| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Telecommunications |
| Founded | August 5, 1999 |
| Headquarters | 1875 S. Grant St. Suite 620, San Mateo, California, United States |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people | Bob Plaschke (CEO)[1] |
| Products | Rugged mobile phones |
| Employees | 150 (2011) |
| Website | Sonimtech.com |
Sonim Technologies, Inc. is an American company headquartered in San Mateo, California, USA, which manufactures rugged cell phones, VoIP applications and provides hosted services. Sonim currently employees over 150 people worldwide, across 15 locations including Bangalore, India; London, the United Kingdom; Stockholm, Sweden; and Madrid, Spain.
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A GSM phone that’s IP-54 certified, water-resistant, and Mil-810F certified, equipped with Bluetooth.
According to GSM Arena, the XP1 has the following disadvantages:[2]
This co-branded version of the XP1 mobile phone meets IP-54 and MIL-STD-810 standards.
This rugged mobile phone meets IP-57 and MIL-STD-810 standards and provides voice, text, PC Synchronisation and Bluetooth.
This co-branded rugged mobile phone meets IP 67 and MIL-STD-810 standards and provides voice, text, PC Synch, Bluetooth, a 2.0MP Camera and GPS/a-GPS for mapping and tracking. It's a GSM tri-band: GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz.
This rugged phone meets IP 67 and MIL-STD-810 standards, is built with European tri-band; 900, 1800, 1900 MHz.
In 2011, a developer of mobile-phone software Gammu alleged [3] that Sonim XP3.20 synchronization software PC-Tools (available on Sonim website and bundled with CD) used some Gammu components without providing source code as is required under Gammu's open-source licence.
This rugged phone meets IP 67 and MIL-STD-810 standards, is built with American tri-band; 850,1800, 1900 MHz.
The Sonim XP2.10 Spirit meets IP 67 and MIL-STD-810 standards, uses different chipset (Qualcomm MSM 6280).
This phone is based on the XP3 Quest Pro and has the addition of Lone Worker and Man Down Lifeline functionality. It is designed for people working in harsh environments or outdoors for lengthy periods of time. It is available through specialised dedicated 24/7 lone worker monitoring companies, who will receive GPS positions from workers in distress or danger situation when the dedicated red button on the side is pressed. In the UK, the phone is pre-configured to the individual user to comply with the ‘essential features’ of a Lone Worker Safety device as found in the BS8484 Guidelines. XP3 Sentinel also offers a man-down sensor, with accelerometer, an amber key to request enhanced risk monitoring, in a non-emergency situation and a green key to signify shift logon-logoff.
The Sonim XP1300 CORE is the first IP-68 rated GSM handset. It has a dust proof keypad with extra wide keys, fiberglass mix housing and 2-inch high resolution display protected by Gorilla Glass. The Core is also submersible and has an adaptive microphone with noise cancellation.