Office: Anna 0410 506 709, Peter: 0415 263 750 (24/7), Caroline: 0415 940 939, Landline: 02 4997 8183, Email Contact: info@epirbhire.com.au
Office:
Anna 0410 506 709, Peter: 0415 263 750 (24/7), Caroline:
0415 940 939, Landline: 02 4997 8183, Email
Contact: info@epirbhire.com.au
The Iridium 9575 has just arrived.
We will sell the Iridium Extreme 9575 Satellite phone for $1,580 incl. GST and delivery.
Try before you buy - rent the 9575 for a week and we will credit most of the hire cost off the buy price.
Special offer - $110 cash back if you take up a call plan. Call Peter 0415 263 750
Our review and first impressions of the Iridium 9575
Extreme.
Iridium give the full details of the 9575 on their interactive webpage below, so
rather than repeat their commentary please see their site direct....
http://www.iridium.com/products/IridiumExtremeSatellitePhone.aspx?productCategoryID=1
Iridium make a great product, the 9050a, the 9555 and the 9575 are all very functional solid phones.
The 9575 does everything the 9555 does and more........
So now let's have a realistic look at the features and claims of the new 9575
Extreme.
Iridium's website says.....
"Smallest Iridium phone ever"
Sorry.....when you include the leather case it is 10mm longer - 5 mm wider and
slightly thicker than the 9555 and a few grams heavier
"Supports online tracking and Google Mapping
services"
This is brilliant, you send your GPS location via SMS. The SMS contains the GPS
location plus the URL for Iridium maps. The recipient just clicks on the link to have
your location displayed on the PC. If you are using Pivotel for your call plan,
Pivotel provide a very handy function where you can send an SMS to an email
address, therefore making the process very straight forward.
"GPS-enabled location-based services, "
Using the phone as a "Tracker" is a great feature. When compared to
the "SPOT" device, past experience has shown it is both more
accurate and more reliable than the SPOT. But phone has a battery standby duration of 30 hrs, so 24 hrs is your limit
for automated SMS tracking without the power adaptor and external power. Using
the automated function has it's limitations.
"It is Jet-water, shock and dust resistance for unparalleled durability"
"Highest ingress protection (IP) rating in the industry (IP65)"
Excellent - but not waterproof if you are using the power or data adaptors (see
above GPS tracking). I see a pending problem with the rubbers cap at the top of
the phone that covers the emergency red button, it is very easy to dislodge,
thus making the IP rating worthless.
(more details to come - 2/2...)
Contact Details:
Office call Anna 0410 506 709
Yachting and technical enquiries call Peter 0415 263 750 (available 24/7)
Accounts call Caroline - 0415 940 939
Landline +61 (0)2 4997 8183
Offices - SYDNEY, NEWPORT NSW, MANLY NSW, BULAHDELAH
NSW.
Email
Contact: info@epirbhire.com.au