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interstate90

(Tablet) Something small, battery life, large RAM and storage, durable

I am a logistics director for a few search and rescue teams. I spend most of my time in 3rd world countries with little electricity and lots of dirt. I am sick of carrying around a laptop to check minor things and my S5 battery life is too precious to do whats needed.

I have to dump photos/videos from an SD card and upload them, I can use OTG or a microSD slot. I will be using OSMAND regularly. I also need something that is either durable in design or a durable case is easily available. Order of importance is GPS>RAM>Storage>Battery Life>Durability. I really don't care about cameras or screen resolutions. I will be using it with a bluetooth keyboard on the daily for emails. I am currently looking at the Asus ZenPad S 8", but I am having reservations about the battery life.

Budget is $400 or less. Any thoughts or suggestions would be most appreciated. Maybe a Windows tablet is the way to go?

Posted Oct 21, 2016, 2:04 AM UTC

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Klm2349•

My zenpad S 8 has awesome battery life. Much better than most tablets I have had other than iPads. Not sure how good the GPS is though as I don't use it for that very much. If I were you I would look for an iPad mini 4 on swappa.com. However it may be harder to transfer files. I'm not as familiar with Apple stuff.

Edit: BTW I would not recommend the Windows route. They generally have poor battery life and slow performance due to the operating system.

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interstate90OP•

Thanks for the reassurance on the battery life. How much screen-on time are you getting on a full charge?

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Klm2349•

7-10hr depending on what I'm doing.

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justeducation•

Go buy a ruggedized tablet. They are made especially for your use case.

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interstate90OP•

They also cost an arm and a leg or are using dated performance parts.

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alienccccombobreaker•

Maybe look into a solar battery and rugged case.

You can still get a powerful tablet just make it armored and sturdy.

Although by the sounds of it you might want waterproofing and dusting so sony.

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