Not many people here in North America have heard of Sonim. The truth is Sonim doesn’t have much coverage here in Canada and the USA, but after spending some time with the XP1 tough phone, perhaps they should. The recently sent us the XP1 phone for us to play with, test, use and abuse and following is our review of this remarkable phone.
XP1 - Box
Package
and Details:
The
XP1 arrived in a very attractive retail box, but the truth is that when phone
shopping here in North America, you generally don't see the box on the shelf
first. The phone is typically on display
and then you see the box after you've signed your life away on a contract or
locked yourself into expensive pre-paid service with one provider. The Sonim XP1 arrived ready to go on any
network as it is unlocked and actually arrived rattling around in the box. It came out of the assigned cut-outs, but
thankfully the tough phone arrived working and without any damage. That's right; it can even stand up to UPS.
XP1 - In Box
XP1 - Bundle
The XP1 is a “Candy-Bar” style phone that is a little bulkier than most phones today. The housing of the phone is pretty rugged and it has several raised rubber points that offer protection, toughness and also increase the overall indestructible appearance of the phone. Sonim claims that this is the “world’s toughest phone” and while we don’t have every phone in the world to compare it to, we’ll put it through the paces soon enough and see if it can survive.
XP1 - Front
XP1 - Back
Specs & Features:
Tech Specs:
Durable Casing - Hardened rubber molding cast via dual injection. Temperature range - Operational range between -20C and +60C. Shock and vibration - Rated to 1.65m drop to concrete. Protection from 5Hz to 500Hz. Screen - Protected by leading scratch resistant coating. Water and humidity - Rated for stream of water at 90 degree angle. Durable mechanics - Keypad buttons tested to 500,000 pushes. Dedicated PTT buttons tested to 200,000 pushes. Dirt and dust - Non-porous casing withstands micro-particles.
Unconditional 3 year guarantee:
Sonim provides this Unconditional three year Guarantee for your mobile phone (hereinafter referred to as "Product"). Should your Product need guaranty service, please return it to the dealer from whom it was purchased, or contact Sonim Customer Care at:
Our guarantee:
Subject to the conditions of this Unlimited 3 year Guarantee Sonim warrants this product to be free from major defects in design, material and workmanship at the time of its original purchase by a consumer, and for a subsequent period of Three (3) years.
What we will do:
If during the guarantee period, this product fails to operate under normal use and service, due to defects in design, material or workmanship, Sonim's authorized distributors or service partners, in the country/region where you purchased the product, will replace with the same or better model in the same or better condition.
Physical characteristics Weight 100g/128g without/with battery 7 soft keys /10 programmable short-cuts 2.5mm headset port USB charging port External antenna port (optional accessory) Dedicated volume and PTT keys
Audio system Two 14x20mm speakers 95bd+ at 10cm range Omni-directional microphone 98bdb signal-to-noise ratio
Following are the Bluetooth headsets that are verified and compatible with our phone Nokia BH 100 Jabra BT 5020 Motorola H350 Sony Ericson HBH-PV702 Aliph Jawbone bluetooth headset Plantronics 370 Invisio G5 Nokia BH 900
Following are the car kits that are verified and compatible with our phone Nokia CK-7W BlueAnt's Supertooth-Light Model: BTSLBC3/BTPP5 Parrot CK 3100 Nokia CK – 15W ( verified only for 4.0.2-218.2)
Push To Talk The PTT functionality shall be available in your
XP1 Phone only if the PTT service is enabled.
Following
the instructions to create contacts, make
calls to individual, predefined groups and ad hoc
(informal) groups This feature is subject to phone model and
subscription support. If the user menu does not
show PTT, then the
feature is not supported.
PTT client (OMA PoC 1.0) 100% interoperable with Sonim & Nokia OMA PoC 1.0 servers Optimized for 1-to-1 and large group walkie-talkie call initiation presence-enabled contract list with network storage and auto synchronization Multiple call settings, including barge, invite and do-not-disturb Advanced SigComp implementation for optimized call set-up performance Over-the-air provisioning
Software package Standard services SMS WAP Bluetooth Polyphonic ring tone support
Display 128x160 resolution and 65,000 colors 67x37mm for display bar + 7 rows of data Language support
English
Chinese
Dutch
French
German
Greek
Italian
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Accessories
Extra battery
12-25V Car charger
Headset
Plug-in external antenna
Wall Charger
Belt Clip
On the next page we'll take a close look at the phone before we drop in for some testing.
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