Camera comparison from six top rugged phones

The Atom XL has a massive 48-megapixel camera on the back, and a 8-megapixel camera on the front. It's 4.0" screen is very good but can't do its rear camera's resolution justice.

The CAT S52 may be the slimmest rugged phone but still packs in a 12-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel rear camera. Its photo of this scene was my least favorite, but nothing Android auto-correction wouldn't fix.

The CAT S61 has a 16-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel front camera. It shoots with a somewhat desaturated look like its sibling the S52.

The Kyocera DuraForce Pro 2 has a 13-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front camera. The latter is the lowest resolution of any front camera in our roundup, but still ample for what front cameras are called upon to do.

The Samsung XCover Pro has a 25-megapixel rear camera, the highest resolution other than the unusual Unihertz Atom XL. The XCover Pro's front camera is the richest of the bunch at 13-megapixels.

To look at the burly Sonim XP8 you might expect its camera is an afterthought, but it shot a very balanced photo from its 12-megapixel rear camera. The front camera has 8-megapixel resolution.