Sonim Sets New Guinness World Record - Now The World’s Toughest Phone

The Sonim XP3300 Force is officially the ‘World’s Toughest Phone’ - securing its entry into the Guinness World Records™ hall of fame.The ultra-rugged phone survived an extreme drop test from a remarkable 25 metres onto concrete without operational damage – a drop higher than a ten-story building.

To fulfil the strict requirements, the record attempt was witnessed by independent judges from Guinness World RecordsTM, who tested the phone to confirm it was still working following the drop, beating the previous World Record of 3.25m held by the 2008 JCB Toughphone. Bob Plaschke , CEO, Sonim Technologies,comments, “We wanted to stamp Sonim’s name on the World Record, confirming that the Sonim XP3300 Force is the toughest phone in the world. Most mobile phones are drop-tested to a metre, which just isn’t enough in extreme environments such as construction sites, oil rigs or in the forest.”

Plaschke continues, “Establishing the Guinness World Record for highest mobile phone drop assures remote and tough workers that their Sonim phone is ‘fit for purpose’ and can withstand the daily knocks, drops and tumbles.”

The Sonim XP3300 Force is an ultra rugged handset that goes beyond Milspec. It has been tested against Sonim’s RPS standards and dragged behind boats and quad bikes, driven over by cars, immersed in ice and concrete, sandblasted and submerged – and still lived to tell the tale:

• Submerging it in an Antifreeze Mixture
• Will it Blend?
• Journey in Concrete

Certified against dust, dirt and shock as well as being fully water-resistant up to 2 metres, Sonim phones are ideal for the toughest environments and applications.

MANAGE YOUR WORKFORCE WITH THE SONIM XP3300 FORCE

The Sonim XP3300 Force is a premium, ultra-rugged GSM phone specifi cally designed to enhance mobile workforce productivity and safety for professionals with the toughest jobs in the world, ranging from transportation enterprises to utility fi eld 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 certifi ed 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 off ers a range of pre-tested and certifi ed 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.

Source - Sonim Technologies