Smartphone and tablet leasing for enterprise mobile fleets
The most personal device in your fleet is also the hardest to manage
Smartphones and tablets are in the hands of almost every employee, from executives to field teams. They have the shortest working life of any IT asset, they are lost and broken more often, and they carry some of the most sensitive data in the business. Buying them outright ties up capital in devices that rarely stay in service for long.
Smartphone and tablet leasing from CHG-MERIDIAN means:
- iPhone, Android, and iPad fleets under one agreement
- Independent of every manufacturer and every carrier
- Refresh on a planned cycle instead of one broken device at a time
- Certified data erasure and remarketing when devices come back
As the largest global independent IT lessor, we finance mobile fleets for enterprises with employees around the world. We have offices in 35 countries and reach in 190+ through our partner network.
Why enterprises lease smartphones and tablets instead of buying them
Mobile devices lose value faster than almost any other hardware in the business, and a large fleet is always partway through a refresh. Leasing turns that churn into a predictable cost and keeps the fleet on current, supported devices. We lease across Apple, Samsung, Google, and other manufacturers, so your teams get the platforms they need.
Smartphones and tablets we lease
CHG-MERIDIAN leases mobile devices from every major manufacturer, for a single business unit or a global workforce. These are the categories enterprise mobile fleets typically include.
Mobile device types we lease and finance:
Standard and Pro iPhone models for executives, sales teams, and any workforce standardized on iOS.
Samsung Galaxy, Google Pixel, and other Android devices, including enterprise editions built for longer support and central management.
iPad, iPad Air, and iPad Pro for field sales, retail, healthcare, aviation, and executive teams.
Samsung Galaxy Tab and other tablets for frontline workers, inspections, and point-of-service use.
Rugged smartphones, tablets, and mobile computers, such as Zebra devices, for warehouses, logistics, utilities, and field service.
Protective cases, charging stations, and other accessories, financed under the same agreement as the devices they support.
Whether it is iPhones for a sales team or rugged handhelds across a distribution network, the agreement works the same way. You choose the devices, and we finance the fleet around them.
The device in every pocket is the hardest one to track
Smartphones and tablets move with people. They are issued, reissued, lost, broken, and left behind when employees leave, and many companies cannot say how many they own or where each one is.
Leasing puts a lifecycle around every device. Each phone and tablet is recorded in tesma from issue to return, terms follow a planned refresh cycle, and at the end of the term we manage the return, certified data erasure, and remarketing. In 2025, CHG-MERIDIAN gave around 1.1 million IT devices a second lifecycle, 96 percent of all IT lease returns.
How does smartphone and tablet leasing with CHG-MERIDIAN work?
We are not tied to any manufacturer or network. You pick the devices and the carrier, and we finance the hardware.
iOS and Android, phones and tablets, and every country you operate in sit under one agreement and one process.
tesma, our asset management platform, records each device with its contract, cost, and end-of-term date, so nothing drops off the books.
Mobile devices have short working lives. We set terms around the refresh cycle that fits each role, so employees get new devices on a plan, not when the old one fails.
Every returned phone and tablet goes through certified data erasure, so company email, apps, and files do not travel with the device.
We refurbish and remarket returned devices through our global remarketing network, recovering residual value and giving hardware a second life.
Frequently asked questions: smartphone and tablet leasing
CHG-MERIDIAN finances the smartphones and tablets you choose under one agreement, with terms matched to your refresh cycle. Devices can be added as your workforce grows, and at the end of the term they are returned, replaced with new models, or extended.
Yes. We are independent of every manufacturer, so iPhones, Samsung and Google Android devices, iPads, and rugged handhelds can all sit in the same agreement.
Leasing covers the hardware only. Your carrier contracts and your mobile device management platform stay as they are, so you can change plans or providers without changing how your devices are financed.
Most enterprises refresh smartphones and tablets more often than laptops or desktops, because mobile devices wear faster and lose security support sooner. Setting the lease term to your refresh cycle means devices are replaced before battery life, performance, or updates become a problem.
Every leased device is recorded in tesma, CHG-MERIDIAN's asset management platform, with its contract, cost, and end-of-term date. IT, procurement, and finance work from the same view of the fleet, which makes audits and refresh planning simpler.
Every returned device goes through certified data erasure before it is refurbished and remarketed through our global remarketing network, so company data does not leave with the hardware. In 2025, CHG-MERIDIAN remarketed 96 percent of all IT lease returns.
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