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TANK 3 Pro is a rugged smartphone with a massive battery and a built-in projector

The TANK 3 is a rugged smartphone designed for off-grid use, with a 23,800 mAh battery for days of continuous use, a rugged body, and special features including a 1200 lumen LED flashlight. Now the Chinese company behind that phone have launched a new model called the TANK 3 Pro, which brings two significant changes. […]

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Unihertz Tank Mini 1 is a smaller, cheaper rugged phone built for the outdoors

A few months after launching the Unihertz Tank 3 rugged smartphone with a massive 23,800 mAh battery, Unihertz has unveiled a new model that’s significantly smaller and cheaper. But the Unihertz Tank Mini 1 keeps some of the rugged, outdoorsy features. The new smartphone has a 4.3 inch display and a rugged body with an […]

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Asus NUC 13 Rugged is a fanless mini PC with Intel Alder Lake-N

The new Asus NUC 13 Rugged is a small, fanless and dustproof computer powered by either a 6-watt or 12-watt Intel Alder Lake-N processor (with options including the Intel Processor N50, Atom x7211E, and Atom x7425E). The computer supports up to 16GB of DDR5 memory, has multiple storage options, dual 2.5 GbE Ethernet ports, and support […]

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Unihertz Tank 2 smartphone has a 15,500mAh battery and a built-in laser projector

The Unihertz Tank 2 is a smartphone with a massive 15,500 mAh battery that should be good for days or even weeks of runtime, a rugged case, and a laser projector function that lets you use the phone as a portable presentation or movie screening machine. Whether it’s actually a good phone or projector remains to […]

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Oukitel WP19 is a rugged phone with a 21,000 mAh battery for up to a week of battery life

My first cellphone was a Nokia handset that I only had to charge once every week or two. But all I really used it for was making phone calls and occasionally playing a game of snake on a tiny screen. Modern smartphones do a whole lot more, but they also consume far more power. And […]

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HMD’s Nokia XR20 is a rugged phone built to last (with 4 years of security updates)

The new Nokia XR20 is an Android smartphone with mid-range specs that launches this week with a 2-year warranty and a promise that it will receive at least three major Android updates as well as security updates for at least four years. But with a growing number of Android phone makers promising to deliver years […]

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Panasonic Toughbook G2 is a rugged 2-in-1 tablet with a modular design for swappable components

Panasonic’s latest Toughbook computer is a rugged tablet 2-in-1 tablet with a detachable keyboard and a modular design. The Panasonic Toughbook G2 has a 10.1 inch display, support for up to a 10th-gen Intel Core i7 processor with vPro, and three modular expansion areas that you can use to customize the computer or swap out components on […]

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Motorola Defy is a rugged smartphone (that’s not actually made by Motorola)

This year rugged phone maker Bullitt Group announced a partnership with Motorola to bring rugged Motorola-branded phones to market. Now the first one has arrived: the Motorola Defy is a waterproof, dustproof, drop-proof smartphone with a 5,000 mAh battery, mid-range specs and a mid-range price tag. It goes on sale next week in select European and […]

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Volla Phone X will be a rugged smartphone that will likely support Android and Linux

The Volla Phone is a smartphone that’s designed to run either Android or Linux-based operating systems like Ubuntu. Made by a German startup called Volla, the phone was introduced through a crowdfunding campaign, and now sells for € 359 at the Volla Shop. Now it looks like Volla may be preparing to launch a second […]

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Lillbits: Acer’s rugged laptop and tablet, B&O’s bookshelf speaker, and Dell divests VMWare

Acer launched its first rugged laptops and tablets under the Acer Enduro brand last summer, and now the company is updating the line with a new 4.1 pound, 14 inch laptop with an IP53 certification for water and dust resistance and a MIL-STD-810H tested design and a 10 inch rugged tablet with the same certifications. […]