Maritime phone for port operatives

And of particular interest to port operations is the Push to Talk technology, enabling multiple conversations at the same time – turning the mobiles into walkie-talkie devices, without the hassle of a radio network.

Sonim, who make the XP3, has said that it is ‘virtually indestructible’. It can be submersed for in water for half-an-hour, and has a Mil-Spec rating of 810F against salt, fog humidity, transport and thermal shock.

Further, the keyboard touch buttons are tested to function beyond 500,000 pushes and the phone is capable of working at -20C or at +60C without breaking down.

It also seems that the company is putting its money where its mouth is. Markedly different to a number of other mobile warranties, Sonim offers a complete, unconditional, no-quibble three year guarantee on the phone, saying, that it won’t enquire how the unit was damaged or if it had been exposed to water, just replace it, “no questions asked.”