Sonim XP3300 Force

The Sonim XP3300 Force has been around for a while, but it recently hit the headlines when it was officially certified as the world's toughest phone, when it survived a 25 metre drop onto concrete without breaking.

The Sonim XP3300 Force is a premium, ultra-rugged GSM phone specifi­cally designed to enhance mobile workforce productivity and safety for professionals with the toughest jobs in the world, ranging from transportation enterprises to utility fi­eld managers, backed by Sonim's industry-leading 3-Year Comprehensive Warranty.  

Building on lessons learned from serving half a million workers in the most extreme environments, the Sonim RPS certifi­ed phone was engineered to handle any working condition. The Sonim RPS go far beyond MIL-SPEC ruggedness, so managers can be assured of minimum downtime, keeping critical business processes running smoothly. Even wastewater 2 meters deep is no challenge for this IP-68 rated, water and dust proof handset, which can also be dropped from 2 meters onto concrete. The 2 inch high-resolution display is protected by a class leading 1.5mm thick Corning® Gorilla® Glass lens for the highest scratch and shock resistance.

The XP3300 Force has enterprise class GPS capabilities for optimized accurate real-time location tracking, and is ready for Mobile Resource Management applications developers*. The 2 MP camera with a bright LED fl‑ash and digital zoom captures critical job site information while worker safety is enhanced by strong antenna performance, very long battery life and active noise cancellation. Sonim has further improved the reliability, speed and available memory for JAVA applications. The Sonim JAVA Application Manager (JAM) store offers a range of pre-tested and certifi­ed third party workforce management applications for download. NoteVault, for the construction industry, records and transcribes voice notes to track last minute change requests and verbal safety reports right from the work site, making good use of the noise cancellation, GPS tagging and image capture capabilities of the Sonim XP3300 Force

The XP1300 Core has comfortable keys and controls.

The beefy volume rocker sits on the phone's right spine above a control that activates the bright flashlight on the rear side. A programmable shortcut key is on the left side below the aforementioned 3.5mm ports. You can also program the toggle for one-touch access to your favorite features. You'll have to remove the battery cover to access the microSD card slot, but that's understandable in a water-resistant phone