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What additional features of smartphones are important to you?

Smart­phones with fast charg­ing

For­get about the con­stant and long charg­ing of your smart­phone — replen­ish the bat­tery capac­i­ty in a mat­ter of min­utes

Smart­phones with large mem­o­ry

Save what­ev­er you want to your smart­phone. Expand­ed mem­o­ry is a god­send for gamers, pho­tog­ra­phers and mobile video enthu­si­asts

Smart­phones with a pow­er­ful proces­sor

Leave freezes and idle appli­ca­tions in the past: a smart­phone with a pow­er­ful proces­sor can han­dle any task

Smart­phones that are resis­tant to mechan­i­cal dam­age and mois­ture are con­sid­ered pro­tect­ed. The device must pass tests for com­pli­ance with inter­na­tion­al pro­tec­tion stan­dards. The most com­mon cri­te­ri­on for the degree of per­me­abil­i­ty of the hous­ing of an elec­tron­ic device is IP (from the Eng­lish Ingress Pro­tec­tion — “pro­tec­tion against pen­e­tra­tion”). The pro­tec­tion index is always accom­pa­nied by a two-dig­it num­ber, and the larg­er the val­ue, the less sus­cep­ti­ble the device is to exter­nal influ­ences. The first dig­it (0–6) is respon­si­ble for pro­tec­tion against the pen­e­tra­tion of sol­id par­ti­cles (dust, sand, etc.), the sec­ond (0–8) — against liq­uids (salt and fresh water, deep div­ing or rain). Some­times a let­ter (A, B, C, D, H, M, S, W) is added after the num­bers, sym­bol­iz­ing addi­tion­al insu­la­tion of the case from exter­nal influ­ences.

So, for exam­ple, the sealed case of a smart­phone with IP65 pro­tec­tion does not allow dust to pass through and will not be affect­ed by splash­ing water. And the device with IP68, in addi­tion to being com­plete­ly dust­proof, can with­stand immer­sion in water to a depth of 1.5 meters for up to 30 min­utes.

The degree of pro­tec­tion is assigned to the smart­phone in accor­dance with the inter­na­tion­al stan­dard IEC 60529 (also referred to as DIN 40050 or GOST 14254–96)^one.

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The sec­ond com­mon option is the US mil­i­tary stan­dard (Mil­i­tary Stan­dard MIL-STD 810)², com­pli­ance with which indi­cates the degree of pro­tec­tion of the device from mois­ture, shock, high / low tem­per­a­tures. Such pro­tect­ed devices are not afraid of salt and sand, icing and ther­mal shock.

Togeth­er with experts, we have select­ed the top 12 mod­els that will not suf­fer in extreme con­di­tions.

Editor’s Choice

BQ 2430 Tank Power

Pro­tect­ed “dialer” from the BQ com­pa­ny with a good stuff­ing for its class and at the same time at a very rea­son­able price. The main advan­tage is a capa­cious 4000 mAh bat­tery with an exter­nal charg­er func­tion. The phone has a mem­o­ry of 32 MB, which is not uncom­mon for push-but­ton phones. Of course, this amount of mem­o­ry is not enough for full-fledged work, but the phone sup­ports mem­o­ry cards up to 64 GB.

Two flash­lights, a radio and the pres­ence of two SIM cards will also be very use­ful. There is no need to talk about the cam­era, it is nom­i­nal here. If you need a cheap but func­tion­al device, pay atten­tion to this mod­el. Mir­a­cles, how­ev­er, should not be expect­ed from her.

Main characteristics

Screen	2.4″
Num­ber of main (rear) cam­eras	1 (0.30 MP)
Radio	FM radio, built-in radio anten­na
Built-in mem­o­ry	32 MB
Mem­o­ry card sup­port	up to 64 GB
SIM cards	two
Bat­tery capac­i­ty	4000 mAh

Pros and cons

Large bat­tery, exter­nal charg­er func­tion

Bulky due to the bat­tery, soft­ware insta­bil­i­ty is not­ed

Top 5 best shockproof smartphones in 2022 according to KP

1. Blackview BV9800 Pro

The Black­view BV9800 Pro shock­proof smart­phone looks like a reg­u­lar flag­ship, but it has the most reli­able pro­tec­tion accord­ing to IP68 and MIL-STD-810G stan­dards. The device is dust­proof, and also with­stands immer­sion in water for 30 min­utes (up to 1.5 m depth). The device has a bright 6.3‑inch screen with Full HD res­o­lu­tion and IPS-matrix.

The 8‑core Medi­aTek Helio P70 proces­sor and 6 GB of RAM pro­vide fast per­for­mance. With a bat­tery capac­i­ty of 6580 mAh, the smart­phone will work for two days with­out recharg­ing with min­i­mal use (SMS and short calls). For the con­ve­nience of users, there is a built-in fin­ger­print scan­ner and NFC. Black­view BV9800 Pro equipped with 3 cam­eras: front 16 MP and two rear (48 MP and 5 MP).

Accord­ing to user reviews, the device has flaws in dynam­ics (after falls and mois­ture, the sound becomes deaf), as well as an unde­vel­oped inter­face (often freezes).

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The best smart­phones

Mod­els that are most pop­u­lar with buy­ers

2. AGM Glory Pro

AGM Glo­ry Pro smart­phone pro­tec­tion com­plies with IP69K and MIL-STD-810 stan­dards. Such a device, in addi­tion to dust and mois­ture resis­tance, is resis­tant to shock, high and low tem­per­a­tures. Accord­ing to the man­u­fac­tur­er, the smart­phone oper­ates in the range from ‑40 to +60 °C. It is based on the Snap­drag­on 480 proces­sor, and the amount of RAM is 8 GB. A capa­cious 6200 mAh bat­tery gives the user 30 hours of bat­tery life in talk mode. The smart­phone is sup­ple­ment­ed with Quick Charge 3.0 fast charg­ing at 18 W – 100% in 60 min­utes.

Like most mod­ern smart­phones, AGM can be charged wire­less­ly. The dis­play size is 6.53 inch­es and the device itself sup­ports 2 SIM cards. Also, the smart­phone is equipped with a ther­mal imager and a fair­ly good rear cam­era with a Sony IMX582 matrix with a res­o­lu­tion of 48 MP and a 16-megapix­el front cam­era. The device weighs almost 400 grams, so it can­not be called light. When run­ning sev­er­al appli­ca­tions, the case gets very hot, as report­ed by buy­ers in their reviews.

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3. Ulefone Armor X5 Pro

Pro­duc­tive mod­el, works smart­ly, has a good bright screen. At the same time, the bat­tery is not hap­py: only 5000 mAh, the qual­i­ty of pho­tos is also not up to par. How­ev­er, for its price, the device pleas­es, it fits com­fort­ably in the hand, it is not very heavy, it copes with pro­tec­tion from dust and mois­ture. It is worth pay­ing atten­tion if you have the oppor­tu­ni­ty to reg­u­lar­ly recharge the device, and the qual­i­ty of pho­tos is not a sig­nif­i­cant para­me­ter.

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4. Blackview BV6300 Pro

A clas­sic mod­el, quite com­fort­able and not too heavy — only 230 grams. Pro­tect­ed from every­thing and it works: not afraid of falls, rain, a short stay in the water. A big plus — 128 GB of mem­o­ry and six giga­bytes of RAM — the phone lit­er­al­ly flies and does not slow down, but the 4380 mAh bat­tery is not seri­ous at all for such a nim­ble mod­el.

The man­u­fac­tur­er espe­cial­ly boasts of four cam­eras, but the qual­i­ty of their work is not so sig­nif­i­cant, at dusk the pho­tos are grainy.

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5.AGM-A9

The phone is real­ly inde­struc­tible, even when falling from a great height on the asphalt, only scratch­es remain, but in terms of func­tions it los­es to ana­logues. The main dis­ad­van­tage is the small amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry, and you can­not install appli­ca­tions on the card.

The phone has a very good sound, thanks to the JBL speak­ers, how­ev­er, it is bet­ter not to turn the vol­ume up to the max­i­mum — wheez­ing appears. It is bet­ter to look for a dis­count­ed option — for a price of 19 thou­sand rubles, the phone could be more func­tion­al.

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Top 3 best waterproof smartphones in 2022 according to KP

1. Huawei P50 Pro

The case of Huawei P50 Pro is made of glass and met­al, so the smart­phone is resis­tant to aggres­sive exter­nal influ­ences (water, dust) accord­ing to the IP68 stan­dard. The device has a 6.6‑inch curved frame­less Full HD dis­play. A dis­tinc­tive fea­ture of the device is a cam­era with opti­cal sta­bi­liza­tion (50 MP), which allows you to shoot detailed con­tent.

Inside there is an octa-core Qual­comm Snap­drag­on 888 proces­sor and 8 GB of RAM, and the amount of inter­nal mem­o­ry in this mod­el is 256 GB. Among the short­com­ings are the heat­ing of the case when load­ing video con­tent and a small bat­tery capac­i­ty (4360 mAh). This is enough for 11 hours of bat­tery life when watch­ing videos in pow­er sav­ing mode. But this minus is lev­eled by the pres­ence of a fast charg­ing func­tion (66 W), which gives a full charge in about an hour.

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2. Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus

Max­i­mum pro­tec­tion accord­ing to the IP68 stan­dard allows you not to wor­ry about get­ting the gad­get into the water. The device will with­stand half an hour at a depth of up to 1.5 meters. The smart­phone has a 6.7‑inch Full HD dis­play with a res­o­lu­tion of 2400 × 1080 and a high screen refresh rate (120 Hz).

The Sam­sung Exynos 2100 proces­sor is respon­si­ble for per­for­mance. The bat­tery capac­i­ty is small (4800 mAh), but the smart­phone lasts up to 19 hours in video mode with­out recharg­ing (at min­i­mum bright­ness). With wire­less and fast charg­ing (25W), a dead bat­tery can be ful­ly restored in 75 min­utes. The cam­era of the smart­phone is 64 MP with aut­o­fo­cus and opti­cal sta­bi­liza­tion, so it will cope with shoot­ing per­fect­ly well.

The dis­ad­van­tages of buy­ers include the lack of a slot for a mem­o­ry card. In addi­tion, the kit does not include head­phones and a charg­er.

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3. Asus Zenfone 8

A secure phone does not nec­es­sar­i­ly have lim­it­ed func­tion­al­i­ty. For exam­ple, Asus Zen­fone 8, thanks to the super-pow­er­ful Snap­drag­on 888 chip and the Adreno 660 video chip, pulls “heavy” mobile games. The device meets the degree of pro­tec­tion IP68, and Corn­ing Goril­la Glass Vic­tus pro­tects the screen from impacts. The bat­tery capac­i­ty is only 4000 mAh, but the smart­phone can eas­i­ly with­stand 15 hours of video play­back.

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RAM is avail­able in 8 and 16 GB ver­sions, and inter­nal mem­o­ry is 128 or 256 GB (non-expand­able). The 64 MP cam­era is equipped with an opti­cal sta­bi­liz­er, and 8K video record­ing is also avail­able.

Accord­ing to reviews, with pro­longed use of the gad­get, the back pan­el of the smart­phone is very hot. The touch screen, accord­ing to users, is too sen­si­tive to touch.

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Top 4 best rugged feature phones in 2022 according to KP

1.texet TM-513R

Reli­able, durable, with a good degree of mois­ture pro­tec­tion, this phone can sur­vive up to half an hour under water, it is pro­tect­ed from falling from a height by a spe­cial case design, the keys have a rub­ber­ized coat­ing and the device sim­ply does not slip out of your hands.

The bat­tery capac­i­ty of 2570 mAh is enough for this device to work for a week. You can lis­ten to FM radio, there is a spe­cial retractable anten­na. The phone has a very small capac­i­ty of its own mem­o­ry, it is rec­om­mend­ed to imme­di­ate­ly install a mem­o­ry card.

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2. BQ 2817 Tank Quattro Power

Cheap and reli­able hand­set with four SIM cards at once. Suit­able for the elder­ly: large but­tons, loud bell. The bat­tery keeps calm for a week or more, a very bright, pow­er­ful flash­light will help you on hikes.

Radio catch­es con­fi­dent­ly, but there is no head­phone jack — a fat minus for many. How­ev­er, there is not much mem­o­ry here, so turn­ing the device into a play­er with­out installing a mem­o­ry card will not work.

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3. INOI 106Z

INOI 106Z fea­tures a high-qual­i­ty impact-resis­tant case, which is addi­tion­al­ly pro­tect­ed by met­al side inserts. Despite the low cost, the mod­el sup­ports two SIM-cards. Thanks to the bat­tery capac­i­ty of 1650 mAh, you stay con­nect­ed for 12 hours of talk time.

The dis­play (1.8‑inch with a res­o­lu­tion of 320x240 pix­els) is col­or­ful and quite bright. The device also has a 3.5 mm mini-jack for con­nect­ing head­phones and a slot for a mem­o­ry card (up to 32 GB). Accord­ing to cus­tomer reviews, the gad­get has lim­it­ed func­tion­al­i­ty — basi­cal­ly only calls, SMS and stan­dard options (alarm clock, flash­light), as well as long-term charg­ing (5 hours to full charge) are avail­able.

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The best Chi­nese smart­phones

High-qual­i­ty devices with advanced func­tion­al­i­ty at a low­er cost

4. Maxvi T5

Maxvi T5 is an excel­lent com­pan­ion in adverse con­di­tions, because it is not afraid of dust, dirt, splash­es, or even short immer­sion in water (up to 30 min­utes). The pro­tec­tion of this monoblock device com­plies with the IP67 stan­dard. Although its dimen­sions are small (59x124x24 mm), there are two slots for SIM cards and a sep­a­rate slot for a mem­o­ry card (up to 16 GB) in the case. Users praise the very bright flash­light built into the device.

The phone con­sumes ener­gy very eco­nom­i­cal­ly, so even with a 1500 mAh bat­tery it can with­stand up to 11 hours of talk time. But the mod­el also has dis­ad­van­tages: there is no address book and lit­tle mem­o­ry for stor­ing SMS.

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Leaders of the Past

1. Oukitel WP2

The device is equipped with a 10,000 mAh bat­tery, which allows you to not remem­ber about recharg­ing in medi­um-inten­sive use for four days. At the same time, the phone has the high­est degree of pro­tec­tion IP68, a clear 6.0″ screen is pro­tect­ed by tem­pered glass Corn­ing Goril­la Glass‑2 and, accord­ing to user reviews, it actu­al­ly remains imper­vi­ous to most exter­nal influ­ences.

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2. DOOGEE S55

One of the best bud­get options. A reli­able phone with a good degree of pro­tec­tion IP68, shock­proof, that is, it per­forms its func­tions per­fect­ly. It is worth choos­ing if there are no seri­ous require­ments for pho­to qual­i­ty and the num­ber of installed appli­ca­tions. Sim­ple pro­grams work well, looks bru­tal, for many buy­ers this will be enough.

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3. Blackview BV9500

Pret­ty styl­ish, but heavy and pow­er­ful smart­phone. Its advan­tages are a pow­er­ful bat­tery and a good degree of pro­tec­tion. The man­u­fac­tur­er even promis­es that if you sub­merge it under water to a depth of 1.8 meters and leave it for two hours, noth­ing will hap­pen to it. Not the cheap­est, but reli­able, although you need to under­stand that the weight and dimen­sions of the tube are quite large. But for its intend­ed use, that is, for extreme con­di­tions, this is per­haps the best choice.

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4. Ginzzu RS9602

A fair­ly sim­ple but reli­able phone at an ade­quate low price for those who are not going to play, take pic­tures with a claim to excel­lent shots. In nor­mal use, the bat­tery lasts for 3–5 days. Good, loud sound, but there is no head­phone jack, you need an adapter with Type C. It does not have IP68 pro­tec­tion, but the rub­ber­ized case pro­tects against acci­den­tal drops, there is also a met­al bumper so that the phone does not slip out of hands.

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5. BQ 5541L Shark Rush

A good secure smart­phone for your mon­ey. 4 GB RAM allows the smart­phone to work quite quick­ly in mul­ti­task­ing mode. How­ev­er, in terms of secu­ri­ty, this is one of the best mod­els on the mar­ket with a shock-resis­tant case and the high­est degree of pro­tec­tion IP68. At the same time, the device dif­fers lit­tle from con­ven­tion­al phones, it has a sen­sor for unlock­ing with a fin­ger­print, an NFS chip that allows you to pay for pur­chas­es.

A bright flash­light will also come in handy on a hike, and a 13 MP cam­era will allow you to take good pho­tos. True, the bat­tery here is not the most pow­er­ful — only 3900 mAh, it quick­ly dis­charges when active­ly used in 4G net­works.

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6. Blackview BV9100

One of the best secure phones that allows you not to give up the rest of the func­tion­al­i­ty. A 13000 mAh bat­tery ensures long work with­out recharg­ing, a good cam­era makes it pos­si­ble to take high-qual­i­ty pic­tures as a keep­sake. The pres­ence of the NFC mod­ule allows you not to car­ry bank cards with you.

True, the device is heavy for every­day use, it def­i­nite­ly won’t fit, but it will be use­ful in the con­di­tions of a hike — you def­i­nite­ly won’t lose it unno­ticed. Head­phones will have to use only Blue­tooth or buy an adapter. But the pro­tec­tion is not bad, the snorkel will sur­vive the rain or a water trip, although it is not rec­om­mend­ed to dive with it in the pool — it is bet­ter to buy an addi­tion­al cov­er for such things.

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7. Land Rover V2 Pro

You can not ignore one of the lat­est smart­phones that have recent­ly appeared on sale. The mod­el is not cheap, but at first glance it is wor­thy of its mon­ey. The smart­phone has a heart rate mon­i­tor, 6 GB of RAM promise that the device will work smart­ly and with­out prob­lems. In the pro ver­sion, the case is made of mag­ne­sium alloy and is real­ly prac­ti­cal­ly inde­struc­tible, it works qui­et­ly at tem­per­a­tures from ‑30 degrees. Cor­re­sponds to the class of the device and Full HD dis­play with a clear pic­ture.

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8 Nokia 800 Tough

The Nokia 800 Tough has an ergonom­i­cal­ly designed IP68 and MIL-STD-810G rugged design. It will be able to with­stand the effects of water, shock and dust on it. The obvi­ous advan­tages include large keys, with which it is easy to type a mes­sage or dial a num­ber for the own­er of large fin­gers.

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The case has two slots for SIM-cards: one of them is com­bined with a slot for microSD up to 32 GB. There is a 2 MP rear cam­era, but the image qual­i­ty is mediocre. Thanks to the 2100 mAh bat­tery, the phone will work in talk mode for 12.5 hours. Accord­ing to user reviews, the smart­phone does not have the clear­est sound when play­ing melodies.

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How to choose a secure smartphone

The choice of secure smart­phones in 2022 on the mar­ket is not small. Andrey Vasin, a mas­ter of phone repair ser­vice, helped us fig­ure out what (except for the price, of course) should be paid atten­tion to, and what should not be expect­ed from any mod­els.

Protection

Man­u­fac­tur­ers of all rugged mod­els claim IP68 pro­tec­tion (dust and water resis­tance when ful­ly immersed). This can only be ver­i­fied in prac­tice: there­fore, it is not rec­om­mend­ed to look at mod­els that have just appeared on the mar­ket, they still do not have enough reviews or expe­ri­ence of use. When choos­ing a pro­tect­ed mod­el, you should def­i­nite­ly read the reviews of peo­ple who have used these phones in their lives. And the most impor­tant thing is to remem­ber that mois­ture pro­tec­tion is not an indul­gence for div­ing and swim­ming with a phone.

First­ly, no pro­tec­tion will save you from salt water, and sec­ond­ly, the man­u­fac­tur­ers imme­di­ate­ly declare that the device can live for about half an hour under water at a depth of no more than 10 cen­time­ters. In prac­tice, after such bathing, phones still get wet, but not crit­i­cal­ly, so you can save the phone. Ordi­nary phones will def­i­nite­ly die after such “pro­ce­dures”.

Shat­ter-resis­tant glass is good, but it’s best to take care of drop­ping the device less often, so look and touch the case care­ful­ly: it should be rub­ber­ized, pro­tect­ed by spe­cial met­al inserts. It is best if they stick out a lit­tle, and the glass, on the con­trary, is recessed. By itself, any tem­pered glass cracks from a direct blow. It is rec­om­mend­ed even in such smart­phones to stick a pro­tec­tive film.

Design

Review the design care­ful­ly. It is best if the back of the device is also rub­ber­ized, and not made of plas­tic. Good impact resis­tance is indi­cat­ed by the pres­ence in the tech­ni­cal spec­i­fi­ca­tions of a record of man­u­fac­tur­ing accord­ing to the mil­i­tary stan­dard MIL-STD 810.

Screen

Pay atten­tion to the screen: turn it on in the store and see if it glares in bright light. Also, such smart­phones usu­al­ly have more sen­si­tive sen­sors that even respond to touch­ing gloves.

Battery

High bat­tery capac­i­ty num­bers should be treat­ed with cau­tion: mea­sure­ments were tak­en, and in mod­els where 10,000 mAh are declared, this result was not achieved. Nor­mal num­bers are in the region of 5000–6000, 3000 is crit­i­cal­ly low.