JCB Toughphone Review by 3G.co.uk
Formerly know as the Sonim XP1, as well as sporting the JCB name, the Toughphone is decked out in its namesake’s bright yellow and black colour scheme. The keys are big enough and spaced out enough to be able to find when wearing gloves. Encased in some rubber body armour, the phone is meticulously sealed bo
Please try the following: 1. Drop the phone from a fourth floor window. 2. Take your phone with you into the shower. 3. Drive over your phone and feel free to reverse over it. These were just a few of the suggestions we were given when we received Sonim’s JCB-branded ‘Toughphone’. So off we set to see if this bruiser really was as tough as it claimed.
th in terms of the front keypad and the back cover where the battery and SIM are kept, to stop any fluid getting inside. Indeed the back of the handset is screwed on (although you can open it with a firm fingernail) to avoid the cover coming off, say if it falls out of a fourth floor window for example.
JCB Toughphone falls out of a window
Due to the hustle and bustle of the streets of London, we found no safe place to launch the Toughphone out of a fourth floor window. We therefore had to settle for a bedroom window on a second floor home. But rest assured, we did throw it with some force onto the concrete below. The result? Apart from a slight scuff on the top of the handset it was as good as new. The handset remained switched on throughout its descent and consequent impact. We actually tried it a further two times and still the Toughphone remained in tact.
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