The IS-04Z1 is an eigensicheres Smartphone designed to ATEX 2014/34/EU for Zone 1 and Zone 21, built for the chemical parks, refineries and pharmaceutical plants where most German Ex-Schutz work happens. In 2025 transport accounted for about 31% of energy consumption, households 28% and industry 26%, so fuel distribution and storage form a large part of the infrastructure. An explosion proof cell phone distributor in Germany would carry the IS-04Z1 to these buyers once certification completes.
Pre-launch · certification in progress · Launching Q4 2026
Short answer. Germany has no appointed SAMS distributor yet: the IS-04Z1 is pre-launch (certification in progress, no certificate issued, launch planned for Q4 2026), and distributor applications are open.
Where things stand: the IS-04Z1 has not launched, and none of its four certification routes has produced a certificate yet. A buyer's engineering review is separate from the certificate. Certification status. Place facts reviewed October 2026.
| Check | What to look for | IS-04Z1 today |
|---|---|---|
| Protection concept | Flameproof (Ex d) or intrinsic safety (Ex i) | Intrinsic safety, level ib |
| Zone suitability | Zone 1 gas and Zone 21 dust | Design target for Zone 1 and 21 |
| Certificate | Number, issuing body and schedule of conditions | In progress; not issued |
| Where it applies | Germany: Marl, Frankfurt Höchst, Burghausen | Classified by the site operator |
An intrinsically safe Android smartphone designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21 hazardous areas in Germany. It is pre-launch: IECEx, ATEX and NEC 500 certification is in progress ahead of the Q4 2026 launch.
Operators and classified areas drawn from the SAMS Germany market guide.
BASF says its Ludwigshafen Verbund site covers about ten square kilometres, makes it the world's largest integrated chemical complex, and has 125 production plants, with roughly a third of BASF employees worldwide based there.
Manufacturers may self-certify ATEX Category 3 equipment with a technical dossier including a user manual in the local language, while Category 1 and 2 generally need a notified body.
Norway supplied the largest share of both Germany's gas and crude oil imports in 2025, and German LNG terminals accounted for 10.3% of natural gas imports, so LNG import sites are a new classified-area category.
Germany plans to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2038 at the latest and aims for renewables to supply at least 80% of gross electricity consumption by 2030.
“Explosion proof” is the phrase most buyers use for equipment that may be taken into a classified hazardous area. Strictly, it covers several protection concepts: a flameproof enclosure (Ex d) contains an internal explosion, while intrinsic safety (Ex i) limits electrical energy so that an ignition cannot start. Phones are normally intrinsically safe, because a flameproof handset would be too heavy to carry all shift.
The IS-04Z1 uses intrinsic safety, with a marking target of Ex ib IIC T4, and is designed for Zone 1 and Zone 21. It is pre-launch, certification is in progress and no certificate has been issued.
In Germany. In German plants Ex-Schutz covers several protection concepts: flameproof Ex d enclosures, pressurisation and intrinsic safety. A handheld in a Verbund site is different from fixed equipment, because it moves across zone boundaries many times a shift. The IS-04Z1 is designed around intrinsic safety for that reason.
SAMS is appointing authorised distributors ahead of the Q4 2026 launch. No territory has been granted for Germany yet and applications are reviewed company by company. Because a certified Ex device cannot be opened by an ordinary phone workshop without invalidating its certificate, SAMS looks for partners who can provide competent technical support and after-sales service locally.
No. Nothing can be bought or taken into a classified area today: certification is in progress and launch is planned for Q4 2026. What is available now is the datasheet, the written certification schedule and evaluation units for safe-area use.
SAMS has not published a price. Any figure you are offered for an uncertified Ex phone should be treated with caution; written indicative pricing is available for a defined quantity and site.
It is intrinsically safe (marking target Ex ib IIC T4), which is the usual way to make a phone for hazardous areas. It is not a flameproof (Ex d) design, and certification is still in progress.
The market guide for Germany covers Ludwigshafen, Leverkusen, Marl, Frankfurt Höchst, among others. Site-level pages are linked below.
Apply through the distributor page with your company details and the territory you cover. SAMS reviews applications company by company and has not yet granted a territory for Germany.
Germany applies ATEX Directive 2014/34/EU for equipment and the employer-side Directive 1999/92/EC through national workplace law. Devices for Zone 1 and Zone 2 should carry CE and Ex markings with German-language instructions. Individual plants usually add their own device approval rules.
Typically the EU declaration of conformity, the ATEX or IECEx certificate, the Ex marking details and instructions in German. The operator's explosion protection document defines the zones. Provide a clear device marking photo so the site's inspector can match it to the zone.
Chemical park operators generally set contractor rules, including which devices are permitted in each zone. Requirements differ between parks. Ask the site operator about device approval, permits and registration, and about any managed-device policy, before bringing a handset to site.
Related guides for Germany and for Germany.
Share the site details and quantity. You will get the datasheet and the certification schedule back by email; pricing is indicative only until launch.
Send the zone and gas group of your site and we will reply with the datasheet and schedule.
