Smartphones are now an essential part of your employees’ daily toolkit. Yet smartphones are no longer used merely for making phone calls. As technology advances, so do expectations. Reading emails, sending contracts, refining and uploading presentations, and participating in video conferences are now part of daily business operations and form the foundation of a successful company’s internal and external communication.
Would you like to keep pace with the demands of digitalization and equip your employees with company phones, but find the investment in a smartphone fleet too high? Then read on to learn all about the benefits of smartphone rental.
The first challenge when purchasing company cell phones is choosing the financing option.
Traditional procurement methods such as direct purchase, subsidies, or smartphone leasing often fall short when it comes to large mobile fleets. That’s why TKD offers its customers Managed Phone – Device as a Service. Our detailed list of all the benefits of smartphone leasing for businesses is designed to help you make the right choice when procuring your devices.
Your benefits
- Capex to Opex – A Benefit for Your Equity Ratio
Lease agreements do not appear on your company’s balance sheet! They are included solely in the income statement and therefore have no impact on the company’s debt-to-equity ratio. Your equity ratio remains unaffected, ensuring your creditworthiness for future investments. - Planning certainty through fixed monthly payments
By signing up for the Device as a Service plan, users lock in a fixed monthly payment. This allows you, as the lessee, to accurately calculate the costs involved. Once negotiated, the payment remains stable, providing planning certainty. - Flexible Contract Terms
Depending on your personal needs and requirements, lease agreements can be arranged for a variety of durations. A lease term as short as 12 months is just as feasible as a longer-term contract spanning 36 months. While employees who use their smartphones or tablets exclusively for personal purposes typically get by with low data allowances and a few free minutes, business contracts for smartphones generally require significantly higher and more complex service packages. That’s why the services included in mobile contracts can be adjusted at any time. With the TKD Managed Mobility Service, we help you flexibly tailor your contracts. Options can be added or removed individually. You’ll receive regular reports with information on potential contract optimizations—always to your advantage. - Flexible Contract Terms
Depending on your personal needs and requirements, lease agreements can be arranged for a variety of durations. A lease term as short as 12 months is just as feasible as a longer-term contract spanning 36 months. While employees who use their smartphones or tablets exclusively for personal purposes typically get by with low data allowances and a few free minutes, business contracts for smartphones generally require significantly higher and more complex service packages. That’s why the services included in mobile contracts can be adjusted at any time. With the TKD Managed Mobility Service, we help you flexibly tailor your contracts. Options can be added or removed individually. You’ll receive regular reports with information on potential contract optimizations—always to your advantage. - Always at the cutting edge of technology
Thanks to the limited term of the TKD Managed Phone program, your employees are always equipped with the latest smart devices. When the lease expires, the smartphones are easily returned to TKD, and new models featuring the latest technology are made available to you. DIN-certified data erasure of the old devices is an essential part of the return process. This way, you also benefit from technological progress. Current models are generally better tailored to the needs of businesses. Innovative technologies offer companies security and service guarantees. Choose TKD’s Device as a Service offering and stay up to date. - No Expensive Repairs
Since smartphones are typically returned shortly after the end of their useful life under the lease agreement, there is no need to worry about expensive repairs due to wear and tear. Technical defects on all smartphones are covered under the 24-month warranty. We even extend the 12-month warranty on all Apple products to 24 months for you. In addition, our TKD LifeCycle Management can be booked together with TKD Managed Phone. With our Replace & Repair service, we keep your communication up and running even in the event of loss or defects caused by the user. Thanks to well-organized hardware pooling, you always have access to replacement devices that are quickly ready for use via data transfer. 24-hour replacement only with TKD.
Reduce your employees’ downtime caused by defects and damage! - No Hassle When Selling
Purchasing a fleet of smartphones usually involves selling the old devices. Whether the fleet is sold to private individuals or a dealer, the process involves a significant amount of effort. Companies never receive the highest possible price when selling their old devices. Avoid this risk with TKD Managed Phone and contact us for more information. At the end of the contract term, your smartphones are simply and securely returned to us, and sensitive data is certified as deleted.
This way, you can avoid tedious price negotiations for your smartphones.
Get monetary benefits and save on taxes! – Smartphone rental for your business
Whether it’s a cell phone, tablet, computer, or business software:
Now even more tax-efficient! Employers can provide their employees with data processing and telecommunications devices used for business purposes tax-free. The ratio of business to personal use of your employees’ company cell phones is irrelevant! The company simply needs to be registered as the lessee for the leased device. This saves the employer the payroll costs for the respective employee—leaving the employee with more take-home pay.
Let our staff advise you on our Device as a Service offering today.