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Rugged Handheld Computers & Smartphones

  • Elliot Mintz
  • David Krebs

Organizations increasingly expect rugged handheld computers and smartphones to deliver more than durability. Richer data capture, AI-supported workflows, advanced connectivity, and lifecycle services are raising the bar for OEMs.

This report examines the market forces influencing product strategy, technology investment, and competitive positioning across the global rugged handheld computer and smartphone market, including:

  • How RFID, OCR, computer vision, dimensioning, and AI are expanding frontline mobility capabilities
  • Why deployment, lifecycle, and managed services are becoming increasingly important competitive differentiators
  • How automation, connectivity, pricing pressures, and emerging competitors are influencing product strategy

Download the Executive Brief to understand how evolving customer requirements are reshaping the rugged handheld market and creating new opportunities for competitive differentiation.

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About Mitch

Mitch Solomon

President

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Mitch has spent years supporting senior leaders of operational and industrial technology companies as well as private equity investors that participate in the space.  He is an active member of the Technology and Innovation Council at Graham Partners, a leading industrial technology focused private equity firm, and serves on the advisory boards of OptConnect (a top IoT connectivity provider) and DecisionPoint (a rapidly growing operational technology systems integrator).  Mitch has worked closely with a wide range of industrial technology clients on a diverse array of growth opportunities and challenges including applications of AI, c-suite recruiting, strategic planning, new market identification and entry, product strategy, competitive positioning, revenue retention, value proposition identification and messaging, sales strategy and execution, and board presentations. Mitch holds a BA from Northwestern University and an MBA from The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.