Sonim have announced the follow-up to their XP1 rugged cellphone, which comes in the shape of the chunky XP3. Despite Sonim’s enthusiastic claims to the XP1’s invulnerability, the XP3 is apparently even more shock and drop resistant; it’s also waterproof, and can survive being fully submersed for 30 minutes within one meter of water.
If you’re the sort of person who gets a thrill from things such as the Samsung SSD drop test video (and we’re not judging you, as we do too) then you might enjoy watching the regular battering that Sonim’s XP1 ruggedized cellphone is currently receiving. The handset – also known as the JCB Toughphone – has been made the star of its own online reality TV show but, unlike in most other such shows, the audience really is getting to see what they want: the star being battered with a great big hammer.
Sonim XP1 test videos – starring an elephant, no less – after the cut
I usually try not to make snap decisions. I like to give things a chance to be horrible before I deem them so, however I can’t not call this phone ugly. There is not a feature in the world that would talk me into carrying the JCB Toughphone around.
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