Rugged Android tablet with decent charging socket?

[[70521]]

I have a Ulefone smart fone, with a decent sized screen that is hammer and waterproof and has a crazy sized battery. It also charges from a wireless pad so it could stay sealed. Works for everything.

I also have a fixed Android tablet as in the COVID project detailed above.

Also have a bike mount so I can fix the phone in the cockpit...very handy at night.

That Ulefone looks bl00dy amazing. I like the idea of the wireless charging pad. On my look at list when the Blackview dies.

 

[Nauti Fox]

That looks like a good solution. What battery life do you get in practice? What's the charging socket - standard USB?

It's a type C.
Most I've use it in one go is five hours, can'tremember the remaining charge though.

 

[ylop]

And sadly I find USB C unreliable in a marine environment too. The deep, inaccessible multiple connections are prone to corrosion and impossible to clean.

I have a usb-c cable with a gold plated connector. Can’t say yet if it is more reliable. You can also get little waterproof plugs / caps for usb-c (both male and female) for use when the cable is not connected.

 

[ylop]

That Ulefone looks bl00dy amazing. I like the idea of the wireless charging pad. On my look at list when the Blackview dies.

If you are hoping to use it as a plotter substitute check if the wireless will charge at sufficient rate to replace the drain from the screen on at full power (it might but often the downside with wireless charging is it can’t).

 

[[70521]]

If you are hoping to use it as a plotter substitute check if the wireless will charge at sufficient rate to replace the drain from the screen on at full power (it might but often the downside with wireless charging is it can’t).

No plans to use a phone as a plotter, I am not keen on using tablets or phones as a primary navigation device. Charts and my Garmin chart plotter do that function, although the chart plotter is really there to collect GPS data and as instrumentation display.

As a replacement to my Blackview phone when it finally dies the Ulefone looks the dog's testicles.