Ulefone Power Armor 19 Review

Overview

Ulefone Power Armor 19 is part of a lineup of Ulefone smartphones that aims to provide upper mid-range specifications and performance wrapped up in a ruggedized package. The brand has established itself for a long time as one building solid rugged smartphones. It has been constantly and gradually upgrading its devices to reach the current generation of modern and attractive ruggedized mobiles with reliable performance on many levels. The Ulefone Power Armor 19 is one such device and in a similar fashion to its sibling, it does have a unique feature - a temperature sensor on its back for measuring the temperature of the air, objects, or people. Our in-depth Power Armor 19 review follows but not before we check out the specifications in detail and what's in the box.

Specifications

Ulefone Power Armor 19 is built around an IPS display with a 6.58-inch diagonal size, an FHD+ resolution, and a 120 Hz refresh rate. The display has an oleophobic coating and supports Glove Mode. It is protected by a 1.1 mm-thick Corning Gorilla Glass 5. The V-shaped notch in the screen is the home of the 16MP Sony IMX481 selfie camera with a 5-element lens and an f/2.2 aperture. The rear camera department comprises three shooters - a 108MP Samsung S5KHM2 main camera with a 6-element lens with an f/1.89 aperture and an 82.3° FoV. It is accompanied by an 8MP Samsung S5K4H7 ultra-wide camera with 118.8° FoV and an f/2.2 aperture. Finally, there's a 5MP Samsung S5K5E9 super-macro camera with 60x digital zoom, an f/3.0 lens, and a 77° FoV. The temperature sensor is located next to the cameras and there's a 6-LED flash module positioned to the right of the camera island. The device boasts a 9600 mAh battery pack with 66W fast charging, 15W wireless charging, and reverse wireless charging support. Ulefone specifies 39 hours of talk time and 524 hours of standby time for this model.

Ulefone Power Armor 19 is based on the 6nm MediaTek Helio G99 (MT6789) chipset with a 2.2 GHz octa-core CPU and a 1GHz dual-core Mali-G57 GPU. The SoC is paired with 12GB of LPDDR4X RAM and 256GB of UFS 2.1 storage. The RAM can be virtually expanded with 5GB and the storage can be expanded via a microSD card. The model has a hybrid, dual-SIM tray for two Nano-SIM cards or a Nano-SIM card and a microSD card. Both SIM cards support 4G connectivity simultaneously. The network bands supported by both cards are as follows: 2G GSM (2/3/5/8), 2.5G (BC0/BC1/BC10), 3G WCDMA (1/2/4/5/6/8/19), 4G FDD-LTE (B1/2/3/4/5/7/8/12/13/17/18/19/20/25/26/28A/28B/66/71), and 4G TDD-LTE (34/38/39/40/41). The wireless connectivity options of the model include NFC, Bluetooth 5.2, Wi-Fi 5, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot, and Wi-Fi Display. The smartphone works with GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, and Beidou. It is equipped with a USB Type-C port, a 3.5 mm jack, and a side-mounted fingerprint sensor. The Power Armor 19 runs on stock Android 12 and is IP68, IP69K, and MIL-STD-810H certified for being resistant to water, dust, sand, drops, extreme temperatures, etc.

Complete Ulefone Power Armor 19 specifications.

What's in the box

Ulefone Power Armor 19 arrives in the traditional yellow Ulefone box with an industrial-style print. The model and brand names are imprinted on the lid with the respective ingress ratings. Several accessories are accompanying the Power Armor 19 and here's what's in the box:

• Ulefone Power Armor 19
• 11V/6A~20V/3.25A~15V/3A (66W) charger (EU plug)
• Thick, yellow USB Type-C cable
• Lanyard hook
• SIM tray pick
• Screen protector
• User manual and other documents