이 보고서는 모바일 및 정부 기관의 LoB (Line-of-Business) 용도를 지원하는 데 사용되는 러기드 슬레이트 태블릿 및 2-in-1 장치 시장 전체 기회를 다룹니다. 특히 이 보고서는 기업용 LoB 및 산업별 전문 분야에 중점을 둡니다. 이 부문에 해당하는 태블릿 이용자의 예로는 공장 작업원, 창고 작업원, 필드 서비스 기술자, 경찰관, 응급구조사(EMT), 소방관, 간호사 및 임상의, 항공 정비원, 군인 등을 들 수 있습니다. 이 보고서는 러기드 장치 시장 규모와 예측을 제시하고 지역 및 산업별 태블릿 시장 기회를 분석합니다. 또한 태블릿 및 2-in-1 기기에 대한 투자를 촉진하는 최신 하드웨어 및 소프트웨어 동향을 고려하여 모바일 하드웨어 공급업체를 위한 향후 전망과 제안을 제공합니다.
이 보고서가 다루는 주요 논점 :
LoB 워크플로우를 지원하는 기업 및 정부 기관 발행 태블릿의 전망은?
지역별, 산업별 및 용도 환경별로 본 시장 기회는?
러기드 태블릿의 주요 개발 동향과 이용 사례는 무엇인가?
산업 및 용도별로 요구되는 디바이스 기능 요건은 무엇인가?
러기드 2-in-1 분리형 장비 시장 기회는 어느 정도입니까?
용도별로 본 OS, 디스플레이 사이즈, 접속성의 주요 동향은?
시장의 주요 시장 진출 전략은?
AI와 같은 신기술은 러기드 태블릿 솔루션에 어떤 영향을 미치는가?
시장 전체와 각 부문에서 주도적인 벤더는 어디인가?
주요 요약
러기드 태블릿 OEM의 대다수는 전년 대비 수익이 소폭에서 크게 증가했습니다. Zebra는 2자리 성장률을 기록하는 반면, 시장 리더인 Panasonic은 시장 평균을 약간 밑돌게 되었습니다. 향후 성장을 가속하기 위해 각 OEM은 현장 직원 별 요구에 맞는 산업별 종합적 솔루션 설계에 주력하고 있습니다. 이러한 솔루션은 강력한 파트너 에코시스템과 협력하여 개발되었으며 고급 연결 기능, 용도 특화 소프트웨어, 데이터 캡처 및 스캔 주변기기, AI 등의 새로운 기술을 통합합니다. 이를 통해 기업은 업무 가시성 향상, 워크플로우 효율화 및 운영 비용 절감을 실현할 수 있습니다.
지정학적 갈등의 격화로 인해 공급망에 대한 혼란 위험이 우려되지만, 인플레이션율의 저하 및 기기 교체 사이클의 도래로, 2024-2029년 5년간에 러기드 태블릿 시장은 견조한 성장 전망이 서 있습니다. 러기드 태블릿 OEM은 제휴, 인수, 새로운 솔루션 개발을 통해 차별화 기회를 계속 찾고 있습니다. 또한 미중관세 문제로 인한 세계경제의 불확실성이 높아지는 가운데, 많은 OEM은 2025년 초에 현저한 실적 향상을 기록하고 있으며, 시장 전체로 긍정적인 움직임을 보이고 있습니다.
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주요 요약
주요 조사 결과
세계 시장 개요
지역 예측
아메리카
유럽, 중동 및 아프리카
아시아태평양
산업/섹터별 비교 예측
소매
필드 서비스
운송 및 물류, 배송 및 점포 직송
제조
정부
기기 동향
OS
차량 탑재형
시장 투입
전략과 투자
벤더 점유율 및 경쟁 구도
공급업체 프로파일
Advantech
Dell Technologies
Durabook
Gamber-Johnson
Getac Technologies
Havis
Honeywell
MilDef
Panasonic
RuggON/Ubiqconn
Ruggtek
Samsung
Urovo
Winmate
Zebra Technologies
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VDC Research 정보
JHS
영문 목차
영문목차
Inside this Report
This report covers the overall market opportunity for rugged slate tablets and 2-in-1 devices used to support mobile enterprise and government line-of-business (LoB) applications. Specifically, this report primarily focuses on the enterprise LoB and industry-specific subset of the overall tablet and 2-in-1 opportunity. For this subset, examples of end users whose applications often rely on tablets include factory workers, warehouse workers, field service technicians, police officers, EMTs, firefighters, nurses/clinicians, flight-line aircraft personnel, soldiers, and many others. This report includes market sizing and forecasts for rugged devices. It also breaks down market opportunity for tablets by region and industry. Additionally, this report analyzes current hardware and software trends driving investments in tablets and 2-in-1 devices while providing outlook and insights for mobile hardware vendors.
What Questions are Addressed?
What is the outlook for enterprise and government-issued tablets supporting LoB workflows?
What is the relative opportunity by regional market, industry, and application environment?
What are the primary developments and use cases for rugged tablets?
What are the primary device functionality requirements by industry and application environment?
What is the opportunity for rugged 2-in-1 detachable devices?
What are the prevailing OS, display size and connectivity trends by application?
What are the primary go-to-market strategies for the market?
How will emerging technologies such as Artificial Intelligence impact rugged tablet solutions?
Which vendors lead the market and different segments of the market?
Who Should Read this Report?
The target audience for this report is decision makers within marketing, product development, and sales/business development roles at mobile hardware OEMs as well as system integrators, value-added resellers, and distributors. In addition, end users within enterprise mobility purchasing, specification, and/or support responsibilities would benefit from reading this report.
Vendors Listed in this Report:
Advantech
Dell Technologies
DT Research
DRS Tactical Systems
Durabook
Getac
Gamber-Johnson
Honeywell
Havis
Mildef
Mobile Demand
Panaosnic
Ruggon
Ruggtek
Samsung Electronics
Urovo
Winmate
Zebra Technologies
Executive Summary
The majority of rugged tablet OEMs saw modest to significant increases in revenue year over year. While Zebra saw notable year over year increases in the double digits, market leader Panasonic performed slightly below the market average. To drive future growth, OEMs are designing comprehensive, industry-specific solutions built around their rugged tablet offerings, tailored to the unique needs of frontline workers. Developed in collaboration with a strong partner ecosystem, these solutions integrate advanced connectivity, application-specific software, data capture and scanning peripherals, and emerging technologies such as AI. Together, they enable enterprises to enhance operational visibility, streamline workflows, and reduce overall operating costs.
Despite rising geopolitical conflicts causing potential disruptions to global supply chains, lowering inflation rates and upcoming device refresh cycles have led to a positive outlook for the rugged tablet market over the 5-year forecast from 2024 to 2029. Rugged tablet OEMs are constantly looking at new opportunities to differentiate themselves through partnerships, acquisitions, and solution developments. Despite global economic uncertainty exacerbated by US-China tariffs, many OEMs saw notable gains at the beginning of 2025.
Note: VDC Research has defined 2-in-1 detachable devices as tablets that can be attached to a keyboard to create a laptop-experience. For the device to fit into this category, the keyboard must be manufactured by the same OEM as the tablet and packaged together. Tablets fitted with 3rd party keyboards do not fit into this category. VDC categorizes which OEM devices are considered 2-in-1 detachable devices.
Key Findings:
The Americas was the largest regional market for rugged slate tablets and 2-in-1 detachable devices in 2024. Over the 5-year forecast period, the North American region will grow the fastest in this market.
Over the 5-year forecast period, fully-rugged slates will grow at the highest CAGR in North America, where public safety and field services continues to fuel demand.
The fully rugged slate tablet and 2-in-1 detachable markets are Windows-dominant. Windows 11 is not supported on devices smaller than 9" displays. As Windows 10 loses support, new Windows-based devices shipped will be greater than 10". These dynamics open opportunities for Android-based devices to serve increasing demand for more portable use cases.
While new Windows device shipments will be exclusively greater than 10", Android continues to make headwinds with supported devices that are 10". Led by Samsung's Tab Active Series, rugged OEMs are consistently releasing new Android devices.
The semi-rugged tablet market is heavily saturated by Android-based devices. Some vendors, like Getac, are expanding their portfolios with new Android devices.
There is rising demand for use cases centered around increased mobility and portable workflows, such as field maintenance, data capture and scanning, inventory management, and customer engagement on shop floors. As a result, growth outlooks for rugged slate tablets with 10" displays or smaller are greatest.
2-in-1 detachable devices continue to be adopted for keyboard-centric use cases, such as data entry, reporting, diagnostics, and access to databases like building schematics and patient health records. These devices are often mounted in vehicles and users value larger displays to conduct workflows. 2-in-1 detachable devices are expected to see the most opportunity for growth in the 11" to 12.9" display size range.
As more devices and bandwidth-heavy applications are adopted in the enterprise, reliable and advanced connectivity capabilities are needed for workers to stay connected and access business and/or mission critical systems. Enterprise 5G and private wireless solutions have been stuck in early development stages and trial phase deployments.
Panasonic remains the market leader in the global rugged tablet market in 2024. The OEM has consolidated its rugged portfolio over the past few years, by first ending support for Android devices, and more recently discontinuing its rugged slate tablet products. Today, Panasonic only offers two rugged tablets, the 2-in-1 detachable TOUGHBOOK G2 and TOUGHBOOK 33.
While the market leader, Panasonic, lost market share in 2024, other key players saw growth and market share gain, creating a more competitive ecosystem going forward.
Table of Contents
Inside this Report
What Questions are Addressed?
Who Should Read this Report?
Vendors Listed in this Report
Executive Summary
Key Findings
Global Market Overview
Regional Forecasts
The Americas
Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Asia-Pacific (APAC)
COMPARATIVE FORECAST BY INDUSTRY/SECTOR
Retail
Field Service
Transportation/Logistics/Distribution/Direct Store Delivery
Manufacturing
Government
DEVICE TRENDS
Operating System
Vehicle-Mounted
Go-To-Market
Strategies and Investments
VENDOR SHARES AND COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE
Vendor Profiles
Advantech
Dell Technologies
Durabook
Gamber-Johnson
Getac Technologies
Havis
Honeywell
MilDef
Panasonic
RuggON/Ubiqconn
Ruggtek
Samsung
Urovo
Winmate
Zebra Technologies
About the Authors
About VDC Research
About
List of Exhibits
Global Market Overview
Exhibit I-1: Global Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
Exhibit I-2: Global Rugged Tablet Shipments Forecast (Units)
Exhibit I-3: Global Average Rugged Tablet Price (US Dollars)
Regional Forecasts
Exhibit I-4:: North America Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
Exhibit I-5: North America Rugged Tablet Shipments Forecast (Units)
Exhibit I-6: Latin America Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
Exhibit I-7: Latin America Rugged Tablet Shipments Forecast (Units)
Exhibit I-8: 2024 Americas Vendor Market Share of Rugged Tablets (Including 2-in-1 Detachables) (Shares in Percent of Dollars, Dollars in Millions)
Exhibit I-9: EMEA Rugged Tablet Market Forecast (Millions of Dollars)
Exhibit I-23: Vehicle Attachment for Rugged Tablets and 2-in-1 Detachables (Units)
Exhibit I-24: Vehicle Attachment for Fully-Rugged Tablets (Units)
Exhibit I-25: Vehicle Attachment for Semi-Rugged Tablets (Units)
Exhibit I-26: Vehicle Attachment for 2-in-1 Detachables
Exhibit I-27: Total Rugged Tablet and 2-in-1 Detachable Shipments by Display Size (Units)
Exhibit I-28: Semi-Rugged Tablet Shipments by Display Size (Units)
Exhibit I-29: Semi-Rugged Slate Tablet Shipments by Display Size
Exhibit I-30: Rugged 2-in-1 Detachable Shipments by Display Size (Units)
Exhibit I-31: Enterprise WAN Activation for Rugged Tablets & 2-in-1 Detachables (Units)
Exhibit I-32: Enterprise WAN Activation for Fully-Rugged Tablets (Units)
Exhibit I-33: Enterprise WAN Activation for Semi-Rugged Tablets (Units)
Exhibit I-34: Enterprise WAN Activation for Rugged 2-in-1 Detachables (Units)
Vendor Shares and Competitive Landscape
Exhibit I-35: Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of Rugged Tablets including 2-in-1 Detachables (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)
Exhibit I-36: Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of Rugged Tablets including 2-in-1 Detachables (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)
Exhibit I-37: 2024 Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of Full- and Semi-Rugged Slate Tablets by Region (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)
Exhibit I-38: 2024 Global Vendor Shipments and Shares of 2-in-1 Detachable Devices by Region (Shares in Percent of Revenue, Shipments in Millions of Dollars)
