Inmarsat IsatPhone 2 Handheld Satellite Phone

It worked as advertised; instructions provided for dialing not clear however a prompt response to my email concerns and questions were properly answered. To dial press 00, then Country Code, and then the 10 digit phone number. I did use the telephone during my trip and to stay in touch in an area were no cell phones work. Great product excellent battery life in standby mode (about 60 hours). Excellent price when comparing this phone to similar phones. I believe this phone package comes with 100 prepaid units however I bought 100 additional units; well worth. Additional units can be bought within the seller website. Customer service is reliable as they promptly reply to emails within a reasonable amount of time.

I plan on taking this phone with me when I travel but since I've received it its been fantastic. I've been testing it out stateside (Florida to be exact) and it has performed flawlessly. Very quick and easy to connect to the satellites and I have not had any issues with the battery or antenna as other reviews have mentioned. If you're looking for a reliable sat phone then this is a good option. Setting it up was quite easy too and customer service through Orbital Satcom Corp has been great.

I was flabbergasted at the very poor instructions for activating the IMMARSAT SIM card. The directions for activating the phone were poorly written. I had to make numerous calls to get the correct company (located in the UK and GlobalSat, not Immarsat) to submit a SIM card number to activate the phone. In fact, I am still waiting for activation after receiving the phone several days ago. This has been a tedious process and an arduously unnecessary exercise. I was so frustrated that I wanted to return the IMMARSAT satellite phone to Amazon Prime.

I have had 3 different iridium phones and this is my second Inmarsat phone. The big difference is sound quality and battery life. This phone will give you about a week of standby. It also receives and sends text messages. The sound quality in Inmarsat is so much better than iridium that if you care about that, you shouldn't think twice. Get this or the version 1 is this phone. Excellent construction. Beyond excellent sound quality.

LOVE the battery life. It lasts for days on standby. Decent reception out in Eastern Highlands and Western Provinces in Papua New Guinea though there is some delay in audio transmission. That’s to be expected, though. Waterproofing seems like it would do the job (haven’t tested it). It’s rugged, durable, and it works. Most of my complaints are minor and centered on the user experience and interface. The UI could use some modernization. Typing texts is tedious, even with predictive text enabled. Takes me back to 90’s era dumb phones. I like the email feature and the Twitter integration is a nice idea (but it is useless to me bc I don’t have Twitter). It’d be nice to see a corresponding Facebook post integration. But, I mostly use this for emergencies and brief updates (due to the high cost and slow speed of service on SAT phones), and it does just fine for that. It’s reliable, durable, and trustworthy.

i was a bit skeptical at first when i read a lot of bad reviews about this phone, like bad battery etc. but from my point of view, the phone is perfect for my needs, it holds on one charge around one week in stand by mode, the voices are clear and im getting enough service in southern part of alaska, also the activation was pretty smooth in minutes, who does not have money for iridium as me, this is the choice

I don't have a ton of experience with satellite phones, but I have used a few rented Globalstar's, so that is what I can compare this to. Whereas the Globalstar's may have gotten service 2 out of 5 times I tried (and probably took 10 minutes on average of shifting the phone around to track down a satellite), this Inmarsat phone got great service 100% of the time, with zero dropped calls over a 3 week period. There is a very slight delay in voice transmission, but other than that, it is like using a traditional cell phone. From power up to dialing a call, it is seconds. Very, very impressed with this phone.

Great phone, well built and rugged. Good battery life and great voice quality. Blue Cosmo is a great company to get service through. A+ customer service. I have read a few reviews around about battery problems, well all I can say is that those people are ignorant... it's called a firmware update... The phone is great. The battery is great. I'm getting 5 to 7 days with minimal use.