Tuga A10 vs Tuga WH6

Screen size settles this unless Windows does. The Tuga A10 costs £449 and the Tuga WH6 costs £699, a gap of £250, and the two share more than you might expect: 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage with a microSD slot, MIL-STD-810H, an operating range of -20°C to 60°C, 4G LTE, dual-band Wi-Fi 5, NFC and a pogo pin connector. The difference is the shape. The A10 is a 10.1 inch Full HD tablet with a 1920 x 1200 screen, sealed to IP68, with an 8000mAh battery, a 13MP rear camera, dual SIM and Android 14, in a 14.5mm body weighing 680g. The WH6 is a 6.5 inch handheld with a 720 x 1600 screen, IP65, a removable 4000mAh battery, an 8MP autofocus rear camera, a USB-A port and Windows 11 IoT on an Intel Celeron N5100, at 470g. If you read drawings, PDF plans or wide spreadsheets on site and your software has an Android app or runs in a browser, the A10's screen is the whole point and the WH6 cannot match it at any price.

On the rest of the sheet, the A10 leads on sealing and battery, the WH6 on pocketability. The A10 is IP68 against IP65, so it is rated for immersion where the WH6 is rated for water jets, and it carries double the battery capacity, 8000mAh against 4000mAh, with quick charge listed. The WH6's battery is removable, so a charged spare swaps in; the A10 does not list a removable battery. The WH6 lists a 1.5 metre drop rating and the A10 lists no drop figure, though both list MIL-STD-810H. On size, the A10 is 250 x 167mm and the WH6 183.1 x 88.6mm, which is the difference between a device that needs a bag, a strap or a dock and one that goes in a holster. Neither screen is bright: 350 nits on the A10 and 400 on the WH6, both in the range our brightness guide treats as an indoor, cab and under cover screen, so if you read outdoors in full sun all day, the 1000 nit Tuga A8 is the one to look at instead.

Pay the £250 when one of two things is true: the device has to live in a pocket or holster, or a program you rely on only installs on a Windows PC and you need it in the field. The WH6 runs Windows desktop software and reaches network drives, and its USB-A port connects instruments and USB sticks directly, where the A10 needs the £8 OTG adapter. Check that the specific program runs on it and is usable on a 6.5 inch screen before you order. The WH6 with Barcode Scanner at £779, £80 over the standard WH6, adds a 2D scan engine; there is no scanner version of the A10. Both include the 12 month warranty, the paid 3-Year Warranty is £65 on the A10 and £89 on the WH6, delivery is free to UK addresses in 7 to 10 working days with no VAT to add, and either can come back within 30 days. Our Android or Windows guide has a five minute test for the software question, and the construction page shows where the A10 fits on a site.

Tuga WH6 with Barcode Scanner, £779: £80 more than the standard Tuga WH6 at £699. The Tuga WH6 with an integrated 2D barcode scanner. Full Windows 11 in a rugged handheld with professional scanning for warehouse, logistics and inventory work.

There is no scanner version of the Tuga A10.