Caterpillar S60 smartphone announced with IR camera built-in - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: krapht
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2016, 08:11:42 pm
content: http://www.catphones.com/en-gb/news/press-releases/cat-s60-announced-as-worlds-first-smartphone-with-integrated-thermal-cameraCat S60 key features:Strengthened Die Cast FrameDrop proof to 1.8m, MIL Spec 810GSuper bright display (typical 540 nits), Gorilla Glass 44.7” HD capacitive multi-touch with auto wet finger & glove supportOptimised battery performance (3800mAh)High quality audio experience (>105dB)Underwater 13MP main camera with dual flash, 5MP front-facing camera4G LTESnapdragon 617 octa-core processor32GB ROM, 3GB RAMAndroid™ MarshmallowDedicated FLIR thermal camera app with MSX technology; still image, panorama, and video capture; changeable heat palettes; temperature spot meter; and min, max, and average temperature dataAll for $599 US! Actually, I'm quite excited about this. Although the Leptop IR camera is quite low-resolution, and the phone performance is a little underwhelming for the price, I can recall 1-2 occasions in the past year where it would've been helpful for me to have a thermal camera in order to troubleshoot something. Also, I like the integrated rugged case and large battery, things which I'd have to purchase on the aftermarket anyway.EDIT:whoops someone delete this I didn't realize this was in the thermal imaging board

author: tom66
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2016, 08:24:39 pm
content: I'm just waiting for Samsung to build one of these into their feature phones. My S4 has a barometric pressure sensor (as well as a gyro, magnetometer, accelerometer, ambient temperature sensor, four microphones, magnetic field sensor, light (& colour) sensor and proximity sensor) so it's not unusual for Samsung to build in tons of sensors you'll hardly ever use.

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2016, 08:35:09 pm
content: But doesn't appear to be dual -SIM - a pretty silly omission on a large phone where they're unlikely to be pushed for space.

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2016, 08:45:20 pm
content: Damn, that thing looks pretty sexy too. Hopefully it has a removable battery and SD card slot.

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 19, 2016, 09:30:26 pm
content: Thanks Mike, didn't think of that, but come to mention it, if you are going to use this phone for search and rescue it would have to be dual sim. Still, I like the specs I want one.How many of us have reworked PCBs with hot air, you never know how hot the parts are that you are trying to salvage or replace. This will help. It's intelligent design by Caterpillar, you won't see this from the likes of Apple, Google or Dyson.

author: Tinkerer
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 20, 2016, 11:38:34 pm
content: Now this is the kind of smart phone I would buy. One that doesnt break when you accidently drop it a foot and can survive. I currently dont even own a smart phone. I still have my flip phone which is probably 9 years old now but does what I need, make calls and does text.

author: chris_leyson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 08:04:52 pm
content: Rory Cellan-Jones gets his hands on an S60,http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35603144

author: AlxDroidDev
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 08:21:20 pm
content: Quote from: XOIIO on February 19, 2016, 08:45:20 pmThat, for me, would seal the deal!

author: XOIIO
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: February 25, 2016, 11:19:35 pm
content: Quote from: AlxDroidDev on February 25, 2016, 08:21:20 pmYeah, I thought my phone was dying out, turned out to be a shit cable, but all the new ones are going to non removable memory and storage which is a real disappointment, my ideal phone would have those features, as well as inductive charging, and usb-otg with file management so I could slap in a 64 gig sd card and use it to lug files around with me.