Caterpillar launches its new phone CAT S61 at a price comparable to iPhone X

The CAT S61 thermal camera can capture thermal images at 720p resolution with direct broadcast capability.

Caterpillar, a construction company best known for its bright yellow bulldozers, dump trucks and excavators, decided to enter the smartphone market years ago with a focus on robust devices that, like their machines, can withstand difficult working conditions.



Although the company did not achieve the desired success, but the phones, the latest phone, the CAT S60, which is characterized by thermal, a special character and target a specific category of consumers.

Now, ahead of Caterpillar's participation in the MWC 2018 World Mobile Congress, which starts next week in Barcelona, ​​Spain, the CAT 61, an extension of the CAT S60, offers updates on specifications and improvements to the thermal camera.

The CAT S61 has the advantage that its thermal camera shows a higher level of contrast in images with a greater thermal range of 20 ° C to 400 ° C. Compared with the CAT S60 camera, which captures 480 x 640 pixels of the camera, the CAT S61 can capture thermal images at 1280 x 720 pixels resolution. The camera can also broadcast live with thermal imaging.

In addition to the thermal camera, the new Caterpillar phone comes with a sensor to measure the quality of indoor air with the possibility of warning the user when the hazard, and comes with a laser-based distance measurement system capable of measuring the distance automatically.

For the rest of the specifications, the CAT S61 offers a 5.2-inch screen with 1920 × 1080 resolution that is designed to work even with wet gloves or fingers. It is natural for a phone of this type to support IP68 for water and dust resistance, for an hour.

For internal specifications, the phone is running the Android version of Android with a promise to upgrade to Android P, offering 4 GB RAM and 64GB of internal expandable storage space.

The phone comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630, and comes with a 16 megapixel camera with 4K resolution, an 8 megapixel front camera and a 4,500mAh battery.

Regardless of the thermal camera, the CAT S61 can be included with these specifications in the middle class of Android phones that will appear in 2018. However, Caterpillar is asking for a high price for the phone, which is planned for the second quarter of this year at a price of $ 1,105 Any price is comparable to the iPhone X price.

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