路虎探索智能手机,made by British manufacturer Bullitt,tries to combine two gadgets into one;a smartphone packed with outdoorsy software and a GPS navigation system.

It's a rugged device,内置到IP68andMIL-SPEC 810Gspecifications,which means it's water resistant (can be submerged for up to 30 minutes),防尘,vibration resistant,impervious to heat and cold and can survive drops from up to eight feet.True to its outdoors mission,the touch-screen works even with wet or gloved fingers.It also has a useful feature for after dark — in "Night" mode the 5″ gorilla glass screen takes on a red tint,preserving your night vision.

A magnetic attachable secondary battery (which essentially doubles the battery capacity) and a ceramic GPS antenna — the 新利18苹果Adventure pack — also come in the box.More on those later.

磁性电池组,陶瓷天线,carabiner,and casing — photo courtesy of Land Rover Explore

The software package includes the Explore Hub.It's a series of customizable screens that you can program to display latitude and longitude,weather,sunrise and sunset,compass,barometric pressure,UV index,humidity — in short,a whole range of outdoor conditions.Also standard is theViewRanger app,with its downloadable maps,GPS tracking,trail guides,campsites and more.viewranger还具有很酷的天际线功能,which identifies local points of interest on a photo you take of your surroundings.

ViewRanger Skyline — photo courtesy of ViewRanger

The Land Rover Explore gets its name from a marketing tie-in between Bullitt and the auto manufacturer.It's meant to emphasize the 新利18苹果adventure qualities of the phone.Look carefully,and you'll see little design elements intended to suggest a Land Rover,like a camera lens which looks like a headlight and a speaker cover which resembles an engine grill.

So how does it work?With the 新利18苹果Adventure pack attached — that's the extra battery and the ceramic antenna — the GPS is extremely accurate and can even function from inside of a backpack.The phone is bulky,but its tough build means you can mount it to your bike without worrying about the weather or road conditions.地图离线工作,一些数据点也离线工作,like lat/long,罗盘和高度。

But a lot of other data functions still rely on a wifi or cellphone tower connection,which puts a geographical limit on many of those items you might put on your customizable screens,as well as the Skyline feature.还有其他问题需要考虑。摄像头(后置1600万像素,800万人)很体面,没有特别之处,especially in low light.冒险包的全通径GPS功能是有代价的——一些用户报告说,可连接的二次电池可能在几新利18苹果个小时内耗尽。The Android software is a generation or two behind (it's currently Nougat,although updates are promised.) The processor (a 2016-spec deca-core MTK Helio X27) can be slower than you'll find on top of the line phones.The provided carabiner is prone to failing (although the phone shrugs off the impact from a fall.) There's no voice or fingerprint recognition.And it's bulky,especially with the 新利18苹果Adventure pack installed,which might limit its usefulness as an everyday ‘phone.

600英镑(约合770美元)的价格,问题在于,拥有一个全行业的单插孔设备能带来多少价值,而不是一个单独的手机和GPS导航器。Readers in the United States have time to make that decision — no launch date has yet been announced.Those of you in other countriescan check herefor availability.

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