The $100 Kyocera Hydro Air comes with LTE, is water resistant, and can also take a beating

Earlier today, Kyocera announced a new inexpensive smartphone for AT&T's GoPhone prepaid mobile service. Called the Kyocera Hydro Air, this is a entry-level smartphone priced at $99 with free shipping. Although the price is definitely very low for an off-contract smartphone, the Kyocera Hydro Air does come with a few interesting tricks up its sleeve.

As the name suggests, the Kyocera Hydro Air is water resistant in depths of up to one minute for up to 30 minutes. Although a $100 water-resistant phone is certainly interesting on its own, the deal is made even sweeter by the phone's Military Standard 810G, a certification that ensures that the Kyocera Hydro Air is rugged enough to take a beating and survive to tell the story.