Comparison TC72/TC77 and TC73/TC78
| TC72/TC77 | TC73/TC78 |
| Dimensions | 6.3 in. L x 3.3 in. W x 1.1 in. D | 6.96 in. L x 3.38 in. W x 1.12 in. H |
| Weight | 13.3 oz | 12.3 oz. |
| Display | 4.7 in. High Definition (1280 x 720); exceptionally bright, outdoor viewable; optically bonded to touch panel | 6.0 inch Full High Definition+ (1080 X 2160); LED backlight; optically bonded to touch panel |
| Imager Window | Corning Gorilla Glass | Corning® Gorilla® Glass |
| Touchpanel | Dual mode capactive touch with stylus, finger or gloved fingertip input (conductive stylus sold separately); Screen Protectoer and Rain mode; Corning Gorilla Glass | Multi mode capacitive touch with bare or gloved fingertip input or conductive stylus (sold separately); Corning® Gorilla® Glass; Water droplet rejection; fingerprint resistant anti-smudge coating |
Backlight |
LED backlight | |
| Power | Li-Ion 3.7 V, 4620 mAh. PowerPrecision/ PowerPrecision+: Improved battery technology for longer cycle times and real-time visibility into battery metrics for better battery management | Rechargeable Li-Ion, PowerPrecision+ for real-time battery metrics; Standard Capacity: 4680 mAh (18.01 Watt hours); Extended Capacity: 7000 mAh (26.95 Watt hours); BLE battery: 4680 mAh; Qi compatible Wireless charge battery: 4680 mAh; fast charging, Warm Swap battery mode (standard SKUs); Hot Swap battery mode (premium SKUs) |
| Expansion Slot | User accessible MicroSD with 32 GB SDHC and up to 256 GB SDXC | User accessible MicroSD card supports up to 2 TB |
| SIM | TC77 only; 2 Nano SIM slots (Dual SIM, Dual Stand-by-EU Only) | TC78 only: 1 Nano SIM and 1 eSIM |
| Network Connections | TC72: WLAN, WPAN (Bluetooth) TC77: WWAN (Cellular, WLAN (WiFi), WPAN (Bluetooth); USB 2.0 High Speed (host and client) |
TC73: WLAN, WPAN (Bluetooth); TC78: WWAN 5G |
| Notification | Audible tone; multi-color LEDs; vibration | Audible tone; multi-color LEDs; haptic feedback |
| Keypad | On-screen keypad and Enterprise Keybpoard | On-screen keypad and Zebra enterprise keyboard |
| Voice & Audio | Three microphone support with noise cancellation; vibrate alert; speaker; Bluetooth wireless headset support, high quality speaker phone; PTT headset support; cellular circuit switch; HD Voice | Three microphones with noise cancellation; vibrate alert; dual speakers for loudness; Bluetooth wireless headset support; high quality speaker phone; PTT headset (Zebra USB-C) support; cellular circuit switch voice; HD Voice, including Super-wideband (SWB); Wideband (WB) and Fullband (FB) |
| Buttons | Programmable buttons for maximum flexibility: dual dedicated scan buttons; dedicated push-to-talk button; volume up/down buttons and Trigger button of Trigger Handle via Back I/O | |
| Interface Ports | USB 2.0 (Back I/O — Host Only), USB 3.0 (Bottom Type C) — Super Speed (Host and Client) |
Performance Characteristics
| CPU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 octo-core, 2.2 GHz | Qualcomm 6490 octa-core, 2.7 GHz |
| Operating System | TC72: Upgradeable to Android 14 TC77: Upgradeable to Android 14 |
Upgradeable to Android 16 |
| Memory | 4 GB RAM / 32 GB Flash pSLC | 4 GB RAM/64 GB UFS Flash; 8 GB RAM/128 GB UFS Flash |
| Internet Protocol | IPv4 and IPv6 | |
| Security | FIPS 140-2 cryptography can be enabled on select configurations through a custom SKU request. Supports Secure Boot and Verified Boot |
User Envrionment
| Operating Temp. | -4° F to 122° F/-20° C to 50° C | -4° F to 122° F/-20° C to 50° C |
| Storage Temp. | -40°F to 158°F/-40°C to 70°C | -40° F to 158° F/-40° C to 70° C |
| Humidity | 5% to 90% non-condensing | 5% to 95% non-condensing |
| Drop Specifications | Multiple 6 ft./1.8 m drop to concrete across full operating temperature range, multiple 8 ft./2.4 m drop to concrete at room temperature per MIL-STD 810G | Multiple 10 ft./3.05 m drops to concrete at room temp per MIL-STD 810H Multiple 8 ft./2.4 m drops to concrete over operating temp -20° C to 50° C per MIL-STD 810H |
| Tumble Specifications | 2,000 3.3 ft./1.0 m tumbles; meets and exceeds IEC tumble specifications | 2000 3.3 ft./1.0 m tumbles, meets or exceeds IEC tumble specification |
| Sealing | IP65 and IP68 per applicable IEC sealing specifications | IP65 and IP68 with battery per applicable IEC sealing specifications |
| Vibration | 4 g’s PK Sine (5 Hz to 2 kHz); 0.04 g 2/Hz Random (20 Hz to 2 kHz); 60 minute duration per axis, 3 axis | 4 g’s PK Sine (5 Hz to 2 kHz); 0.04 g 2/Hz Random (20 Hz to 2 kHz); 60 minute duration per axis, 3 axis |
| Thermal Shock | -40° F to 158° F/-40° C to 70° C rapid transition | |
| Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) | +/-15kVdc air discharge; +/-8kVdc direct discharge; +/-8kVdc indirect discharge | +/- 15 kVdc air discharge; +/- 8 kVdc direct discharge; +/- 8 kVdc indirect discharge |
Interactive Sensor Technology (IST)
| Light Sensor | Automatically adjusts display backlight brightness | Adjusts display backlight brightness |
| Motion Sensor | eCompass, 3-axis Gyro, 3-axis accelerometer | 3-axis accelerometer with MEMS Gyro |
| Atmospheric Pressure Sensor | Yes, TC77 only | Detects altitude information for locating |
| Magnetometer | Detects direction and orientation | |
| Proximity Sensor | Detects when the user places the handset against head during a phone call to disable display output and touch input | |
| Gyro | Senses linear orientation |
Data Capture
| Scanning | SE4770: 1D/2D omnidirectional imager SE4750: 1D/2D omnidirectional imager Digimarc Symbology support |
SE55 1D/2D Advanced Range Scan Engine with IntelliFocus™ technology; SE4770 1D/2D Scan Engine |
| Camera | Front — 5MP fixed focus Rear — 13 MP autofocus; f/2.4 aperture; flash LED generates balanced white light; supports Torch mode; 4K video with image stabilization Camera supports barcode scanning |
Front — 8 MP; Rear — 16 MP autofocus; flash LED generates balanced white light; supports Torch mode + HDR (standard); Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) (premium SKUs only); Time of Flight (ToF) Sensor (premium SKUs only) |
| NFC | ISO 14443 Type A and B; F; FeliCa and ISO 15693 cards; P2P mode and Card Emulation via Host SAM support for Calypso, Felica and Mifare technology TC77 only: Dual SAM support on TC77 SAM SKU |
ISO 14443 Type A and B; FeliCa and ISO 15693 cards; Card Emulation via Host; Contactless payment support; ECP1.0 and ECP2.0 polling support; Apple VAS certified; NFC Forum Certified and Google Smart Tap Ready |
Wireless WAN Data and Voice Communications
| TC77/TC78 Only: Radio Frequency Band | Supports VoLTE , Carrier Aggregation up to 3DL CA AT&T FirstNet Ready certification Verizon PNTM certification LTE FDD: 700/800/850/900/1800/1900/AWS/2100/2600 (28,13,14,12,17/19,20/5,26/8/3/2,25/4,66/1/7); LTE TDD: 1900/2300/2500 (39/40/41,38); UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+: 850/900/AWS/1900/2100 (5/8/4/2/1); GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 |
North America: 5G FR1: n2, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 25, 26, 29, 38, 41, 48, 66, 71, 77, 78; 4G: B2, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 17, 25, 26, 29, 38, 41, 48, 66, 71; 3G: B2, 4, 5; 2G: 850, 1900; Rest of World: 5G FR1: n1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 71, 77, 78; 4G: B1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20, 28, 38 ,39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 66, 71; 3G: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8; 2G: 850, 900, 1800, 1900; China/Japan: 5G FR1: n1, 3 ,5, 8, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78, 79; 4G: B1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 19, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42; 3G: B1, 5, 8 ,19; 2G: 850, 900, 1800 |
| GPS | TC77 only: Autonomous, Assisted GPS (A-GPS); Navstar; GLONASS; Gallileo; BeiDou | GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS Dual-Band GNSS — concurrent L1/G1/E1/B1 (GPS/QZSS, GLO, GAL, BeiDou) + L5/E5a/BDSB2a (GPS/QZSS, GAL, BeiDou); a-GPS; supports XTRA |
| Multimedia (TC78 Only) | Wi-Fi Multimedia™ (WMM) and WMM-PS including TSPEC |
Wireless LAN
| Radio | IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/d/h/i/r/k/v/w; Wi-Fi™ certified; IPv4, IPv6, 2x2 MU-MIMO | IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/d/h/i/r/k/v/w/mc/ax; 2x2 MU-MIMO; Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax); Wi-Fi™ certified; Wi-Fi™ 6E Certified; Dual Band Simultaneous; IPv4, IPv6 |
| Data Rates | 5GHz: 802.11a/n/ac — up to 866.7 Mbps 2.4GHz: 802.11b/g/n — up to 300 Mbps |
5 GHz: 802.11a/n/ac/ax — 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz — up to 2402 Mbps; 2.4 GHz: 802.11b/g/n/ax — 20 MHz up to 286.8 Mbps 6 GHz: 802.11ax — 20 MHz, 40 MHz, 80 MHz, 160 MHz — up to 2402 Mbps |
| Operating Channels | Channel 1-13 (2412-2472 MHz); Channel 36-165 (5180-5825 MHz) Channel Bandwidth: 20, 40, 80 MHz Actual operating channels/ frequencies and bandwidths depend on regulatory rules and certification agency |
Channel 1-13 (2401-2483 MHz): 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13; Channel 36-165 (5150-5850 MHz): 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140, 144, 149, 153, 157, 161, 165; Channel 1-233 (5925-7125 MHz); Channel Bandwidth: 20/40/80/160 MHz; Actual operating channels/frequencies and bandwidths depend on regulatory rules and certification agency. |
| Security and Encryption | WEP (40 or 104 bit); WPA/WPA2 Personal (TKIP, and AES); WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (TKIP and AES) — EAP-TTLS (PAP, MSCHAP, MSCHAPv2), EAP-TLS, PEAPv0-MSCHAPv2, PEAPv1-EAP-GTC and LEAP.EAP-PWD | WEP (40 or 104 bit); WPA/WPA2 Personal (TKIP, and AES); WPA3 Personal (SAE); WPA/WPA2 Enterprise (TKIP and AES); WPA3 Enterprise (AES) — EAP-TTLS (PAP, MSCHAP, MSCHAPv2), EAP-TLS, PEAPv0-MSCHAPv2, PEAPv1-EAP-GTC, LEAP, EAP-PWD; TC78 WWAN models only — EAP-SIM, EAP-AKA; WPA3 Enterprise 192-bit mode (GCMP256) - EAP-TLS; Enhanced Open (OWE) |
| Multimedia | Wi-Fi Multimedia™ (WMM) and WMM-PS | |
| Features | Soft AP, 2x2 MU-MIMO, 256 QAM Modulation on 5G GHz radio; Maximum Ratio Combining (MRC), Tx/Rx Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC), Transmit Beamforming(TxBF) and Beamformee (BFee) capability, Full IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n legacy compatibility | |
| Certifications | WFA (802.11n, WMM-PS, 801.11ac, PMF) | Wi-Fi Alliance Certifications: Wi-Fi CERTIFIED n; Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ac; Wi-Fi CERTIFIED 6; Wi-Fi Enhanced Open; WPA2-Personal; WPA2-Enterprise; WPA3-Personal; WPA3-Enterprise (includes 192-bit mode); Protected Management Frames; Wi-Fi Agile Multiband; WMM; WMM-Power Save; WMM-Admission Control; Voice-Enterprise; Wi-Fi Direct; QoS Management; OCE |
| Fast Roam | PMKID caching; Cisco CCKM; 802.11r; OKC | PMKID caching; Cisco CCKM; 802.11r; OKC |
Wireless PAN
| Bluetooth | Class 2, Bluetooth v5.0, Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) | Class 2, Bluetooth v5.2 and Secondary BLE for beaconing within BLE battery |
Communication and Messaging
| Workforce Connect PTT Express (included) provides instant push-to-talk small group communications across Wi-Fi networks. Workforce Connect PTT Pro (supported) provides a scalable network agnostic push-to-talk solution which also includes messaging, location services and two-way radio integration. Workforce Connect Voice client (supported) enables the TC72/TC77 Series to function as a full featured mobile telephone with multi line capability across Wi-Fi networks. |
Warranty
| Subject to the terms of Zebra’s hardware warranty statement, the TC72/TC77 Series is warranted against defects in workmanship and materials for a period of 1 (one) year from the date of shipment. For complete warranty statement, please visit: http://www.zebra.com/warranty |
Subject to terms of Zebra’s hardware warranty statement, the TC73/TC78 is warranted against defects in workmanship and materials for a period of 1 (one) year from the date of shipment. For complete warranty statement, please visit: www.zebra.com/warranty |