Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 8" Android Rugged Tablet with 4G (128GB)

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 is the significant because it is an 8" Rugged Tablet from a major vendor that cost under AUD $700 (wifi model). This is a big deal because for a long time businesses that need basic rugged tablet don't really have any option to choose from. They are forced to purchase consumer tablets such as iPad or Surface Pro models that are not only more expensive but also prone to screen damage and repair issues due to the fact that they are consumer products and are not designed to be bumped and dropped.

Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 changed all that. Now, businesses do have a rugged tablet choice for a basic 8" rugged tablet that is designed to take some damage and work in harsh conditions.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 has MIL-STD-810H certification that we expect from a rugged tablet. It also has IP68 certification. This means the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 has the highest rating for dust and water and allows the tablet to submerged in 1.5m of fresh water for 30 minutes.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 has 2 models: wifi and wifi+4G LTE for businesses that need to use mobile internet data. It runs on Android 10 OS, weighs just 246 grams and has a long life removable 5050mAh battery that allows up to 11 hours of video playback.

As a basic entry level rugged tablet, it does has limitations. It comes with 4GB and 64GB ROM Drive which is fine for email, browser or cloud-based applications but not for office or high resources or big files applications. It does come with waterproof capacitive pen to make data insertion easier.

As it is, the Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 is a good and cheaper alternative to consumer tablets such as iPads and other consumer tablet products. If you have users that only need to use one application such as inserting data for field user or entering orders for restaurants, this is a very good device to use. It has Enhanced NFC with EMV Level 1 certification which allows the tablet to be used as a mobile point of sale (mPOS) device for easy payment processing.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab Active 3 has 2 years warranty which is better than most consumer tablets which only have 1 year warranty. All in all, we believe that a lot of businesses will get better value for their money with this rugged tablet compared to the consumer tablets that they're currently using.