Inside this Report
This report covers the overall market opportunity for rugged handheld computers, rugged smartphones, and consumer-grade smartphones used to support enterprise line-of-business applications. It includes market sizing and forecasts by region, country, industry, application environment, ruggedness, OS, and display size. The report provides market participants with strategic insights, discussing current commercial and technical trends driving enterprise mobility investments and assessing the competitive landscape.
What Questions are Addressed?
- What is the outlook for rugged handheld computers and smartphones used for enterprise and government mobility applications?
- What is the relative opportunity by regional market, industry, and application?
- How is the use of consumer devices/smartphones impacting the opportunity for purpose-built solutions? Which workflows continue to favor rugged and key-based devices?
- How is the competitive landscape evolving as the market matures? What is the impact of lower-cost Asia brands as they expand beyond their home country markets?
- How do mobile device deployment, management, and lifecycle requirements align with specific vertical markets and applications?
- How will AI be used to support workflows through rugged handheld mobile computers and smartphones? What is the demand for true on-device AI capabilities?
- What is the demand for 5G-enabled devices and private cellular? How are connectivity requirements evolving for enterprise mobility solutions?
- How are memory pricing, component shortages, tariffs, and economic uncertainty impacting market performance, ASPs, and OEM product strategies?
- How are expanding data-capture requirements, including RFID, OCR, computer vision, and dimensioning, reshaping enterprise workflows and the opportunity for rugged handheld computers?
Who Should Read this Report?
The target audience for this report is decision-makers with marketing, sales, product development, and/or partner development functional responsibilities within mobile device OEMs; organizations distributing, reselling, and/or integrating enterprise mobility solutions in addition to enterprise mobility investment decision makers.
Organizations Listed in this Report
- Apple
- Ascom
- Bluebird
- Chainway
- Cipherlab
- Datalogic
- DENSO-Wave
- Honeywell
- Kyocera
- M3 Mobile
- Newland AIDC
- Point Mobile
- Samsung
- SEUIC
- Sonim
- Spectralink
- Unitech
- Urovo
- Zebra Technologies
Table of Contents
Inside this Report
What Questions are Addressed?
Who Should Read This Report?
Organizations Listed in this Report
Executive Summary
Global Market Overview and Forecast
- Global Market
- Major Shifts Impacting the Rugged Handheld Computer and Rugged Smartphone Landscapes
- The Expanding Frontline Data Capture Opportunity
- The Strategic Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Regional Forecasts
- The Americas
- Europe, The Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
- Asia-Pacific (APAC)
- Forecasts by Vertical
- Transportation & Logistics
- Retail Services
- Field Services
- Healthcare Services
- Warehousing
- Competitive Landscape
Vendor Profiles: Rugged Handheld Mobile Computers
- Bluebird
- Datalogic
- Honeywell
- Newland AIDC
- Unitech
- Urovo
- Zebra Technologies
Vendor Profiles: Rugged Smartphones
- Kyocera
- Samsung
- Spectralink
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