Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro review

Introduction

Today we are meeting one of the smallest rugged phones ever - the Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro. It is a compact phone with a 4.7-inch screen, a FLIR thermal camera, and a large battery.

But looks can be deceiving - this Armor Mini 20T Pro is 2.5cm thick! It is, of course, IP68/IP69K/MIL-STD-810H certified for all sorts of hazards - from the standard dust and water proofing all the way to shock and drop resistance.

The Armod Mini 20T Pro features a 4.7-inch 720p display with Gorilla Glass Victus protection and it runs on the Dimensity 6300 5G chip with 8GB RAM.

The phone has a 50MP main camera and a 32MP selfie shooter. There is a FLIR thermal camera on the back and a flashlight function powered by 130 LEDs which output 500 lumens. The flash includes blue and red LEDs in addition to the white ones.

There is also an Armor Mini 20 Pro version of this smartphone, which has a Night Vision camera instead of a FLIR one.

The Armor Mini 20T Pro has a 6,200mAh battery with up to 33W wired charging support. Ulefone has also added 15W wireless charging and reversed wireless charging options.

Some other nice quirks you can find on this Armor Mini 20T Pro - wireless FM radio, a microSD slot, an audio jack and a barometer sensor.

Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro specs at a glance:

• Body: 133.5x63.3x24.9mm, 301g; Glass front, metal and rubber frame, plastic and rubber back; IP68/IP69K dust/water resistant (up to 2m for 30 min), Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 2m, MIL-STD-810H compliant, 500 lumens dedicated flood flashlight.
• Display: 4.70" IPS LCD, 90Hz, 720x1600px resolution, 20:9 aspect ratio, 373ppi.
• Chipset: Mediatek Dimensity 6300 (6 nm): Octa-core (2x2.4 GHz Cortex-A76 & 6x2.0 GHz Cortex-A55); Mali-G57 MC2.
• Memory: 256GB 8GB RAM; UFS 2.2; microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot).
• OS/Software: Android 14.
• Rear camera: Wide (main): 50 MP, f/2.0, 1/1.31", 1.2µm; Depth: Thermal camera by Flir, 160x120 px, 8.7Hz, 12μm.
• Front camera: 32 MP, f/2.5, (wide), 1/2.8", 0.8µm.
• Video capture: Rear camera: 1440p@30fps, 1080p@30fps; Front camera: 1440p@30fps, 1080p@30fps.
• Battery: 6200mAh; 33W wired, 15W wireless, 5W reverse wireless.
• Connectivity: 5G; Hybrid Dual SIM; Wi-Fi 5; BT 5.2; NFC; Wireless FM radio; Infrared port; 3.5mm jack.
• Misc: Fingerprint reader, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer.

The Armor Mini 20T Pro seems like a solid smartphone, quite literally, too. We sort of expected an even larger capacity battery inside this thick body even though this is not a Power Armor device. But let's discuss this again after our battery life test has been completed.

Unboxing the Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro

The Ulefone Armor Mini 20T Pro ships in a particularly large retail box. It contains a 33W USB-C charger, a USB-C cable, a lanyard, and a tempered glass protector (there's a plastic one already applied on the phone).

There isn't a protective case in the box, but you really don't need one with a rugged phone, do you?

There's an optional Case Kit with a multi-purpose holder that lets you wear the Armor Mini 20T Pro as a body camera. It contains a back panel with a placeholder for the said clip.