When I browsed the official website of uleFone one day, I didn’t realize that they had so many kinds of rugged phones. Looking at the video title you can see that even the Armor series has been announced up to 21. This time we also got their latest rugged phone: uleFone Armor 21. Each of their rugged phones has a different main selling point, so follow us to see what this one is good at.
Unboxing
From the packaging alone, the Armor 21 is no different from other uleFone phones. It comes with an extra phone strap and a card pin, which you might take for granted. But its SIM card slot can be pulled out without the card pin, so this card pin is really what uleFone lets you use for other phones. By the way, the SIM card tray can hold two SIM cards and a TF card at the same time.
The charger is a USB-C port, does that mean it will give us some surprises? Yes, it has a lot of charging protocols. Although the power is only 33w, but almost all phones can be charged quickly with it. It’s considered very good in free chargers. This is all the accessories in the phone box.
In addition to the Armor 21, we also received several accessories for it. Let’s start with the phone case. This case is made of a hard PC and has a groove on the back. With the other two accessories you can hang the phone on your clothes or backpack, quick-release design is also available to let you quickly take the phone off.
The rest of the accessories are also our old friends. There is a 10w desk charging dock that can be charged through the contact, and a phone mount that can be fixed through the phone case.
And two special-purpose lenses, a microscope camera, and an endoscope camera, which are connected to the phone through the interface on the side of the phone. There’s always a need to fix your own equipment or cars in the outdoors. That’s the first major selling point of Armor 21: A phone, but one that can be used as a repair tool in many different ways.
Design
Looking at the Armor 21 from a design perspective, it is easy to see that it is actually an upgraded version of the Power Armor 16 Pro. The most obvious feature is the large speaker. The RGB light ring around the speaker is also very eye-catching. They call this the Infinite Halo, which lights up when music is playing. It looks cool. The huge speaker size predestines it to sound very loud, as a portable Bluetooth speaker sound quality is also good. I will put the speaker test at the end of the review video, interested viewers can listen to it.
The Armor 21’s entire body is wrapped in rubber and reinforced by two metal sides. Side fingerprint recognition, custom buttons, and a 3.5mm headphone jack such rugged phone basic specifications of course will not be absent, there are even NFC and IR blasters. I have to admit that Armor 21 is really a rugged phone that is impeccable in terms of functionality.
How solid is it
Although one thing you don’t need to worry about with the rugged phone is its protection, I still want to briefly describe how sturdy it is. Normal drop is completely fine, want to break it maybe need to go to the cliff edge. IP69K, and IP68 waterproof and dustproof can also let your phone survive in extreme environments. This is also the main reason why you buy a rugged phone, right?
Performance & Others
The Armor 21 is powered by Helio G99, which is much stronger than the 16 Pro’s G25. The Antutu Bench scores 360,000 points, which is average for a mainstream rugged phone. You can play some casual games, even Genshin Impact with the lowest Graphics is barely playable. The FHD+ screen refresh rate is up to 120Hz, and there is also a 90Hz gear that is both power-saving and not too laggy to choose from. The battery is still 9600mAh, which is a relatively large battery even for a rugged phone.
Camera
Armor 21 has two rear cameras, a 64MP main camera, and a 24MP Night vision camera. I think the image quality of the main camera is similar to a $200 or $300 ordinary phone. I mean it’s great, most of the time it does its job well, and even the front lens I think exceeds my expectations. Although I didn’t know its price at the time of recording this video, I bet the quality of photos like this is worth its price.
Now let’s answer the question at the beginning of the video, what exactly is Armor 21 good at? Pretty much everything. It can take good pictures, has a smooth screen for browsing websites, has a super loud speaker for portable speakers, and can connect to a variety of cameras to help you do a better job of fixing things. It’s few weaknesses may be that the performance is not that strong, but I believe uleFone will make a great value price that you can’t refuse it.
