Panasonic intros Toughbook FZ-T1 rugged handheld

Panasonic just unveiled a new rugged Android handheld aimed at mobile workers, the Toughbook FZ-T1. A 5-inch stylish rock hard device.

The Toughbook FZ-T1 isn’t necessarily a phone, that’s because it has a variant with WiFi only. Eitherway, it’s still pocketable and easy to carry. The device is powered by a 5-inch HD display, Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 212 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of Internal storage, Android 8.1 Oreo, and a 3,200mAh hot-swappable battery.

We have an 8MP rear camera and, oddly, no front. The Toughbook FZ-T1 has a bunch of added features apart from being solidly built, one of those is a built-in barcode scanner. There’ll also be a range of accessories to be unveiled in the near future.

Panasonic Toughbook FZ-T1 specifications

• 5-inch 16:9 aspect ratio HD IPS display @ 1280 x 720
• Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 1.1GHz Quad-Core processor
• Adreno 304 GPU
• 2GB RAM
• 16GB Internal storage, expandable via microSD
• 8MP rear camera with LED flash
• Single-SIM (LTE variant)
• 4G LTE
• WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/d/h/i/r
• Bluetooth 4.2
• microUSB
• IP68
• Compass 2.0 (Android 8.1 Oreo)

The Toughbook FZ-T1 is priced at £1,142 (~Php 80,830) for the WiFi only model and £1,214 (~Php 85,926) for the WiFi + 4G one. The WiFi only model will be available come August with the 4G variant following suit in September. Local pricing and availability are yet to be announced.