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CERTIFIED RUGGED BY CSPIRE

We're officially CERTIFIED RUGGED by C Spire Wireless.  Now, you can check out the XP3400 ARMOR featured front and centered on C Spire's homepage!  Click here and scroll down, and you can see the ARMOR up close.  C Spire has already hit the wires with great news coverage with the ARMOR -- check it all on this blog post.  C Spire is one of the largest wireless providers in the States and offers our phone for $99.99 with a 2 year contract.  That's at least half the price of some of their other phones. Thanks C Spire for your support! 

ARMOR IN THE FIELD

Sonim phones are the toughest in the world  and nearly 40% of that world we're talking about is dedicated to agriculture.  Today, we're commemorating farmers that have chosen our phones to face mother nature's nastiness to produce the food on our tables. 

North Dakota's Farm and Ranch Guide recently featured the Sonim XP3400 ARMOR and tested the phone to see if it could keep up with farm hands.  They "dropped the phone off a speeding 4-wheeler, dropped it in a puddle, flushed it in the toilet, dropped it from a telephone pole, and even ran over it with a car.  In all these tests, the phone came out working just as good as new."  Even better, Farm and Ranch Guide was able to catch up with a happy ARMOR owner who purchased their phone from our retail partner SRT Communications.  Dawn Benner, an employee of a farming equipment manufacture said:

"Working out in the shop, I'm around dust and particles all the time.  With this phone, I don't have to worry about dust getting in the phone and ruining it.  We also do a lot of hydrotesting, and I never worry about my phone getting wet.  I know for a fact it can withstand drops because I've dropped it a few times already too and haven't had any problems."

Dust, water, drop - no problem!  Also, if you check out Farm and Ranch Guide's website, you'll see the real time temperature in North Dakota and last time we looked, it said 1°F, yes ONE DEGREE.  Good thing our phones can handle sub zero temperatures.  And, the buttons are easy to push with heavy duty gloves.  Thanks Farm and Ranch Guide for the shout out and stay warm out there on the fields!  

Great Coverage for C Spire and the XP3400 ARMOR

2011 was a tremendous year for Sonim across the globe.  We had several announcements, including the launch of the XP3400 ARMOR in 20 states.  We're grateful for our U.S. retail partners who deployed creative stunts to launch the phone, securing lots of great press coverage across the country.

Just before the holidays, C Spire, based in Ridgeland, Mississippi, launched the ARMOR.  Check out CNET's article here.  C Spire offers personalized wireless solutions to over one million customers in the Southeast.  They continue to grow like rapid fire, due to their unique approach to wireless technology and their lightning fast network.  Until recently, C Spire was known as Cellular South and since their identity switch, they have made some bold handset moves.  With the Ultra-Rugged ARMOR, C Spire now offers the ultimate lifeline for people who need a dependable connection on the Nation's first personalized network.

Coolest Gadgets wrote: "A pair of hands that suffer from a particularly bad bout of butter fingers" can't live without it.  This "all-weather, all-action handset that will be able to hang out in the toughest environments... even when you start to wilt from the hard labor and heat, the ARMOR will continue chugging on as usual."

Ubergizmo jumped in on the fun and wrote: "For those who live a rough and tumble lifestyle, or generally working in a particularly hazardous situation that need a phone which is able to keep up with the times, the Sonim XP3400 ARMOR fits the bill perfectly.

Thanks everyone for the great articles.  A special thanks to C Spire, check out how to get the ARMOR for only $49.00 with a comprehensive 3 year warranty HERE.