Caterpillar has been a leading manufacturer of heavy-duty machinery, and the Caterpillar brand is popular with tractors, bulldozers, and other heavyweight vehicles. The caterpillar brand’s ruggedness is now being replicated in the Caterpillar phone franchise owned by Bullit Group. The Cat S62 Pro has now been introduced to the United States market and sells at US$ 699.
The Cat S62 Pro is a rugged and
well-kitted smartphone with a well-developed integrated thermal imaging camera
system that will be handy for construction and other industrial workers. The
S62 Pro is an improvement of the previous Caterpillar model, the S61, which was
launched in 2018 at US$ 900. The S62 Pro was first introduced to the UK market in
2020, and its most significant selling points are its sheer ruggedness and
affordability.
With its ruggedness, the Cat S62 Pro
smartphone also has some impressive features. These include its well-developed
Flir thermal imaging camera with several modes of operation. The S62 Pro is
unaffected when immersed in water because of its strong waterproof
capabilities. It can withstand the ruggedness of work conditions in industrial
complexes and can withstand falls on hard surfaces due to its Gorilla Glass 6
screen. The thermal and sound thresholds of the S62 Pro are also very high.
A Snapdragon 660 chipset provides
processor resources for the device. The S62 Pro has a 5.7-inch display with
6GB/ 128GB of RAM and internal storage, respectively, and a 4,000mAh battery,
which are decent features for phones at the middle of the cost spectrum. The
Snapdragon 660 chipset indicates that the S62 Pro does not have 5G support,
which could be seen as a drawback. The S62 Pro has a smaller battery capacity
than its predecessor, the S61, and a couple of essential sensors (air quality
and distance measurement) are absent in the S62 Pro.
The Caterpillar S62 Pro smartphone is
available from Cat phones’ official website and Amazon at US$ 699 for US customers.