Panasonic's Toughbook S1 is a rugged 7" Android tablet with warm-swappable batteries

19 May 2021
The screen can be used with safety gloves and when it is raining outside. There is an optional stylus and an optional bar code scanner too.

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kek, 19 May 2021Some random guy in here will read SD660 and will start scre... moreAccurate everyday comments, what to say lol

    I know it likely has the usual stellar durability and build quality of Panasonic's Tough-devices, I know it is an enterprise machine unlikely to play games, and I know it is made in Japan. But still, at these prices, is it really too much to ask for slightly better specs than the bare minimum acceptable today? Or maybe have it as an option for an additional $100 or $200, it should hardly make a difference in this range anyway.

    And dear Panasonic, while you are at it, please take a look at your latest Tough-"Phone", the FZ-N1 Tactical for some $1700, which you released last year but whose specs hardly differ from its non-tactical sibling from 2015. I like your stuff, but this is just silly.

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      • Anonymous
      • 3E2
      • 20 May 2021

      A! Warm swapping. The logical upgrade to cold swapping we had on phones some year back. The one that was promised yet never delivered.

      Instead we got a jump to 30 years ago, to the years before swappable batteries and battery anxiety. Good times. And of course none of the customers never talked of this catastrophic loss of reliability/autonomy. Yet they can't shut up about the death of a useless port. Pri.o.ri.ties... lol

        Panasonic is still alive and well. Their product range is even comparable to that of Samsung (if not wider!). They have tv, aircon, fridge, camera, oven, audio system, battery, dvd players, rice cooker, cabled-phone, projector, shaver, and plenty others ... heck, i even once saw a pen with panasonic brand on it.

          Love those swappable hardware features, but definitely not keen on the specs. At this point, I don't even mind seeing Panasonic giving Chrome OS to this tablet, and that's coming from someone like me who has never been a fan of Chrome OS in the first place.

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            • mkc
            • 20 May 2021

            Before I read this I just knew it would use a 660. Its the defacto standard partsbin rugged SOC.

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              • 20 May 2021

              Anonymous, 19 May 20212021 this is, and golly g, "Panasonic" still exis... moreYes Panasonic is still big and still kicking in different industries one of which is batteries.

                Panasonic lost somewhere.

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                  • 20 May 2021

                  beep bop boop, 20 May 2021Everytime i hear or read the word Panasonic, i feel old afi met some fieldworker like last year and when it comes to their dream laptop, its a Panasonic.
                  Which i was like,"Wat!?"

                  Turns out Panasonic still churn desirable toughbook, well desirable for field worker where return to civilization is twice a year thing.

                    DQ, 20 May 2021I partially agree, but the aspect ratio is what makes the 7... moreActually it uses a 16:10 ratio, which has even bigger screen area.

                      FatShady, 19 May 20217in isn't tablet size, there're few phones that a... moreWrong. 7 inch has always been considered the smallest variant of a tablet. Take a little history tour and go look at the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0.

                      10 inch is simply the larger variant of a tablet.

                      I do agree that such a tablet could be a bit bigger (8 inches is ideal), but that does not make it not a tablet.

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                        • 20 May 2021

                        M1999, 19 May 2021Even with the extra features it shouldn't be that expe... moreThe cost is in the enterprise support.

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                          • 20 May 2021

                          FatShady, 19 May 20217in isn't tablet size, there're few phones that a... moreI partially agree, but the aspect ratio is what makes the 7" actually bigger in this tablet... it seems to use an old 16:9 which allows for bigger screen area than that of a 7" 20:9.

                          In the end this has a different target than to simply replace your iPad Mini or Amazon Fire

                            Everytime i hear or read the word Panasonic, i feel old af

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                              • 19 May 2021

                              2021 this is, and golly g, "Panasonic" still exists, good to see that, dear oh my, when did I last hear the name "Panasonic" , just the name it's self makes me feel young again .

                                7in isn't tablet size, there're few phones that are bigger than that. 10in should be the least size to qualify as a tablet, especially with thicc gloves.

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                                  • 19 May 2021

                                  Even with the extra features it shouldn't be that expensive. Midrange chip, low resolution screen, and an old android version...

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                                    • 19 May 2021

                                    Some random guy in here will read SD660 and will start screaming how Panasonic should had put a SD888 inside this rugged tablet, along with 240hz screen just because Xiaomi did it lol

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                                      • 19 May 2021

                                      they are going to eat them with asparagus

                                        I miss the option of swapable batteries.

                                        Samsung are u listening.

                                        By playing heavy games the lifecycle of the battery ends soon.

                                        With swapable battery option ee can fump the old batteries instead of going to the service centre and having the reps tear open the dev to change the battery!!