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As titled, this phone is bulky compared to most smart phones but is great. I work in a labor intense field, constantly bending, kneeling, laying on the ground, etc. I get better signal, function, and call quality compared to my old phone on the same network. Good features on the phone, easy to customize and modify to your personal specs. I love it and hopefully will get a good life span.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
A great rugged smartphone. It has a removable battery which is great. It's heavier than most. But not that much more than a full-size phone with a rugged Otter/Pelican case. I'd give it 5 stars *if* it had a 3.5mm audio jack, could be rooted, could use adoptable storage (run apps off the SD card) and didn't have so much proprietary bloatware from the phone network that can't be removed. UPDATE: FOR SOME REASON THIS PARTICULAR HANDSET WON'T CONNECT TO LTE/4G. AT&T IS SHUTTING DOWN 3G FORCING ME TO BUY A NEW PHONE. I AM PURCHASING ANOTHER XP8 THAT HOPEFULLY DOESN'T HAVE THIS ISSUE. IT WAS ADVERTISED AS *UNLOCKED* BUT THERE IS PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE FROM BELL CANADA THAT MAY BE CAUSING CONNECTIVITY ISSUES. I HAVE REQUESTED A *PARTIAL* REFUND BUT HAVE BEEN REBUFFED. DOWNGRADING MY FEEDBACK AS A RESULT. BE CAREFUL AND MAKE SURE YOUR SONIM IS *TRULY* UNLOCKED.Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Dual SIM feature does NOT work. I have been in direct contact with SONIM regarding my XP8 on this issue. They have been borderline rude in telling me that the dual SIM feature is for "future development" and is not available- like in a "how dare you even ask that" way. However on page 21 on their own user manual it outlines how to enable and use both SIM slots. So- if you live and work in rural and/or remote areas where you have to piece together cell coverage from different carriers do not rely on this phone to do that. You will either have to carry a second phone, or just find a different brand ( like my co-workers have done) that will actually function with dual SIM slots. On the XP8's, as soon as the phone detects there are two SIM cards, it automatically disables the #2 slot and there is absolutely no way to enable it. And YES- the phone is unlocked, and YES- I even accessed the Developer Mode to see if the option was there maybe. Otherwise its an okay phone, but good portion of our agency's SONIM's developed cloudy screens several months after getting them. There are better options. Read full review
Verified purchase: No
I've only had it for a few weeks, but so far so good. Amazing battery life. I get 2 or 3 days of moderate usage. Mix of some video, music and web browsing as well as a few calls and texts. Configurable PTT button, Alarm button and Yellow button. I simply disabled the PTT and red alarm buttons and use the yellow button for the flashlight, which is decently bright. Screen is super bright, not amazing color reproduction but that's not why you buy a phone like this. The speakers are insanely loud. I'm pretty sure everyone in an airport could hear it ring if I had it all the way up.. Music playback benefits from these speakers. Camera is more than good enough to send people shots of whole pages of text so that they can zoom in enough to read it. Hopefully that gives you an idea. It's not a Samsung or Apple camera, but it does well enough as a backup for my gopro. Radio seems to have no issues. GPS, 4g, wifi 2.4ghz and 5ghz all work without issues. My only complaint (not really) so far is that the free version of Pandora has bad glitching on screen when it tries to show you a full screen ad. This results in me not even being able to see the ad and just pressing the back button once. Not exactly a bad thing since I hate ads.. It's responsive and plenty fast enough for me. I'm not a gamer or power user but my phones need to endure a pretty rough life. Hopefully this XP8 is as tough as my old XP5. That thing was basically a brick made into a phone and broke everything it hit rather than breaking itself. Read full review
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: Pre-owned
Seems brand new as advertised. Excellent speaker. Glad I bought it.
Verified purchase: Yes | Condition: New
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