Don't let the name fool you. This Panasonic Toughbook CF-20 is different from the old CF-20, offering enhanced processing power and energy efficiency.
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Don't let the name fool you. This Panasonic Toughbook CF-20 is different from the old CF-20, offering enhanced processing power and energy efficiency.
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Are you a contractor who measures phone life-expectancy in weeks? If you need a bulletproof handset (maybe literally) with extreme battery life, I think the CAT S41 is definitely worth considering. You might just want to wait for a sale.
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The "borderless" Archos Sense 55S comes with a 78 percent screen to body ratio, only costing €249. The Sense 50X is also very cheap for a rugged phone.
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Before it's showcased at MWC 2017, the Android 7.0-powered Archos 101 Saphir has been officially unveiled, priced and fully detailed.
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The Rhinos are a pair of wireless headphones billed to withstand plenty of abuse from the elements including several forces of nature.
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It’s a chunky smartwatch with understated looks that’s built for action. And we’re finally seeing the ship date and price tag on it.Let’s re-introduce you to Nixon’s first Android Wear smartwatch, the Mission. It’s one of the first to come with Qualcomm’s wearable-dedicated Snapdragon 2100 chipset along with 10 ATM (100m) water resistance. The 400 x 400 circular AMOLED ...
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How durable is your phone? Or better yet, how confident are you in your phone’s ability to survive daily lifestyle abuse? Do you use your phone “naked”, or is a case a mandatory accessory when leaving the house?We’re seeing some progress with manufacturers advertising more durable build quality for consumer facing devices. No longer just the ultra-tough construction site gadgets, many flagship phones now champion improved drop protection or enhanced water resistance. We currently have the Galaxy S7 Active in ...
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If Kyocera just isn’t doing anything for your rugged phone needs, perhaps you’re just a few weeks away from getting your hands on a Samsung solution. For the fourth consecutive year, we’re looking forward to an AT&T co-opted Galaxy S Active device, tacky as it may ...
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So, you’re on the jobsite or off the road. If you need to be connected and capable beyond what, say, a Galaxy S6 Active (or Galaxy S7 Active) can afford, well, hopefully you have that beefy, cased-up laptop with you. Well, that’s the capable part down, but what ...
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The LG V10 has been criticized for being a bit on the chunky side, but that casing comes with the advertised benefit of MIL-STD-810G drop and shock resistance. I’ve been critical of the smartphone industry of late for building pretty phones, but phones that don’t seem well designed to survive daily lifestyle abuse without assistance. I usually use my phones naked (in that the phone is used without a case, not that I am sans clothes). I reserve my case use for specific situations. Trip to the grocery store? No case. Aggressive ...
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We’re none of us fans here of intentionally breaking gadgets, but when a phone’s main selling point is durability, we try to find ways to test those claims. The tricky thing about rugged phones, there is no such thing as a truly indestructible device. If you try to break a rugged phone, eventually you will succeed. Still, we can learn a lot about how this gadget handled the abuse we lobbed at it.The Kyocera Duraforce XD gives off a monster first impression, but how well does that thicker, ...
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The folks at Caterpillar at back at it again. In addition to the yellow backhoes, drill rigs and articulated trucks, Caterpillar also puts out phones it contracts the Bullitt Group to make. We’ve covered rugged phones from Cat and Kyocera before. Now, we’re hearing of the companies’ newest rugged phone running Android 5.1.Meet the Cat S40. It’s not the snappiest thing ...
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Samsung’s Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge are absolutely beautiful smartphones … but they’re also absolutely impractical for anything resembling a sporty lifestyle. Enter the Galaxy S6 Active, a heavyweight version of the 2015 flagship built to take tougher treatment and last longer on a single charge. We covered the differences between them in a
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Our own Michael Fisher proved last week that it is possible to scratch a synthetic sapphire display on a smartphone. Specifically, he roughed up the Kyocera Brigadier through several heinous tests, and impact with a hard material got the better of the extra hard sapphire.No less, the Brigadier is an impressively rugged smartphone that has both the IP certifications and the real world beefiness to back up the claims. But ...
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