Rugged Smart Phones are the Need of the Hour

Mobiles have grown out of the age of leather holsters. A smart phone is the demand of the generation. A phone should be so much more than a feature phone providing advanced computing ability and connectivity. Smartphone serves multiple purposes. It serves the purpose of portable media players, low end inbuilt digital camera, video recorder, also GPS which provides you navigational facility. They also make interface fun and attractive with high resolution touch screen and fast web browsers that displays standard webpage and not mobile optimized ones. High speed data access with the help of WI-FI. It has flash compatibility and high speed data providing services with WI-FI and mobile broadband.

Like the moon even Smartphone have a dark facet. In spite they are loaded with features they are a big hassle to handle. Dropping them no longer just produce dents on its body it renders it unusable. When Smart phones will be used in future by new categories of user to support new business processes their prime need would be ruggedness. You have to understand that if the phone fails its productivity suffers then the price of the phone rises up.

Given that phone is a utility device and not an accessory the criteria of ruggedness becomes even more important. Now the question that may arise in your mind would be that what makes a phone rugged and reliable. Ruggedized handhelds that comes under enterprise operations must last at least three to five years. Ruggedness implies that the smart phone must fight the leading causes of device failure like lcd damage, antennae problems and other missing peripherals.

A smart phone that will be water resistant, dust proof, scratch proof and shock resistant is like a dream to many among us. But this dream has already come true with the introduction of few smart phones in the market. Here are some of them:

Motorola DEFY +:

last time we got our first android smart phone through Motorola DEFY which bring smart and tough construction at a very affordable price of $300. Moreover it has got some jaw dropping features like 800 Mhz OMAP 3610 chip (Cortex A8) with PowerVR SGX530 GPU, 2 GB internal storage, 512 MB RAM, and 3.7″ display with a 854×480 resolution. This year Motorola comes with a upgraded version of DEFY named as DEFY +. Though Motorola DEFY + is not exclusively different from its original version it has 25% faster CPU, speed of I GHz and it comes with Android 2.3. It is said that this beast can survive being submerged into 1 meter deep water for up to 30 mins. It also meets the United States Military Standard to withstand ultimate onslaught of dust humidity, rain, shock and temperature.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover:

Following the trail of Motorola Samsung is also going great in the business of making rugged phones with the RUBY series. This is Samsung first venture in rugged android smart phone. It seems that have designed this little monster really sleek and stylish and if we go by its specs we can conclude that it will be quoted at a lower price so that wider range of people can reach out to it. Its features include connectivity at Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 3.0 weighs 116 g and comes with an internal memory of 150 mg. this rugged smart phone promises to save the mobile system from extreme water onslaught, drought and undulated surfaces and it promises to have worked properly even after being submerged in water for 30 minutes.

Motorola MC55 Rugged Smartphone:

The MC55 is a mid range enterprise phone and has gained quite a market due to its good service. The wide range of features that it offers is good enough to stand to the most challenging circumstances. Though the power connector could have been stacked with more memory and could have enabled 3g support. As claimed by Motorola this is the smallest and the sleekest rugged smart phone available. Though not entirely waterproof it is dust, dirt and spray resistant. This hefty beast has the caliber to stand by you through toughest of the conditions.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Active:

It has not been while since Sony has realized the demand behind such rugged smart phones. The specs look good without costing a fortune. Justifying the ruggedness of this deign the phone supports “wet finger tracking”.

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