The Sonim XP1 is ideal for light users who just need to stay in touch with home base but without any need for data, music or PDA functions. The striking yellow and black chassis hints at the intended market — it’s built for tough conditions of the sort Australia’s known for. It’s scratch and water resistant, shock proof and virtually indestructible with you bare hands. Even if you’re not a miner, plenty of us have learned the consequences of simply dropping a phone to considerable expense.

It runs on a familiar operating system that allows for basic functions like ring-tones and a phone book, and has GPRS network connectivity — nowhere near the breakneck speeds of 3G but adequate if you’ll use it primarily for voice communications.

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