Since their inception 18 years ago, the trend has been for smartphones to get bigger each year. But that's only in two dimensions, width and height. Users want bigger screens, but what they don't want is thicker phones.

This has led to many people carrying fragile and unwieldy glass rectangles that don't survive drops well. In a recent study by Allstate, who offers protection plans for phones, they found that 93 million Americans damaged a smartphone within the 12-month survey period.

Chinese smartphone manufacturer Ulefone is bucking the thin-phone trend. Their new Armor 33 Pro is practically the width of a nominal 2x4, being 3.4" wide and 1.3" thick.

You won't be keeping this in a pocket.

The rugged, waterproof phone offers standard smartphone bells and whistles, along with a secondary 3.4" screen on the back.

And because it's so thick, it packs a massive 25,500mAh battery inside, which they say will last for 10 days under heavy use, and nearly two months on standby.

It also features a gigantic 28mm speaker that puts out an ear-splitting 118 decibels. The company reckons the phone will appeal to outdoor users and those on construction sites; lost hikers can blare an alarm over greater distances, and hardhat wearers can hear the phone ring over the din of heavy machinery.

The phone is heavy. At 1.7 lbs, it weighs over four times as much as an iPhone 15.

The Ulefone Armor 33 Pro will be released on August 18th on Amazon.

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