This is not the thinnest, nor is it the sleekest smartphone to come onto the market, but if you work in any trade that demands critical and secure communication needs (or basically just paranoia about everything), then the Elektrobit Tough Mobile Smartphone may be worthy of your consideration. In a nutshell, Elektrobit Tough Mobile addresses two major concerns with mobile phone usage: durability and security. The real kicker here is, it doesn’t even look like a device that embodies those qualities i.e. it is still relatively sleek and doesn’t look like your typical tough or secured device. On the security end, it boasts a hardware-based security platform with hi-security features like tamper-detection, firmware and hardware integrity check. If you’re on full-on paranoia mode, it also allows you to use own and third party software security solutions too.
What’s more, the device is totally audit-friendly, in case your establishment requires for regular security auditing to verify the device’s security competencies. It will be a fully certified product that you can use as is, or customized to your specific requirements on both the hardware and software aspects. Having the security addressed, Elektrobit then proceed to provide it with an IP67 built, which guard it against water and dust ingress, as well as MIL-STD-810G level of shock resistance, so it can live up to the beatings you and your nature of work can unleash upon it.
On the more mundane but no less important aspect of the device, i.e. the specifications, you will find a lively innards raring to perform, including a glove-friendly 5″ 1080p display, a 2.3GHz quad-core processor on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chip, 2GB RAM, 16GB storage, microSD expansion slot, a 8MP AF main camera with LED flash, a 2MP front-facing camera, LTE-A connectivity that supports up to 150Mbps downlink, supports for global LTE frequencies including US Public Safety band 14, dedicated push-to-talk button (PTT. Yes. It has that too), active noise and echo cancellation, and a powerful loudspeaker, which you know you’re going to need working in harsh environments.
So why are we telling you this? Because, we know some of you out there will be needing such a device and if so, do watch out for its availability in mid-2015. Pricing is, however, yet to be announced.
