When working on building sites, communicating with the team is essential for achieving effective, well coordinated results. This is one of the many reasons why builders use construction site phones. Discover more about rugged phones and how they can help you onsite.
Benefits of mobile phones for construction workers
Most rugged phones for construction are thought for the environment making them IP68 certified. Meaning they are water, dust and even mud resistant.
A mobile phone for construction workers is designed with a hard case therefor is less susceptible to brake when dropped or bumped.
Construction site phones have responsive touchscreens even when the worker has wet hands or uses gloves. Making them safer to use when in an environment with unforeseen casualties.
Rugged phones for construction have great battery life, which are meant to last the entire working day making them perfect, so no worker is unreachable when on a construction site.
Tough phones come with programmable buttons for instant calls or emergency response. This helps builders not only to communicate easier, but also to be safer in their day to day work.
Rugged phones usually come with dual sim capabilities, 4G/ 5G, Bluetooth and wifi connectivity. This ensures that construction workers have different ways to stay in communication.
Construction smartphones are compatible with different operating systems which means that they apps that can make the work easier and more efficient.
Some rugged smartphones comply with European ATEX standards which make them perfect for construction sites since they are safe tools in environments with sparks, electrical faults, etc.
What our customers have to say about Rugged Phones
For a tough smartphone to be a good contender for a construction site it must be IP68 certified and if possible, have a MIL-STD 810G rating.
When a smartphone is IP68 certified it means that the phone can survive, dust, immersion in water up to 1.5m (for 30 minutes) and mud.
Not necessarily, these smartphones a now created with mid to high end processors, operating systems such as Android and enough RAM.
Yes! Of course, walkie talkies and tough phones have different benefits however, a smartphone can have similar functionalities to the two way radio, such as, build in PTT, compatibility with apps like Zello and Motorola Wave, IP68 certification, as well as MIL-STD 810G rating and ATEX options.
Yes, all tough phones with as MIL-STD 810G rating can withstand temperatures that go from -20°C to +60°C.