Ulefone Armor 25T

The Armor 25T has a rugged build with an IP68 waterproof rating, making it resistant to submersion and physical stress. It measures 177.4 × 81.4 mm with a thickness of 12.5 mm and a total volume of 180.5 cm³, weighing in at 326 g. The device does not have a folding form factor.

The display is a 6.78-inch IPS LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 1080 x 2460 px and a pixel density of 396 ppi, paired with a 120Hz refresh rate for smooth on-screen motion. The panel is protected by Gorilla Glass Victus, offering a meaningful layer of scratch and impact resistance. HDR10, HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and Always-On Display are not supported, and there is no secondary screen.

The device is powered by the MediaTek Helio G99, a 6 nm chipset with an 8-thread CPU configuration running at 2 x 2.2 GHz and 6 x 2 GHz using big.LITTLE and HMP architecture, paired with a Mali G57 GPU clocked at 950 MHz with a turbo speed of 2133 MHz. It comes with 6 GB of DDR4 RAM running at 4266 MHz across two memory channels, offering up to 12 GB maximum memory support and a peak bandwidth of 17.1 GB/s, alongside 256 GB of eMMC 5.2 internal storage. Benchmark results include a Geekbench 6 single-core score of 729, a multi-core score of 1979, and a PCMark Work 3.0 score of 9028. The chip supports integrated LTE, TrustZone security, 64-bit processing, DirectX 11, OpenGL ES 3.2, and OpenCL 2, with a TDP of 5W and a maximum CPU temperature rating of 95°C.

The main camera uses a dual-lens setup with 64 MP and 50 MP sensors, featuring apertures of f/1.7 and f/2 respectively, a CMOS sensor, phase-detection autofocus, touch autofocus, and continuous autofocus during video recording. It supports slow-motion video, HDR mode, burst mode, panorama, and a range of manual controls including exposure, ISO, focus, and white balance, though optical image stabilization, laser autofocus, manual shutter speed, RAW capture, 360° panorama, and HDR10 or Dolby Vision recording are not available. Video recording tops out at 1440p at 30 fps, and two flash LEDs are present on the rear. The front camera offers 32 MP at f/2.5 with a single lens and no front-facing flash or under-display placement.

The device runs Android 14 and includes a broad set of privacy controls, covering clipboard warnings, location privacy options, camera and microphone access management, and app tracking blocking, though Mail Privacy Protection and cross-site tracking blocking are absent. Customization is well covered through theme customization, dynamic theming, dark mode, extra dim mode, and customizable notifications, while productivity features include split-screen multitasking, Picture-in-Picture, full-page screenshots, a media picker, widgets, sharing intents, and the ability to play games while downloading. Offline voice recognition, voice commands, on-device machine learning, phone tracking, multi-user support, child lock, and battery health check are all present. OS updates do not come directly from the vendor, and focus modes, Wi-Fi password sharing, app offloading, and Quick Start are not supported.

The Armor 25T is equipped with a 6500 mAh rechargeable battery that supports 33W fast charging, and a charger is included in the box. Wireless charging is not supported, and the battery is not removable. A battery level indicator is present to help monitor remaining charge.

The device includes a 3.5 mm headphone jack and a built-in radio, offering wired audio connectivity and FM listening without additional accessories. Stereo speakers are not present, and high-quality Bluetooth audio codecs including aptX, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive, aptX Lossless, and LDAC are all absent.

The device supports 5G connectivity with download speeds of up to 650 Mbits/s and upload speeds of up to 150 Mbits/s, and accommodates two SIM cards alongside an external memory slot. Wireless connectivity covers Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac), Bluetooth 5.2, and NFC, while the USB port is Type-C running at USB 2.0 speeds. On the sensor side, it includes a fingerprint scanner, GPS with Galileo support, a gyroscope, accelerometer, compass, barometer, and an infrared sensor. Features such as crash detection, satellite SOS, ANT+, a heart rate monitor, DLNA certification, 3D facial recognition, iris scanner, HDMI output, motion tracking, optical tracking, and a built-in projector are all absent.

The device includes a video light for illumination during video recording. The display is flat rather than curved, and neither sapphire glass nor an e-paper screen are featured.