To Be Or Not To Be? Rugged Without Regret

By Tom Kost, Xplore Technologies

It doesn’t matter how much money you have to spend, no one wants to be “that guy” that overpaid for a car, a TV, a vacation, or even a rugged tablet.

Sure, sometimes you are willing to pay a little more for better quality if you’re confident that purchase is indeed the right option for you. But if you are dropping money on something you think is right because it’s shinier or more popular among your peers, then the odds of dissatisfaction rise two fold. So does the price you pay for total cost of ownership if we’re talking about investing in a non-rugged, consumer tablet when your field workers require true rugged tablets.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting one should settle for less just because it costs less upfront. Overestimating the capabilities of a cheaper rugged case to protect your workers’ preferred iPad, for example, may seem like the easy fix to making your workers rugged-ready in the field…and easy on the pockets. But, the protection of a rugged case is temporary and so are those cost savings. One wrong drop that the case can’t save you from and you’ll be paying much more for the inevitable disappointment that results when you have to deal with a device replacement, lost data and downtime.

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