Discounter swaps out Apple devices for Android on its sales floor

Target associates are using new devices to complete their daily tasks.



After using iPod Touches for the last three years to manage stock, pull items, and handle other essential sales floor duties, Target is now putting Android devices into its associates’ hands, according to Gizmodo.



On average, Target is swapping approximately 30 iPod Touch devices in use across approximately 1,800 Target stores. However, the discounter still plans to use iPads for online order pickups, and managers will still use iPhones, the report said.



Two factors that influenced the discounter’s decision to upgrade its sales floor devices were the need for longer battery life, and Android’s flexibility to develop new apps, Gizmodo reported.



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