Rugged-phone maker claims world's longest talk time
More-more jaw-jaw
MWC 2011 Want a phone with the longest possible talk time? Sonim, a phone maker which specialises in rugged handsets, announced just such a device at Mobile World Congress (MWC) this week.
It's the XP3300 Force, and its 126 x 60 x 25mm frame contains a 1750mAh battery that, the company claimed, will let to natter away for 22 hours.
Nothing to say? It'll keep going for 800 hours - more than 33 days - in stand-by mode.
Despite the XP3300's resilience to sub-zero - down to -20°C - temperatures, immersion in water, loss in fog and generally being chucked around building sites, you don't get much tech for your extended talk time. This handset is quad-band GSM/Edge only. There's no 3G, no Wi-Fi, the camera is just 2Mp and the screen a 2in, 240 x 320 job.
But it does have GPS with a satnav app included, and an FM radio. It comes with Opera Mini for web browsing.
The X3300 Force will be out in Q2 for an as-yet-undisclosed sum. ®
COMMENTS
Ok OK, my bad.....
I was supposed to put GSM and not GPS.
FAIL, 'cos I failed to read my own post properly before posting!
WiFi?
This phone sounds as though it's designed for work in the remote Tundras, Deserts, Mountains by exploration geologists (the people who really find PRIMARY wealth - not your "lets stay in the office and push buttons" Bankers and Clerks who are involved in Tertiary wealth production at the best) - these are places where WiFi is notable by it's absence. GPS on the other hand is more than useful.
GPS 'signal'
yes, i spotted that too, but figured the guy just got his TLA's mixed up, and put GPS when he meant GSM. Because after all, it is quite easy to be..
"that far from the beaten path, there may not be any GSM signal anyway"
@AC
"The only problem is that if you are stuck that far from the beaten path, there may not be any GPS signal anyway."
So far off the beaten track that you can't see the sky? That's called pot-holing...
Uhm...
"The only problem is that if you are stuck that far from the beaten path, there may not be any GPS signal anyway."
You do realize that GPS is based on receiving signals from multiple satellites that are circling the globe in geosync'd orbits, right? So you're never out of range of a GPS signal.
Now if you're in a city or something where the line of sight to the sats are blocked.. thats a different story. (Like being in a canyon with high walls...
