A few weeks ago, Sonim sent me a press release regarding their “Xtreme Performance One” (XP1) phone that claims to be one of the toughest phones around. If you don’t believe me, you can head on over to testanddestroy.com to check out the punishment that this phone can endure. At the time of this writing, their test phone has taken over 24,900 whacks with a large hammer.
The phone doesn’t have a lot of new innovative features – at least in the world of the HTC Touch Diamond, iPhone 3G and such, but what it lacks in features in makes up for in endurance.
The box arrived by Fedex and although things were shaken around a bit in the box, the phone should be able to withstand your favorite delivery service. If it can survive UPS, it’s already considered a tough phone in my book. I’ve had a ton of hardware damaged by UPS and this phone arrived safe and sound.
This phone comes with enough hardware to keep you going. It comes with a USB Power Adapter, some information regarding phone usage and such, as well as a 1100mAh battery and a waterproof battery door. Also included in the bundle are replacement covers for the bottom ports and finally a nice belt clip.
The phone using a rugged hardened rubber molding cast via dual injection and is rated to 1.65m drop to concrete and has vibration protection from 5Hz to 500Hz. While not waterproof, it can survive a stream of water at a 90 degree angle. It is dust and dirt resistant and can be operated anywhere from -20C to +60C.
To get more specs and features on this phone as well as more pictures, please check on the next page.
Core platform
- Philips Nexperia 6120 platform
- ARM-9 processor
- 900, 1800, 1900 Mhz
- Lithium-ln 1100mA/h battery
- 5 hour talk time
- GCF/CE certified
- Storage for 1000 100-character SMS messages
Physical characteristics
- Weight 100g/128g without/with battery
- 7 soft keys /10 programmable short-cuts
- 2.5mm headset port
- USB charging port (custom pin config)
- External antenna port (optional accessory)
- Dedicated volume and PTT keys
Audio system
- Two 14x20mm speakers
- 95bd+ at 10cm range
- Ommi-directional microphone
- 98bdb signal-to-noise ratio
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 performace
- Over-the-air provisioning
Software package Standard services
- SMS
- WAP
- Bluetooth
- Polyphonic ring tone supuport
Display
- 128×160 resolution and 65,000 colors
- 67x37mm for display bar + 7 rows of data
The phone uses the GSM network and requires a valid SIM card to work. It supports triband GSM networks such as 900/1800/1900 phones.
The phone is quite large and bulky by today’s standards, but when compared to the HTC S640 with the extended battery, it is pretty comparable in terms of height and thickness, although it is much narrower.
To take a closer look at this phone, including some pictures of the screen and menu features, make sure you check out our flickr photostream here.
Make sure you stay tuned as we’ll have a full review up at BCCHardware.com in a couple of weeks.