Police and gendarmes will receive a new mobile phone by the end of 2021. The French company CrossCall won the contract.

Called Core X4-Neo, this ultra-resistant smartphone meets strict specifications to assist law enforcement.

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Some 200,000 police and gendarmes will receive a new cell phone by the end of the year.

Called Core X4-Neo, this ultra-resistant smartphone from the French brand CrossCall won the public tender against four participants, whose identity we do not know.

Until now, the police have been equipped with telephones from the Japanese giant Sony.

To win the market, the CrossCall brand complied with a specification of 500 pages.

The participants in the public call for tenders were especially expected on the resistance and repairability of their model.

Points on which the Core X4-Neo has outstripped its competitors thanks to its resistance to extreme temperatures or to a drop of two meters on concrete, affirms at the microphone of Europe 1 David Ebérlé, vice-president of CrossCall: "Our The products do not need shells or an exterior reinforcement system. They are inherently extremely strong and resistant to water or any liquid substance. They also have a very long battery life. I think that these are the aspects that made the difference. "

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"It was time to have some new material"

Founded in 2009 in the south of France, the company CrossCall specializes in shock-resistant and waterproof smartphones.

The Core X4-Neo will run on the Android operating system with an ultra secure adaptation of the software.

The company will work with Orange Business Services, which won the tender to connect the fleet.

Dominique Le Dourner, SGP Police Unit national secretary, said he was rather satisfied with the choice of this model: "It was time to have new equipment. 200,000 smartphones, it is not enough but it is coherent in the immediate future. . So yes, we are waiting for our colleagues to test it. "

To get the first feedback from these colleagues, we will have to wait until the end of the year.

The first deliveries will indeed take place at the end of 2021. CrossCall will also deliver 20,000 tablets to the police and the gendarmerie.