CAT S60
The new CAT S60 is more than a
smartphone, it's a professional tool. It's the first smartphone to feature an
integrated thermal camera.
It can measure the temperature of
objects from 15 m-30 m away and can even see through smoke. It can,
for example, be used by firefighters to look for people in a smoke-filled
building or just a contractor to check your insulation.
The thermal camera is courtesy of Flir,
a Lepton module, and shows 80 x 60px thermal video.
Anyway, the CAT S60 goes beyond casual
smartphone toughness. If you batten down the hatches (closing the mouth and
earpieces with the yellow covers), it can go under 5 m of water. Otherwise, the
limit is 2 m.
CAT dropped the phone 26 times from 1.8 m to make sure it survives hard hits. The display is covered with 1 mm
Gorilla Glass 4 (normal phones get 0.4 mm) and very bright - 540nits. The
touchscreen works with gloves, of course.
You also get a beefy 3,800 mAh battery to
last you a long day at work and a 105 dB loudspeaker. The rest of the CAT S60
put it in the mid-range - 4.7" 720p screen, Snapdragon 617 with 3GB of RAM
and 32 GB storage. The phone runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and offers 4G LTE
connectivity. There's also a 13 MP main camera, 5 MP selfie cam.
The CAT S60 will be shown off at the MWC
and will retail later this year for US$ 600 / € 650. Keep in mind that a Flir One (a
smartphone add-on thermal camera) alone costs US$ 250.
