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How many times have you wanted to throw your phone across the room into the wall? Dozens? Hundreds? Thousands? Well, Telstra’s just released a new tough phone that would let you do just that. More »
Sonim claims that their XP1 mobile phone is virtually indestructible. In fact, they say it can survive a 9mm, so the people from Gadget Review took it to a shooting range and had some fun.
The Gadget: Olympus’ waterproof, shockproof, coldproof—and hot-tubproof—10-megapixel pocket cam with new controls that work when you are gloved and freezing, as I discovered over the past weekend in Park City, UT.
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The folks at Sonim have done just about everything in their power to convince potential customers that their XP1 is the world’s toughest phone. That includes running over it with cars and dunking it in beer baths. Their latest stunt involves hitting in with a hammer 24/7 until it breaks—and you can watch the entire thing go down online. You can even send it text messages to test whether or not it is working.
Sonim has gone to great lengths to convince European customers that its XP1 is the toughest phone on the market. They even went so far as to take the phone on tour and encourage spectators to try and beat it into submission. Now the company is planning on launching an updated version, the XP3, in the US complete with GSM, quad-band EDGE, GPS, Bluetooth, a 128×160 screen, a 3-megapixel camera and a flashlight mode (not to mention a seriously rugged design and a 3 year no-questions-asked guarantee).
AU: The XP1 is available in Australia, and we’re still listening to suggestions on how to try and destroy it.
The world’s toughest phone, the Sonim XP1, is now available in Australia through Crazy Johns. But rather than bore you with specifications and tiresome statistics on just how tough it is, Sonim has (foolishly?) agreed to let us show you by letting us attempt to destroy it.
So, I’m partnering up with ex-Giz ed (and current Kotaku guest-ed) Seamus for a fun-filled day of attempted mobile phone destruction. And while we both have some rather creative ideas on the best way to introduce the phone to our friend pain, we want your help.
Let us know in comments how you think we should try and annihilate this thing. keep it realistic – we don’t have access to the LHC at the moment remember. The best ideas will be attempted, and we’ll video the whole thing and upload it next week.
And for those of you who are interested in the figures, the press release for the XP1 is below: More »
We brought you leaked photos and some basic specs on Samsung’s upcoming toughened A837 mobile phone last week, but the enterprising chaps over at Por Homme have somehow got hold of one and unboxed it. They also revealed more detail on the toughness of the device: it’s hardened to meet MIL-STD-810F standards for dust, shock, vibration, rain, altitude, solar radiation and temperature. Sounds like it’ll be good for most work environments then, especially since the case is hardened to resist physical damage too. Check out the gallery and see the “cute” tough toolbox the phone came in.
