Comments on: Superman Test: Can The Sonim XP1 Withstand A 9mm Bullet? (video)

By: Merlin

Merlin — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:23:00 +0000

LMAO

I just had to post after watching this, mainly because
the banner ad at the top was for one of those mail-in-your-used-cell-for-reuse programs.
Save the Enviroment, recycle your phone…
um, yea, about that… I think its supposed to be in working condition.
Oh well :D

By: John

John — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:34:58 +0000

Great test. It has actually been done about a year ago by a danish magazine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DB5RIJugMsg
But still it is always fun watching phones get shot :)

By: William Thompson

William Thompson — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:06:54 +0000

Sonim is a U.S. company. Ironically, we cannot buy their phones in the U.S., except for gray-market. It appears that the big phone companies (ATT, Verizon) have strict “proprietary controls” that prevent smaller phone builders from competing with the big guys (Sony, Apple, Samsung), no matter how good the product might be. Somewhere in our Congress are lawmakers who got nice perks from a lobbyist in order to kill free-market capitalism.

By: Christen da Costa

Christen da Costa — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:50:18 +0000

Thank you for clearing that up. Grammar, mispeling…someone needs to learn how to read better…err…well…oh whatever…learn to read.

By: Steen Jørgensen

Steen Jørgensen — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 13:45:52 +0000

we at mobil.nu did the same thing about a year ago.: check this out, at the end:

http://media.ncom.dk/index.php/video/id=642

By: reader

reader — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 12:27:29 +0000

@Keith: No, it´s Sonim, as far as I know they´re a swedish manufacturer.
Sony would be “Sony Ericsson” if we´re talking about phones, and they have yet to claim that any of their models is bulletproof.

By: Christen da Costa

Christen da Costa — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:29:18 +0000

Thanks for the comment. The second time around we did use a handgun in light of this. Next time we’ll be much more diligent about keeping the variable consistant. At the end of the day, though, the phone wouldn’t of survived a .22 a .9 or probably a robust BB gun. The guys at the LAX range instructed us that the .22 would be far less powerful than the .9. In fact, I should get them to comment on this.

By: Christen da Costa

Christen da Costa — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:27:32 +0000

Thanks Andy. We should have just done the 9mm and satisfied everyone’s lust for destruction. Next step is to get a Toughbook or something else that is supposed to be indestructible. Post a comment if you’ve got any ideas.

By: misanthropy today

misanthropy today — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 01:53:11 +0000

christen this is awesome. i dont get why you didnt start off with the 45 though.

By: ObservantOne

ObservantOne — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 23:16:24 +0000

I am not a firearm expert, nor have I researched the manufacturer’s claims in detail, but there are two oversights in your demonstration:

1) A handgun and a rifle of the same caliber can use the exact same ammuntion, yet the rifle shot will be a LOT more powerful than the handgun shot because the longer barrel will allow the hot expanding gasses to push the bullet forward for a considerably longer period of time before exiting the barrel. ie the bullet will be traveling a lot faster from a rifle than a handgun

2) The manufacturer’s claim might very well be genuine if a handgun were used in the demonstration. Distance of the phone from the muzzle of the gun when the shot was fired would almost certainly be a factor as well.

By: Christen da Costa

Christen da Costa — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:14:08 +0000

Unfortunately, we never got to shoot it with a 9mm because the phone couldn’t get passed a 22. Wish I had…

By: confused

confused — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:03:09 +0000

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So….where is the footage of the 9mm round ?
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By: Keith

Keith — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:02:38 +0000

Cool, though a lot of stuff was misspelled and with bad grammar.
It is Sony isn’t it?