Suppose a web is downloaded on a device for offline editing some how the device got corrupt or there are issues with the device itself. all the collection made on that device is lost so if an ability to tranfer the content from one device to other can be provided or some how an ablity to take the backup. it might save the work that has been done on that device.
I thisnk taking the back up of the ArcGIS_collector folder might work but not sure if any proper documentation is there on it or not.