Huawei Discovery Tradie Phone

The Tradie phone returns, available from Vodafone, the Huawei Discovery is a rugged phone that has been designed to stand up to outdoor use.

The Discovery’s screen is made from Corning Gorilla Glass, and the case is designed to shock and scratch resistant. The handset has an ingress protection or IP rating of 57. This means it is dust protected and able to handle immersion in up to 1m of water for 30 minutes.

The Discovery can endure harsh conditions and still deliver which makes this phone is ideal for weekend adventurers or tradies who need a mobile that is as tough as them.

The Discovery comes with an armband, and an app for tracking and improving workouts as well as social networking for staying in touch. The Huawei Discovery is a handset with the features you have come to expect and also has a tough ruggedized, waterproof housing. If you need a phone that’s tough, this is the mobile for you.

Other features of the Discovery include GPS, digital compass, G-sensor (used as a pedometer), torch, weather forecasts, Twitter, Facebook, and SOS.

The phone is available on various Vodafone plans, starting at $0 upfront on a $29 plan over 24 months.

Huawei Discovery Specifications

• Operating Frequencies: 3G: 850/2100(HSDPA 3.6Mbps), 2G: 850/900/1800/1900(EDGE)
• Dimensions: 114.5mm x 50.5mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 120 grams
• Talk Time: Up to 5 hours
• Standby Time: Up to 19 Days
• Memory Expansion: Micro SD card up to 8GB
• Bluetooth
• Speaker Phone
• A-GPS with Compass

For charging, this phone keeps it simple: it uses a standard Micro-USB cable, and you can plug it into any normal 5V USB wall adapter (like a basic 5V/1A charger). It has a 1000 mAh battery, so it’s small and modest. Just don’t try a USB-C cable, it won’t fit or work with this device.

The Huawei Discovery Expedition (D51) was an outdoor rugged phone made with the Discovery Channel, launched in 2012. It didn’t stick around long in Australia, right after its initial release, it faded out. Because it ran on Brew Mobile Platform and wasn’t a smartphone, it quickly got left behind as cheap Android phones took over. By the mid-2010s, big retailers and carriers had completely stopped selling it and its tech life ended well before Australia’s 2018 security bans on Huawei’s 5G gear, or the brand’s full market exit in 2021.

Comments

comments