| In 2008, a mobile phone set a new benchmark for | | | | dropped from a great height, that could shrug off being |
| toughness, being rugged, hard-wearing and virtually | | | | run over by a tractor or put in a cement mixer. The |
| indestructible. It was the JCB Tough Phone, and it was | | | | level of toughness was unprecedented, and people |
| incredible. But now its successor, the Sonim XP3, has | | | | just seemed to fall in love with it. It was hard to believe |
| blown that benchmark wide open. Let's look at this | | | | that any other mobile phone could match it, but |
| ultimate hardcase. | | | | unbelievably, the new Sonim XP3 is even tougher. Not |
| Sonim XP3 - Surpassing the JCB Phone | | | | only that, but it takes the rugged body it inherited from |
| Everyone's reaction was broadly similar, when the JCB | | | | its bright yellow predecessor, and makes it completely |
| Tough Phone was unleashed on the world in the early | | | | waterproof, making it one of the only mobile phones in |
| days of 2008. Essentially, no-one could believe they | | | | existence that you can safely use underwater. |
| were seeing a phone that could withstand being | | | | |