Energizer is best known as the battery maker that isn't Duracell. Few, however, are aware of the Energizer phone brand, which today announced its latest effort the KaiOS-powered Hard Case H280S.<\/p>\n
Although the Hard Case H280S sounds like it could be a cyborg Millwall supporter, it's actually a rugged handset resembling a beefed-up feature phone with a 2.8-inch QVGA display. KaiOS a fork of Firefox OS, Mozilla's abortive attempt at a mobile operating system comes with a fleshed-out app store and an active developer ecosystem.<\/p>\n
Under the hood, it uses a Unisoc SC9820E platform, which packs two Arm Cortex-A53 cores, as well as a Mali T820 GPU. There's 512MB of storage, and a generous (given the context) 4GB of storage. It also supports microSD cards up to 64GB.<\/p>\n
On the connectivity front, the Hard Case H280S ships with a 4G VoLTE-capable modem, as well as Bluetooth (albeit the older 3.0 standard), Wi-Fi (802.11 b\/g\/n), and GPS.<\/p>\n
And while KaiOS supports the usual social media time-sinks, you probably won't want to upload any footage or pics from the Hard Case as it ships with a puny 2MP rear shooter and a VGA selfie camera. That in itself isn't surprising, given that the Unisoc chip used only supports sensors up to 5MP.<\/p>\n
The Energizer marque conveys a sense of battery longevity, and the Hard Case H280S lives up to that with a 2,000mAh battery that lasts up to five days on standby.<\/p>\n
While that doesn't sound much (most Android phones nowadays have between 4,000mAh and 5,000mAh), it's not bad considering the average user won't be using this phone for any juice-draining tasks like gaming.<\/p>\n
Energizer's phones are manufactured by French firm Avenir Telecom (\"avenir\" being the French word for \"future\"), which has somewhat of a reputation for designing interesting if not slightly impractical phones.<\/p>\n
A personal favourite is the Energizer Power Max P18K Pop. This blower was unusual for a host of reasons chiefly because it came with a 18,000mAh battery, which resulted in the phone having a thickness of 18mm.<\/p>\n
Making the phone even weirder was the fact that it came with a nearly borderless display, as well as a pop-up selfie camera. Because if you're carrying around a phone thicker than a paperback copy of Pride and Prejudice, the last thing you want is to be distracted by bezels, right?<\/p>\n
Predictably, the phone-buying public wasn't enthusiastic. Avenir decided to test the waters by listing the Power Max P18K Pop on Indiegogo, where it only reached 1 per cent of its $1.2m funding goal.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, the Energizer Hard Case H280S is a bit more sensible. There's an appetite for rugged devices, largely from those working in rougher industries, like energy and construction. And not all of those will want a phone running the full Android OS, or something as wide as a standard touchscreen blower.<\/p>\n
Distributors can order the Hard Case H280S now although consumer pricing and availability is yet to be announced. <\/p>\n
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