Announcement. Ulefone Power Armor 18 is a powerful armored smartphone with a huge battery and… a thermometer

Almost two months ago, Ulefoneannounced a very impressive armored smartphone Ulefone Power Armor 18T. The screen, battery, hardware, cameras - everything is at a very decent level. And, as a cherry on the cake, a thermal camera (not to be confused with an infrared night vision camera).

Today, the announcement of a slightly simpler smartphone called Ulefone Power Armor 18 took place.

Everything is the same, only instead of a thermal camerain the block of cameras they put a regular wide-angle camera and ... a thermometer. They say that you can measure the temperature of organisms, objects and even the surrounding air. For organisms, they promise an accuracy of 0.2C. Well I do not know. Hard to believe.

Naturally, Power Armor 18 is a secure smartphone.IP68, IP69K. And MIL-STD even upgraded a little compared to its predecessor - from MIL-STD-810G to MIL-STD-810H. There are no special details about protection. But, like, it is allowed to take pictures under water.

The word "Power" in the title, as we are used to,speaks of a capacious battery. 9600 mAh, i.e. about twice as much as the average modern smartphone. Wired charging is obscenely fast - 66 watts. There is also wireless charging, but it is slower - 15 watts.

It is clear that a smartphone with such a battery and with “armor” cannot be easy. 409 grams.

The iron filling is more than solid.And then all the previous creations of Ulefone this year were dull to the point of obscenity. They immediately became generous with the MediaTek Dimensity 900 chipset, which means both support for 5G networks and decent performance - 400-450 thousand points in AnTuTu, or even more.

Memory is also not spared. 12 GB RAM and 256 GB storage. And even there is support for memory cards.

The screen is good too. Large - 6.58″ (104 cm²). The resolution is high - 1080 × 2408 (401 ppi). The refresh rate is up to 120 Hz.

Cameras.

The front camera has a resolution of 32 MP. Sensor - Samsung ISOCELL GD1. Not the latest, 2018. But until last year it was used by very serious manufacturers like Vivo.

There are three rear cameras, 108 + 8 + 5 MP.

• 108 MP - main camera with Samsung ISOCELL HM2 sensor. A solid sensor, though not the largest. It is found in many mid-range Xiaomi smartphones.
• 8 MP is an unremarkable wide-angle camera.
• 5 MP is a macro camera, which is called a microscope. Even with autofocus. What is there with the quality, it is not very clear.

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Other. There is an NFC module, Type-C, dual-band Wi-Fi and a side fingerprint scanner.

About prices.In the official Ulefone store at their official website for Ulefone Power Armor 18 they ask for $529 (₽33400) (there is no delivery to Russia). For comparison, Ulefone Power Armor 18T costs as much as $699.99 (₽44,200).

Power Armor 18 has not yet appeared on AliExpress. And his ancestor can now be bought there for $519.99 (₽36300). So, logically, at the launch sale, you can expect somewhere around $399.99 (₽27,900). Or not?

Key Features of Ulefone Power Armor 18:

ScreenS-IPS, 6.58″, 104 cm², 1080×2408, 401 ppi, 120 Hz, 240 Hz, 16M colors, touch, capacitive, multi-touch, Gorilla Glass 5
IronMediaTek Dimensity 900
2.4 GHz, 2 x Cortex-A78, 6 x Cortex-A55, Mali-G78 MC4
Memory RAM 12 GB, ROM 256 GB, Micro-SD up to 2 TB, hybrid slot
Mobile Internet5G
LTE
HSDPA, HSUPA
Edge
Mobile networks5G Bands 1-3,5,7,8,20,25,28,38,41,66,77-79
LTE Bands 1-5,7,8,12,13,17-20,25,26,28,66,71
UMTS Bands 1 (2100), 2 (1900), 4 (1700), 5 (850), 6 (800), 8 (900), 19 (800)
GSM Bands 2 (1900), 3 (1800), 5 (850), 8 (900)
CDMA 800, 1900
Li-Pol battery, 9600 mAh, fast charging 66.00 W, wireless charging 15.00 W
Dimensions175.2 x 83.4 x 18.8 mm
Weight409 g
Rear Camera: Triple, Flash, Auto Focus

- 108 MP, f/1.89, 82°, 1/1.52″, 0.70μm, Samsung ISOCELL HM2

— 8 MP, wide-angle, f/2.2, 119°, 1/4.00″, 1.12μm, Samsung ISOCELL 4H7

— 5 MP, macro, f/3.0, 77°, 1/5.00″, 1.12μm, Samsung ISOCELL 5E9
front camera: 32 MP, f/2.0, 74°, 1/2.80″, 0.80μm, Samsung ISOCELL GD1, no flash, no autofocus
NavigationGPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
OSAndroid 12
SensorsAccelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Approximation, Illumination, Fingerprint scanner (on the side), NFC
USBType-C v2.0

George Kiselyov