Dell has announced on June 10 the availability of Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme laptop and Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme convertible in Malaysia. Both rugged mobile devices are purposely built to withstand hazards such as dust, moisture, drops, vibration, extreme temperatures and other punishing conditions faced by users in fields such as military service, public safety, manufacturing and first response.
Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme Convertible
The Dell Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme is the industry’s first fully rugged convertible notebook that easily transforms into a tablet, thanks to its flip-hinge display. Meanwhile the new Dell Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme notebook is built for performance in the most demanding conditions.
Dell Latitude 14 Rugged Exteme
The Latitude Rugged Extreme lineup features the following innovations:
– Direct-View outdoor-readable display for productivity in harsh sunlight that reduces glare and reflectivity with less reliance on backlighting (resulting in longer battery life).
– Resistive multi-touch on the Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme for recognizing intuitive gestures while wearing thick gloves.
– The industry’s first rugged “flip-hinge” convertible display with the Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme.
– Docking commonality across the Dell Rugged Extreme portfolio, regardless of form factor for cost savings over time.
– Sealed, customizable “RGB” backlit keyboard enables work in all lighting environments and features an “instant stealth” mode to go incognito.
– Up to 16GB of memory and up to 512GB solid state storage.
– Full HD webcam with a privacy shutter.
– Eight megapixel bottom camera with flash on the Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme.
– USB 3.0 and native serial on all Rugged Extreme products with dual serial/RJ-45 on the Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme.
Watch the video below to see how “tough” the Latitude 14 and 12 Rugged Extreme are.
Availability and Pricing
The Latitude 14 Rugged Extreme have a starting price of RM 12,300, while Latitude 12 Rugged Extreme convertible notebook begins at RM 14,700. Both models are available for purchase from June 10, 2014 onwards.
