Sonim XP Strike

Overview

TechSpot Metascore

Based on 4 expert reviews

Excellent:

0
Good:

1
Average:

1
Bad:

2

Pros:

Extremely rugged. Long battery life. Three-year warranty.
Was able to withstand whatever we threw at it, 3 year warranty, including accidental damage

Cons:

Speaker volume can be louder. No voice dialing. Poor camera
Call quality was suspect at times

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Last revision on November 21, 2014

Reviewers Liked

Extremely rugged. Long battery life. Three-year warranty
Was able to withstand whatever we threw at it, 3 year warranty, including accidental damage

Reviewers Didn't Like

Speaker volume can be louder. No voice dialing. Poor camera
Call quality was suspect at times

Expert reviews and ratings

The Sonim XP Strike presents a quandary. If rugged is what you need, it delivers in spades. It is one of the toughest phones I've jumped up and down on with my combat boots. Other than the survivability aspect, the Strike fumbles its core feature: phone...

By Phone Scoop on February 14, 2013

It doesn't do much more than make calls, but the Sonim XP Strike is Sprint's toughest push-to-talk cell...

By PC Mag on January 29, 2013

While the Sonim XP Strike is tough as nails, Sprint has other rugged devices that are better not only in performance, but in price...

By CNET Australia on January 17, 2013

Sonim has made a very basic phone that aims to do one thing well: withstand punishment. The XP Strike won’t win any beauty contests, the OS is slow and dated and the camera is horrible. None of that matters, but what does is that it was able to...

By Phone Arena on January 08, 2013