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Sonim XP3 becomes Land Rover S1 rugged phone

Sonim's JCB Toughphone was clearly designed with incredibly hard construction types in mind, rather than us namby pamby geeks with a penchant for the

Dan Grabham Dan Grabham

Based on their recently outed XP3 rugged phone, the Land Rover S1 and S2 G4 pack in Bluetooth support and can be used in temperatures up to a delirium inducing 60C and down to a mind–numbing -20C.

Land Rover branding is of course present and correct and we really can’t imagine any decent off road fan not grabbing one when they’re unleashed in 40 different countries next year.

Official word is we’ll be getting a third model too. While you man up in anticipation, make sure you take a look at the JCB Toughphone in action in our special vidcast.

Essentials

Land Rover S1 and S2 G4

Price: £TBA

On sale: 2009

Contact: Land Rover

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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