CATERPILLAR CAT S60 Thermal Imaging Dual SIM UK Android Smartphone - Black

Waterproof to 2 metres standard, 5 metres with some toggles, takes a 128 GB micro sd card and nano simDrop proof around 1.8 metres, so falling off leg onto a solid floor is no big deal :)using 4g, no real issues, the thermal camera comes in usefulcamera is good, but less so on zoomplays music and films, but not one for games, just not my thingUpdate July 2019: the phone is totally dead and pending a return to CAT phones to fix it, the battery does not charge, just blinks a red light and the battery capacity was slowly being degraded. Any attempt to turn off was met with a reboot.2020: Phone sent to approved repairer which was 2 weeks of emails with bullitt telling me it was out of warranty and me telling them that I knew it was out of warranty and that I needed it fixed. After a lot of fluffing around got it fixed, returned and made a call then the phone died and had to return it again.Long list of fixed stuff and probably a new phone inside. Currently misplaced, probably at a car park in watford

Protective strip fell off the bottom just after a year so the seller wasn't interested and only replied to me after several messages. I doubt it is waterproof or dust proof anymore. This is supposed to be a durable phone which is why a bought it. It hasn't had any rough treatment, I've used it for hiking and camping. My previous phone was a third of the price. Way more durable and apart from the near useless infrared feature, similar or better performance. If you want a durable, waterproof phone I urge you to look elsewhere.Update. Now three of the buttons don't work and it doesn't hold charge. Again this phone has only had light use. Easily without a shadow of a doubt the worst phone I have ever bought. I have been robbed. Spend £200 on two tin cans and a piece of string and you'll get way better value for money and massively better functionality. Gets worse. Now it won't charge at all or do anything. Just the Cat screen to remind me of the hundreds of pounds I've wasted on it.Update. Sent it back to cat for repair. A week after getting it back the charger port cover fell off. Asked for a refund but was refused. Sent it back for repair. A few weeks after getting it back it started to switch itself off several times a day. Yesterday the mobile data stopped working on both sim cards. They work fine in another phone. I spend time in remote hazardous places which is why I bought this phone. It is clearly not fit for purpose. Not only is its unreliability inconvenient it compromises my safety. I have emailed them asking for a refund. Watch this space.

This phone, the Cat S60 is the best rugged phone on the market at this time (Autumn 2016), even without the FLIR thermal camera it is worth the money.Particularly when you consider grey importing a Kyocera Torque 2 or one of the other rugged phones not available in the UK.When you add on the value of the FLIR camera it is a great deal.The FLIR can be used for fault finding electronics, electrical equipment and building insulation amongst a host of other uses.One thing to note is that while it is not advertised, there was a screen protector in my box.I bought one separately because I prefer a toughened glass screen protector but if you use the standard film type ones there is one included.OS is almost unmolested Android 6.0, screen is 720p which is fine on a screen this size and helps with battery life.3GB of RAM is enough and the 32GB memory is expandable with micro SD cards up to 128GB.Dual SIM slots and the SD slot are under a spring loaded flap on the back.Battery is removable.The back of the phone is not, you will see QI wireless charge kits for this, I can only imagine they suggest you glue it to the back or put it inside a case.Either way they would invalidate the IP68 rating. Avoid those.These are initial impressions, I look forward to at least a couple of years of phone use uninterrupted by failure.