The global rugged handheld devices market is segmented by geography and includes regions like the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. The report also provides an analysis of the key vendors in this market, including Datalogic, Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, Panasonic, and Zebra Technologies.
Technavio’s market research analysts estimate the global rugged handheld devices market to grow at a CAGR of around 5.5% between 2015 and 2019. Declining ASP of rugged handheld devices is one of the major factors propelling this market’s growth. The Americas is the highest revenue contributor to the global market for rugged handheld devices. Much of this region’s growth comes from the growth in its logistics and retail sectors.
The new market research report from Technavio provides a breakdown and analysis of the rugged handheld devices segments by technology.
“Organizations are increasingly adopting mobile computing devices such as rugged smartphones to overcome issues like low battery backup, high maintenance, OS compatibility (device hanging issues), and low-scale protection in consumer smartphones. Rugged smartphones are not only durable, but also customized as per applications. Rugged handheld devices have huge gained momentum in business operations as the organizations have zero tolerance for errors and delay in data handling and reporting. These devices are can withstand harsh climatic and environmental conditions, and are lightweight with long battery life,” says Navin Rajendra, Lead Analyst, Hardware & Semiconductor, Technavio Research.
With augmented industrialization and economic growth, the rugged handheld devices have found wide applications in developing nations like Indonesia, China, and India. Vendors are shifting their base from developed nations to capture these untapped markets during the forecast period. Also, rise in government expenditure in defence, infrastructure development, and oil and gas sectors will lead to increased adoption of these rugged devices over the next four years.
The leading vendors in the global rugged handheld devices market include Zebra Technologies (which acquired Motorola Solutions), Honeywell Scanning & Mobility, Datalogic, and Panasonic. This market is characterized by the presence of numerous vendors who intensely compete with each other on the basis of evolving standards, significantly changing smart technologies, and frequent new product launches to gain maximum traction in this market during the forecast period.
A more detailed analysis is available in the Technavio report, Global Rugged Handheld Devices Market 2015-2019.
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