Sonim XP8 XP8800 Dual-SIM 64GB Unlocked 4G/LTE Rugged Smartphone Black - Renewed

This phone is fantastic. As a ham radio operator it is part of my EDC. It is heavy, but looks like it will survive a hurricane. I use it for Zello, EchoLink, Droid Star, and Tango Tango. Highly recommend. The battery will last days depending on use. Extremely durable.

I purchased one of these exclusively to use for Android ham radio applications such as DVSwitch and DroidStar, with a specific intent of getting a dedicated PTT button. When it arrived it was in like new condition, and I happily booted it only to see a splash screen from the carrier Southern Linc, which I had never heard of. A Google search shows their primary customer base is first responders and government agencies. This proved to be problematic. This carrier locks down - in hardware - the PTT switch so that it does not appear in the Settings -> Programmable Keys menu. No attempt to map the key with ButtonMapper and use the resultant keycode was successful. This is perfectly understandable if you are providing phones to Southern Linc's customer base, where you want things tightly locked down. But that it unusable for DVSwitch and any other apps you might like to trigger with the PTT button. I spent a few hours going down the Google rabbit hole, looking for a solution, trying all the suggestions I could find and realized the value of my time was outstripping what I paid for the phone. So it has gone back to Amazon. I've found an equivalent retired AT&T unit that I'll try, and hopefully I'll get better results.

I bought the phone as a replacement to my old Oneplus 3T I've been having to patchwork back together with chineseium for the last two years and wanted an upgrade in durability. I've only had the phone for a day but the feel of it is reassuring. The phone feels solid, blocky, and heavy! It's a refurbished phone but I had to take time to search for the sole obvious tell (a little dirt caught in the seam of the fingerprint reader/home button). It came pre-installed with a Canadian phone companies bloatware in addition to Google's Android regulars. The battery came pre-charged and only went down 3% during the ~45 minutes it took me to reinstall all of my apps, settings, and contacts. I'm hoping this battery life stays. The only two downsides I see to the phone are entirely out of the sellers control and purely Sonim's choices. The phone still uses Android 7.0 nougat (Android 11.0 is supposed to come out Fall 2019) with select carriers beginning to offer and update to Android 8.0 Oreo. I never thought I would feel nostalgia over smartphone software but downgrading to the software my Galaxy S3 had hit me with it. The second negative is the camera. It takes 3 or 4 seconds from hitting the button to take the picture before it actually takes the shot. The picture is also really low quality by modern standards. TLDR: A tough phone at a decent price for a working man. An outdated pocket anchor for a tech geek.

It a little bit heavy, but works well on EchoLink.

I've used SONIM phones since 2006, my stars are based on the sale and accuracy as seller is not manufacturer. - This is not DUAL-SIM capable as it is a branded AT&T product. They want to promote an app product for additional numbers. - Will not tether/Hotspot without contacting AT&T. - Battery life not so great. All day web/YouTube I charge mid day and again at night. - Probably not really IP68 or 7. No covers on any of accessory ports, except USB-C charging port, that is only a friction fit O-ring doorway. The back door is like a tv remote cover, and not a vault door or firmly sealed like previous models. Camera pretty good, so are stereo speakers. I went into audio settings and made Bluetooth codec changes.

Great buy was surprised how many features were included. Still learning the device.

Worked great and came undamaged with every component inside the package

I liked it at first but it only lasted a year before it wouldn't charge or turn on, cracked the screen to easily, and the home botton broke. For a "tough" phone I was not impressed. The screen was not responsive enough, and I was always struggling to type the correct words with out a random period being thrown in somewhere, all my basic apps seamed to struggle as well. Just get the phone you want with a good case.

Excelente compra, tan buena que la hice 11 veces para mis colegas del trabajo donde todos necesitábamos un teléfono intrinseco

Don’t buy. I received it’s without box and not getting on

Estaba mu emocionado con el equipo, le compre, funda rigida, memoria extra, sim card nuevo y el equipo en un par de horas fallo!! la bateria estaba inflada y el equipo no respondia en la pantalla,.. lo he devuelto y volvere a comprar otro equipo, realmente me gusta ese equipo, espero no desilucionarme de nuevo....

Muy buen producto

El teléfono llegó impecable pero tiene un fallo en la pantalla que hace que se mueva sola pero borra correos cuelga o se marca solo. El gran problema es que Amazon no me da la guía para devolución y aunque ofrecen el reembolsar 400 pesos el envío es mucho más caro y eso no menciona en ninguna parte al momento de comprar