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AGM H5 Pro, best phone for camping and hiking? Rugged, large battery, 109 dB speaker!

By AGM

Updated: Sep 02, 2022, 10:17 AM

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AGM H5 Pro, best phone for camping and hiking? Rugged, large battery, 109 dB speaker!

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AGM continues to specialize in highly effective rugged phones for professionals and active outdoors type users. The newest handset from the company is the AGM H5 Pro — a rugged handset with military grade protection ratings, huge speaker, a ring light, large battery and even an infrared night vision camera. As usual, AGM seeks to strike a balance and offer an affordable package, but the H5 Pro also pushes the envelope with a 2 GHz MediaTek Helio G85 processor.

The inclusion of a more powerful SoC seeks to deliver performance for those that demand more of their rugged phone — the option to game or multi-task reliably on in, as if it was a regular, mainstream device. But with the added benefit of extra protection and an infrared camera!

AGM Product managed Daniel Perez says this about the H5 Pro:

It’s necessary to bring our customers a good-performing rugged phone, durable, and that can help them finish their daily tasks.

AGM H5 Pro quick look at the features:

IP68, IP69K & MIL-STD-810H ratings for dust-proofing, water-resistance and shock-resistance
33mm Big Speaker with RGB light
20 MP Infrared night vision camera
48 MP main camera
7000 mAh battery

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Let's take a deeper dive:

AGM H5 Pro resistance ratings, loudest speaker

The AGM H5 Pro has a stylized rugged body with a large multi-color light ring on the back. It's there to underline another amazing feature of this phone — a 3.5 W, 109 dB speaker. For comparison's sake, a loud rock band rehearsal with live drums gets up to 106 dB. The rugged shell has IP68, IP69K, and MIL-STD-810H certifications for dust-, water-, and shock-resistance. The phone can survive for 30 minutes under 1.5 meters of water, is 99% resistant to dust, and has been tested through multiple drops from a 1.5 meter height (4.92 ft).

The durability of the phone and that loud speaker make it a good choice for professionals that work around loud machinery or hikers that want a tough phone with a good sound all in one.

The screen on the front has a 6.5-inch diagonal and a 720p resolution. It's an LCD panel with a maximum brightness of 500 nits.

AGM H5 Pro hardware and camera setup

Breaking up the stereotype of "affordable rugged phones", AGM decided to outfit the H5 Pro with a more potent chip than usual. The phone is powered by MediaTek's Helio G85 — an octa-core processor with clock speeds of up to 2 GHz. It's paired with 8 GB of RAM and offers 128 GB of storage. All of this is powered by a 7,000 mAh battery — bigger than many of the mainstream powerbanks out there.

The AGM H5 Pro is rated to last 400 hours in standby, 150 hours of music playback, or 32 hours of video playback on a single charge. It can be charged back up with a 15 W wallbrick or a special 10 W desktop dock that AGM has.

The main camera on the back has a 48 MP Samsung-made sensor and a lens aperture of F1.8. The infrared night vision camera has a 20 MP Sony sensor, so it offers high-res night imagery as well. And then there is a 20 MP selfie camera for you to take memorabilia and share-worthy photos from your hikes.

Lastly, it all runs on Android 12 — a clean take on the newest Google operating system, with its enhanced customization, privacy dashboard, and snappy performance.