TUFF Phones are strengthened mobile phones (including rugged smartphones) that were designed, manufactured, and sold by TUFF Phones Ltd. of England.
Company history TUFF Phones Ltd, registered in England and Wales, company registration number 07431588, was 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.
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 at Shenzhen in China. A notice on the company website in July 2022 says that they are no longer in business. On November 21, 2023, TUFF Phones Ltd filed a application to deregister their company, and as of April 23, 2024, the company has been dissolved.
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.
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 Phonesbrand,modelreleasedatedimensions,massresolution(pixel)displaysizesystem on chiprandom-accessmemoryinternaldatastorageexpansion slotrearcamera(Mpx)frontcamera(Mpx)battery(mAh)wirelessnetworkprotocolsIPcodeAndroidversionRugGearRG9702012960×540qHD16:9 capacitive multi-touch screenMediaTek MT6577(dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 1.0 GHz CPU & PowerVR SGX531 Ultra 522 MHz GPU)1 GB8 GBup to32 GBmicroSD81080p video22,900Dual SIM, quad-band, 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS + A-GPS, BluetoothLE, FM radio—MIL-STD-810GJellyBean4.1.2CATS402016960×540qHD16:9 IPSGorilla Glass 4Qualcomm Snapdragon 210 'MSM8909'(quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 1.1 GHz CPU & Adreno 200 400 MHz GPU)1 GB(533 MHz LPDDR)16 GBup to64 GBmicroSD823,000Single SIM, quad-band, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1, BluetoothLEIP68MIL-STD-810GLollipop5.1TUFFT3002016Q3854×480(~244 ppi)FWVGA OGS IPSGorilla Glass 2MediaTek MT6582(quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 1.3 GHz CPU & Mali-400 MP2 500 MHz GPU)1 GB(533 MHz LPDDR)8 GBup to64 GBmicroSD50.32,800(removable)Dual SIM, quad-band, 3G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1IP68KitKat4.4TUFFT4002016Q3854×480(~244 ppi)FWVGA OGS IPSGorilla Glass 2MediaTek MT6735(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz CPU & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU)2 GB(533 MHz LPDDR)16 GBup to64 GBmicroSD1352,800(removable)Dual SIM, quad-band, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1IP68Lollipop5.1TUFFT4502016Q3720×1280(~312 ppi)FWVGA TFT IPSGorilla Glass 2MediaTek MT6735(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz CPU & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU)2 GB(533 MHz LPDDR)16 GBup to64 GBmicroSD1353,800Dual SIM Standby (x1 standard size SIM & x1 micro SIM card), quad-band, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.1IP68Lollipop5.1TUFFT10002016Q3720×1280(~312 ppi)FWVGA IPS HDGorilla Glass 4MediaTek MT6735P(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.0 GHz CPU & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU)2 GB(533 MHz LPDDR)16 GBup to 32 GBmicroSD853,000Dual SIM (x2 micro SIM cards), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0IP68Lollipop5.1TUFFT400s2017Q1720×1280(~294 ppi)FWVGA IPS HDGorilla Glass 4MediaTek MT6737T(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz CPU & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU)2 GB(733 MHz LPDDR3)16 GBup to 128 GB microSD (Located in SIM Card Tray )1355,000Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0IP68Marshmallow 6.0TUFFT12017Q1720×1280(~294 ppi)FWVGA IPS HDGorilla Glass 4MediaTek MT6737T(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz CPU & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU)3 GB(733 MHz LPDDR3)32 GBup to 128 GB microSD (Located in SIM Card Tray )8.0MP (Interpolation to 13.0MP) (Sony IMX219 sensor) 2.0MP (Interpolation to 5.0MP)3,000Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0IP68Marshmallow 6.0TUFFT102017Q2720×1280(~320 ppi)FWVGA LTPS-TFT HDGorilla Glass 3MediaTek MT6737(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.3 GHz CPU & Mali-T720 MP2 650 MHz GPU)2 GB(640 MHz LPDDR3) 16 GBup to 64 GB microSD (Located in SIM Card Tray )8.02.03,000Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0IP68Nougat 7.0TUFFT5002017Q3720×1280(~282 ppi)FWVGA IPS IncellGorilla GlassMediaTek MT6739(quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 1.5 GHz CPU & PowerVR GE8100 MP2 570 MHz GPU)3 GB(667 MHz LPDDR3) 32 GBup to 128 GB microSD (Located in SIM Card Tray )13.08.05,000Dual SIM (x2 nano SIM cards or x1 nano SIM & x1 microSD card for storage), 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0IP69Oreo 8.1
References
External links TuffPhones.co.uk — TUFF Phones Ltd official website