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Armor X review: 2018 sub-$150 rugged with Qi.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jul 2018·$130
Overall
64/100
Class rank
#9 of 15
Tier
Rugged
Buy?
Look elsewhere
The verdict, up front

Ulefone Armor X.

Ulefone's 2018 Armor X brought IP68 + Qi wireless rugged Android to $130 — cheapest of its kind.

01Display

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for rugged phones of 2018.

TypeIPS
Size5.5"
Resolution720 x 1440 HD+

02Performance

60/100

60/100 is one of the weaker performance results among rugged phones of 2018 — 8 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.

ChipsetMT6739
CPU1.5 GHz quad-A53
RAM2 GB + 16 GB

03Camera

64/100

64/100 trails the 69-point cohort average for rugged phones of 2018.

Main8 MP + 5 MP
Front5 MP

04Battery

86/100

86/100 puts it above the 80-point average for rugged phones of 2018.

Capacity5,500 mAh
ChargingQi wireless

05Software

70/100

70/100 — right at the average for rugged phones of 2018.

What works
  • $130 IP68 rugged.
  • Qi wireless charging.
  • 5,500 mAh battery.
  • Dual-SIM LTE.
What doesn't
  • MT6739 weak.
  • 2 GB RAM tight.
  • 16 GB storage.
  • 246 g chunky.
Cross-shop it against
Galaxy S8 Active
$850 · score 82/100

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 15-phone cohort of rugged devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .