say that yours is brilliant and I have also bought myself one.”

Amy told The Cornishman she had the idea of the SwimCell bag while taking time out after going through a tough time personally.

“I went to a small island in Indonesia to get away from everyone asking what I was going to do with my life,” she said.

“I went to lie on the beach and it was there that I thought wouldn’t it be cool if you can take photos on your phone in the water instead of having to buy a waterproof camera.

“Nicola’s story made me very proud to see my product being used in Cornwall by someone on holiday and have such a story.

“I’d like to add that attaching a float to the SwimCell is a good idea if you’re out in deep water.”

SwimCells are available for sale in Annes Cottage shops and watersports warehouse, and online from www.swimcell.com and amazon.co.uk

The original story can be found here: http://www.cornishman.co.uk/Penzance-entrepreneur-s-waterproof-phone-bag/story-23049461-detail/story.html#ixzz3FYzjv6ep

Congratulations to Charlotte and Gareth our Facebook Photo Competition winners.

Both winners will be sent a SwimCell of their choice for sharing their photos taken with their SwimCell waterproof case for phone. Check out our facebook page for more entries. www.facebook.com/swimcell

If you've just got yourself a sparkly new iphone 6 you can easily fit it into a SwimCell waterproof case for iphone. 

The iphone 6 plus unfortunately doesn't fit in our standard SwimCell, but watch this space and we'll do our best to bring you one as soon as we can.

Did you know you can still use your phone whilst it's inside SwimCell and you can even take photos underwater by changing your settings to use the buttons on the side of your phone instead of the touch screen.

This months competition winner is Juandi for his fabulous video made from the Fly Gili Parasail in Gili Trawangan. Juandi took his phone on his parasailing flight and made this awesome video!

You can check out all the other entires for this month which include SwimCell at Glastonbury Festival, and underwater videos by clicking here to visit our Facebook page. 

Seeing as SwimCell is 100% Waterproof we thought we'd put it through it's paces and take it for a walk on the bottom of the ocean! A 5m deep Gili Marine Walk let's you walk along the bottom of the ocean (which is currently all dead coral) to have a look at some of the fabulous tropical fish. 

Our phones stayed completely dry in the waterproof bag for phone for the entire time that we were underwater, about 40 mins.

Before taking your phone underwater it's probably a good idea to check with your phones manufacturer that it's safe to take it that deep. The deeper underwater you go, the more pressure is put on your phone!

Needless to say we had a lot of fun on the Marine Walk and with the photos afterwards! (Thanks Shed Simove aka Ideas Man)

You can check out the other photos on our Facebook Page

Congratulations to Alana, the winner of our May photo competition.

Alana took her SwimCell waterproof bag out for party on the Drunken Monkeyz Party Boat.

You've got to be in it to win so send your photos in to enter our June competition.

Travel insurance sucks because most of the time it won't cover your mobile phone!

Your phone is more likely to get lost or damaged on holiday than any other item so what good is it if you can't get some help from your insurance company? If you're lucky they might give you £150, but that's only if you bought your phone within the last 12 months and have the receipt to prove it.

This is one reason why SwimCell 100% Waterproof Bag For Phone is an essential item to take with you when you go away. The last thing you want is to be forking out an extra £700 for a new phone because of a silly accident.

If you've got this far, you know what you need to do. Choose your colour and SAVE YOU PHONE!

We're thrilled to have been featured in Marianne Cantwell's Friday Love Letter to her Free Range Humans today.

Talking about just doing rather that waiting for things to be perfect. Having been months without making videos Marianne made her first one with a SwimCell in the water to show us one of her favourite places in the world.

(You used to be able to watch her video on Vimeo, but seeing as this blog post is more than 10 years old, and Vimeo is out of fashion, unfortunately you can no longer watch it.)