Phonemax P10 Review

Overview

Phonemax P10 is the latest rugged smartphone by the brand announced in 2023. This affordable 5G handset has a big battery and power-efficient chipset. It's a good choice if you need a backup device at work or during your trips and hikes providing reliability and durability so you stay connected. In this review, we unveil and test every major aspect of the model beginning with an overview of the Phonemax P10 specifications and what's in the box.

Specifications

Phonemax P10 has a 6.67-inch IPS display with an FHD+ resolution (1080 x 2400) and a native refresh rate of 60Hz. Corning Gorilla Glass 3 is used for protection. A punch hole is cut in the top-center of the screen for the 20MP Sony IMX376 selfie camera. The latter has an f/2.0 aperture, a 22 mm focal length equivalent, and an 88.9° FoV. There's a quad-camera module on the rear shell. It is headed by a 48MP Sony IMX582 shooter with an f/1.79 aperture, a 25.6 mm focal length equivalent, and an 80.4° FoV. A 16MP Samsung S5K3P3 ultra-wide unit adjoins it with an f/1.79 aperture. The other two units are a 2MP macro lens and a 0.3MP depth sensor. A 12000 mAh battery powers the smartphone and its USB OTG support enables it to serve as a power bank for charging other devices. It also supports 18W fast charging. The processing power relies on a 7nm MediaTek Dimensity 700 (MT6833) chipset. It houses a 2.2 GHz octa-core CPU and a 955MHz dual-core Mali-G57 GPU. There are 12GB of dual-channel LPDDR4X RAM on board clocked at 2133MHz and 256GB of UFS storage that can be expanded with up to 256GB via a microSD card. The smartphone has a hybrid, dual Nano-SIM card tray with both SIM cards supporting 5G connectivity and the following network bands: 2G GSM (B2, B3, B5, B8), 2.5G (BC0), 3G W-CDMA (B1, B2, B4, B5, B6, B8, B19), 4G LTE-FDD (B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B18, B19, B20, B25, B26, B28, B66), 4G LTE-TDD (B34, B38, B39, B40, B41), and 5G (n1, n3, n5, n8, n20, n28, n38, n41, n77, n78, n79). The wireless connectivity options of the model include NFC, Bluetooth 5.1, Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, and Cast Display. The smartphone also arrives with a USB Type-C 2.0 port and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. Running on Android 12, Phonemax P10 supports GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, and Galileo. The model is IP68 and IP69K-rated and MIL-STD-810G certified for being water-, dust, and drop-proof surviving most environmental challenges.

Complete Phonemax P10 specifications.

What's in the box

Phonemax P10 is placed in a rectangular box with a beige cardboard color and a "sleeve" covering the box. This sleeve is in a matte black color with glossy back dots and the Phonemax logo on top. The contents of the box are as follows:

• Phonemax P10
• Pre-applied screen protector
• 18W charger (EU plug)
• USB Type-C cable
• Paperwork