TUFF Phones are strengthened

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s (including

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s) that were designed, manufactured, and sold by TUFF Phones Ltd. of England.

Company history

TUFF Phones Ltd,

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, company registration number 07431588, was a

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(UK) based company specializing in

s and

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s. TUFF Phones was established in

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as a retailer of several different brands of mobile phones. In

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, 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

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on the pros and cons of different

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s, shatterproof screens, and

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s. Production on TUFF's phones began in early

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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

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touchscreens, and are certified to be dust-proof and

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2016 range

*TUFF T300 *TUFF T400 ( 4G) *TUFF T450 *TUFF T1000 TUFF Phones updated their range of handsets early in

2017 2017 was designated as the International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development by the United Nations General Assembly. Events January * January 1 – Istanbul nightclub shooting: A gunman dressed as Santa Claus opens fire at the ...

, 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.

References

External links

TuffPhones.co.uk
— TUFF Phones Ltd official website * {{Authority control Electronics companies of the United Kingdom Mobile phone manufacturers British companies established in 2010 Electronics companies established in 2010