TUFF Phones

TUFF Phones Ltd[1]
Company typePrivate limited company[1]
IndustryTelecommunications[1]
Founded5 November 2010; 14 years ago (2010-11-05)[1][2]
FounderHoward Mark Cammell[3]
HeadquartersFirst Floor, 1-3 South Street, Chichester, West Sussex, England, PO19 1EH, UK[1][2]
Area served
Worldwide[2]
Key people
Kevin Lee Nessling (director)[2][4]
ProductsMobile phones, rugged smartphones
OwnerKevin Lee Nessling[4]
WebsiteTuffPhones.co.uk

TUFF Phones are strengthened mobile phones (including rugged smartphones) designed, manufactured, and sold by TUFF Phones Ltd. of England.

Company history

TUFF Phones Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company registration number 07431588,[1] is a United Kingdom (UK) based company specializing in mobile phones and smartphones. TUFF Phones was established in 2010 as a retailer of several different brands of mobile phones.[1][2]

In 2014, the company began working on ideas regarding production of its own range of smartphones. A year later, talks began with a number of tier one manufacturers in mainland China on the pros and cons of different composite materials, shatterproof screens, and mobile operating systems. Production on TUFF's phones began in early 2016[2] at Shenzhen in China.[5] A notice on the company website in July 2022 says that they are no longer in business.

Device ranges

The first generation of TUFF Phones products were released in Q3 2016, and featured four models of strengthened devices, including Gorilla glass touchscreens, and are certified to be dust-proof and waterproof.[5]

2016 range

  • TUFF T300
  • TUFF T400 (4G)
  • TUFF T450
  • TUFF T1000

TUFF Phones updated their range of handsets early in 2017, with the launch of two new handsets, the TUFF T400s and TUFF T1. They subsequently announced that the 2017 range will be increased later in Q2/Q3 2017, with the release of the TUFF T10 and TUFF T500.

2017 range

  • TUFF T400s
  • TUFF T1
  • TUFF T10
  • TUFF T500

Media

Certain generations of TUFF phones have implemented a removable tray that allows for the installation of two nano SIM cards; which allows the user of the phone to make use of two different phone numbers for calling and texting for example, or one nano SIM card with one microSD card; which allows the user of the phone to use a single phone number and to increase the amount of storage capacity in the phone for music, pictures, contacts, etc.

Sortable table of Smartphones from TUFF Phones
brand,
model		 release
date		 dimensions,
mass		 resolution
(pixel)		 display
size		 system on chip random-
access
memory		 internal
data
storage		 expansion slot rear
camera
(Mpx)		 front
camera
(Mpx)		 battery
(mAh)		 wireless
network
protocols		 IP
code		 Android
version
RugGear
RG970
[6] 		2012 155.6 mm × 82.9 mm × 15.55 mm (6.126 in × 3.264 in × 0.612 in)

245 grams (8.6 ounces)		 960×540
qHD
16:9		 5.3 in (13.5 cm) capacitive multi-touch screen MediaTek MT6577
(dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 1.0 GHz CPU & PowerVR SGX531 Ultra 522 MHz GPU)		 1 GB 8 GB up to
32 GB
microSD		 8

1080p video		 2 2,900 Dual SIM, quad-band, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS + A-GPS, Bluetooth
LE, FM radio		 —

MIL-STD-810G		 Jelly
Bean
4.1.2
CAT
S40
[7] 		2016 144.9 mm × 74.1 mm × 12.5 mm (5.70 in × 2.92 in × 0.49 in)

185 grams (6.5 ounces)		 960×540
qHD
16:9		 4.7 in (11.9 cm) IPS
Gorilla Glass 4		 Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 'MSM8909'
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 1.1 GHz CPU & Adreno 200 400 MHz GPU)		 1 GB
(533 MHz LPDDR)		 16 GB up to
64 GB
microSD		 8 2 3,000 Single SIM, quad-band, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, Bluetooth
LE		 IP68

MIL-STD-810G		 Lollipop
5.1
TUFF
T300
[8] 		2016
Q3		 140.4 mm × 75.8 mm × 16.3 mm (5.53 in × 2.98 in × 0.64 in) 854×480
(~244 ppi)
FWVGA		 4.0 in (10.2 cm) OGS IPS
Gorilla Glass 2		 MediaTek MT6582
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 1.3 GHz CPU & Mali-400 MP2 500 MHz GPU)		 1 GB
(533 MHz LPDDR)		 8 GB up to
64 GB
microSD		 5 0.3 2,800
(removable)		 Dual SIM, quad-band, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 IP68 KitKat
4.4
TUFF
T400

[9]

2016
Q3		 140.4 mm × 75.8 mm × 16.3 mm (5.53 in × 2.98 in × 0.64 in) 854×480
(~244 ppi)
FWVGA		 4.0 in (10.2 cm) OGS IPS
Gorilla Glass 2		 MediaTek MT6735
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz CPU[10] & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU[11])		 2 GB
(533 MHz LPDDR)		 16 GB up to
64 GB
microSD		 13 5 2,800
(removable)		 Dual SIM, quad-band, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 IP68 Lollipop
5.1
TUFF
T450

[12]

2016
Q3		 149 mm × 75.6 mm × 14.8 mm (5.87 in × 2.98 in × 0.58 in) 720×1280
(~312 ppi)
FWVGA		 4.7 in (11.9 cm) TFT IPS
Gorilla Glass 2		 MediaTek MT6735
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz CPU[10] & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU[11])		 2 GB
(533 MHz LPDDR)		 16 GB up to
64 GB
microSD		 13 5 3,800 Dual SIM Standby (x1 standard size SIM & x1 micro SIM card), quad-band, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1 IP68 Lollipop
5.1
TUFF
T1000

[13]

2016
Q3		 144 mm × 74 mm × 12.6 mm (5.67 in × 2.91 in × 0.50 in) 720×1280
(~312 ppi)
FWVGA		 4.7 in (11.9 cm) IPS HD
Gorilla Glass 4		 MediaTek MT6735P
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.0 GHz CPU[14] & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU[11])		 2 GB
(533 MHz LPDDR)		 16 GB up to

32 GB
microSD

8 5 3,000 Dual SIM (x2 micro SIM cards), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 IP68 Lollipop
5.1
TUFF
T400s

[15][16][17]

2017
Q1		 146 mm × 75.9 mm × 13.95 mm (5.748 in × 2.988 in × 0.549 in) 720×1280
(~294 ppi)
FWVGA		 5.0 in (12.7 cm) IPS HD
Gorilla Glass 4		 MediaTek MT6737T
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz CPU[14] & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU[18])		 2 GB
(733 MHz LPDDR3)		 16 GB up to 128 GB microSD[broken anchor] (Located in SIM Card Tray [19]) 13 5 5,000 Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 IP68 Marshmallow 6.0
TUFF
T1

[20][21]

2017
Q1		 145.4 mm × 75 mm × 10.3 mm (5.72 in × 2.95 in × 0.41 in) 720×1280
(~294 ppi)
FWVGA		 5.0 in (12.7 cm) IPS HD
Gorilla Glass 4		 MediaTek MT6737T
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz CPU[14] & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU[18])		 3 GB
(733 MHz LPDDR3)		 32 GB up to 128 GB microSD[broken anchor] (Located in SIM Card Tray [19]) 8.0MP (Interpolation to 13.0MP) (Sony IMX219 sensor) 2.0MP (Interpolation to 5.0MP) 3,000 Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 IP68 Marshmallow 6.0
TUFF
T10

[22]

2017
Q2		 145 mm × 75 mm × 10.8 mm (5.71 in × 2.95 in × 0.43 in) 720×1280
(~320 ppi)
FWVGA		 4.7 in (11.9 cm) LTPS-TFT HD
Gorilla Glass 3		 MediaTek MT6737
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz CPU & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU[23])		 2 GB
(640 MHz LPDDR3) [23]		 16 GB up to 64 GB microSD[broken anchor] (Located in SIM Card Tray [19]) 8.0 2.0 3,000 Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 IP68 Nougat 7.0
TUFF
T500

[24][25][26][27]

2017
Q3		 158 mm × 77.2 mm × 14.8 mm (6.22 in × 3.04 in × 0.58 in) 720×1280
(~282 ppi)
FWVGA		 5.7 in (14.5 cm) IPS Incell
Gorilla Glass		 MediaTek MT6739
(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz CPU & PowerVR GE8100 MP2 570 MHz GPU[26])		 3 GB
(667 MHz LPDDR3) [26]		 32 GB up to 128 GB microSD[broken anchor] (Located in SIM Card Tray [27]) 13.0 8.0 5,000 Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 IP69 Oreo 8.1

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