Dell Technologies has just introduced its newest commercial mobile PC line designed and tested to withstand some of the harshest and most demanding environments: the Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged, a 5G-capable 14” semi-rugged laptop; and the Dell Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme, a 5G-capable 13” fully-rugged laptop.
According to Dell, these laptops are ideal for field professionals such as first responders, manufacturing workers, or military members.
These Rugged laptops are equipped with 11th Gen Intel Core processors with vPro (optional). For connectivity, it comes with Intel Wi-Fi 6E and optional 5G-capability. These devices also boast improved daylight-readable and glove-touch capable screens of up to 1400 nits of brightness for optimal field usability, as well as improved battery run-time to almost 25 hours 4 with dual hot-swappable batteries
and Express Charge Boost for up to a 35% charge in 20 minutes for 24×7 field operations.
Both the new Dell Latitude 5430 Rugged and the Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme also come with TPM 2.0 ControlVault advanced authentication to secure devices. Further, integrated cryptographic keys, contacted and contactless smartcard reader, and touch fingerprint reader options provide additional device security.
The Latitude 5430 Rugged weighs 1.97kg and it comes with an optional professional discrete graphics card. It’s drop-tested from up to 3-feet and Ingress Protection (IP)-53 7 rated for a high degree of protection against dust, dirt, and water ingress.
On the other hand, the Latitude 7330 Rugged Extreme features an optional 1400-nit direct-sunlight viewable and gloved multi-touch capable screen, is drop tested from up to 6-feet, and has an IP-65 9 rating for maximum protection against dust, dirt, and water ingress.
Moreover, both devices are the first from Dell to ship with the new Windows 11 preinstalled.
Dell Latitude Rugged 5430 and 7730 laptops will be globally available starting December 9, 2021. There’s no word yet about their local pricing. Stay tuned to our page for more updates.
