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Sprint today announced a new addition to its family of rugged phones called the Sonim XP Strike. The XP Strike is the first Sonim handset to be sold by Sprint, and it happens to be a tough a SOB. The new ruggedized phone delivers some incredible durability such as an impressive military-spec rate of 810G,…
If you or someone from your company need a real tough push-to-talk phone and you also happen to live or work in Canada, check out Bell’s latest device – Sonim XP5520 BOLT. As you may’ve heard before, this is one of the toughest phones in the world. In fact, the XP5520 BOLT is built on…
Sonim Technologies, the company that we know for their super-rugged phones, is using the CTIA to announce new devices and solutions for the Americas. The holders of the Guinness World Record for the World’s Toughest Phone unveiled the following: Sonim XP1301 CORE NFC with Proof of Attendance & Activity that supports such applications as Guard…
Sonim, a phone maker you might not be too familiar with, is an expert in making devices that are damn near apocalypse proof. They can withstand pretty much anything you throw at them, which is why they’re popular with soldiers, security personeel, and construction workers. Those folks need devices that take a beating and last…
Sonim Technologies announced a new member to its family of tough and rough devices – Sonim XP3300 FORCE. What sets the new Sonim phone apart is the super long talk time which, at 20 to 24 hours, is said to be the longest in the world. Like some other Sonim phones, the XP3300 Force is…
Sonim confirmed the XP1300 Core, its latest offering in a series of rugged handsets. The XP1300 Core is IP-68 certified which means it can be submerged up to 2 meters and is impervious to dust. Not a slouch when it comes to specs, the XP1300 Core includes the following features: 2-inch gorilla glass display Omni-directional microphone…
It seems Sonim’s super-ruggedized XP3 Quest is merely mortal, after all. The ruggedized phone maker was at CES 2010, showing off their new “unbreakable” handset and asking anyone and everyone to give it their best shot to break the handset. Sonim even offered a free phone to anyone that managed to break the phone that…
Sonim XP2, one of the world’s toughest phones, has cleared the FCC recently. We have no clue when it will hit the market, but we see it comes with a 3G radio, though it’s unclear what exactly can you do with such a small screen. Maybe get some weather forecast info, which can come quite…
A few months ago I showed you a video with my buddy Dan Lane abusing, sodomizing, and molesting a Sonim handset in an attempt to break it. He failed. Sonim handsets are known to be built like tanks and can withstand practically any type of accident, except for being dropped in an active volcano, which…
For 300 British Pounds (355 Euros or 495 US Dollars) you get a device that has 15 hours of talk time, 2.5 months of standby time, and has been to the 7th layer oh hell and back. Most of you are not going to buy this phone, much like most of you will never buy…