Key takeaways

• A ruggedized handset that has it all -- a fast processor, lots of RAM, a big battery, and a fantastic display
• This is one of the few rugged handsets that squarely falls into the mid-range category
• This is a big handset that you're definitely going to feel in a pocket.

$469.99 at Amazon

I'm a huge fan of tough, ruggedized smartphones that have been built to survive rain, sleet, snow, bangs, and crashes. Thesize also allows them to be kitted out with huge batteries to give the phone a runtime that iPhone users can only dream of.

But they usually lack one feature that I really miss -- and that's a decent display.

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The Unihertz Shark 3 changes that.

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Unihertz Shark 3

A rugged handset with a giant battery and an AMOLED display that is easy on the eyes.

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Checks a lot of boxes

The Shark 3 checks a lot of boxes when it comes to what I look for in a ruggedized smartphone. It has a massive 11,600mAh battery that gives the handset an incredible 23 hours of video playback time, 12 hours of gaming, over two days of phone calls, and a whopping 38 days of standby.

Large batteries usually come with the drawback that charge times are huge, but the Shark 3 supports 120 W fast charging, and, with the appropriate charger, this can take the battery from flat to 90 percent in an hour.

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The Shark 3 also supports reverse charging, so you can help out struggling iPhone users with a quick battery top-up.

That big battery takes up a fair bit of space, which is why the Shark 3 measures a beefy 174.9