Hands-on with the smartphone that can see through walls
MWC 2016 has been rife with innovation. We’ve seen everything from modular smartphones, like the LG G5, to 360-degree-camera-enabled handsets, like the Galaxy S7.
However, for me the most interesting smartphone unveiled at MWC this year comes from ruggedised hardware manufacturer, Caterpillar.
The CAT S60 is smartphone that can give anyone superhuman powers using a special thermal imaging camera.
VIDEO: Check out our hands on with the CAT S60
The thermal sensor is based on MSX imaging camera tech and is accessed using a custom FLIR app.
The app can be used in a variety of ways. These include highlighting temperature contrasts, for identifying hot and cold spots. The interface shows the sensor's readings in real time in a camera interface that looks like the Predator movie alien's thermal vision.
The heat-sensing tech is accurate to a distance of up to 30m and can even see through thin walls – though a spokesman at the stand confirmed to me that, as with Superman, thick substances such as lead are beyond its gaze.
The sensor can also be used to get exact temperature readings on items and monitor specific sections of the camera’s field of view. Nightvision’s also included, as if the superpower list wasn’t already long enough!
2) Like Wonder Woman, it’s indestructible
Like all CAT phones the S60 is a pretty sturdy bit of kit that, according to a spokesman, has “been designed to exceed military specifications”. The phone has a strengthened die-cast frame that’s drop-proof at distances up to 1.8m, and its 4.7-inch HD screen is coated in a solid shell of Gorilla Glass 4. I’d like to say my drop test proved this claim. However, sadly I missed the floor and dropped it on my foot. My toes came off worse than the 810g CAT phone.
3) It has the Aquaman of cameras
The CAT S60’s also waterproof and features a 13-megapixel rear camera that can shoot video and take pictures underwater. The spokesman on hand told me the S60’s thermal imaging sensor wouldn’t work when submerged, but hey, the fact you can use the camera underwater at all is pretty cool.
4) It’s tricked out like Batman’s utility belt
The CAT S60 is also pretty impressive as a smartphone and comes loaded with some top-end hardware and software. Out of the box the phone will run using Google’s latest Android Marshmallow operating system and be powered by a sizable 3,800mAh battery. Backing this up is a nippy octa-core Snapdragon 617 CPU and 3GB of RAM.
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The CAT S60 features 4G connectivity
image: http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000037c4d/526b_orh616w616/cat-s60-4.jpg
But it's a little chunkier than your average smartphone
image: http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000037c4a/3e14_orh616w616/cat-s60-1.jpg
CAT’s confirmed the S60 will retail for €649 upon its release later this year
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The camera sensor's only this big
Read more at http://www.trustedreviews.com/cat-s60-review#HLUYEp0wl7Q41gzc.99
MWC 2016 has been rife with innovation. We’ve seen everything from modular smartphones, like the LG G5, to 360-degree-camera-enabled handsets, like the Galaxy S7.
However, for me the most interesting smartphone unveiled at MWC this year comes from ruggedised hardware manufacturer, Caterpillar.
The CAT S60 is smartphone that can give anyone superhuman powers using a special thermal imaging camera.
VIDEO: Check out our hands on with the CAT S60
4 things you need to know about the CAT S60
1) It can see through walls like SupermanThe thermal sensor is based on MSX imaging camera tech and is accessed using a custom FLIR app.
The app can be used in a variety of ways. These include highlighting temperature contrasts, for identifying hot and cold spots. The interface shows the sensor's readings in real time in a camera interface that looks like the Predator movie alien's thermal vision.
The heat-sensing tech is accurate to a distance of up to 30m and can even see through thin walls – though a spokesman at the stand confirmed to me that, as with Superman, thick substances such as lead are beyond its gaze.
The sensor can also be used to get exact temperature readings on items and monitor specific sections of the camera’s field of view. Nightvision’s also included, as if the superpower list wasn’t already long enough!
2) Like Wonder Woman, it’s indestructible
Like all CAT phones the S60 is a pretty sturdy bit of kit that, according to a spokesman, has “been designed to exceed military specifications”. The phone has a strengthened die-cast frame that’s drop-proof at distances up to 1.8m, and its 4.7-inch HD screen is coated in a solid shell of Gorilla Glass 4. I’d like to say my drop test proved this claim. However, sadly I missed the floor and dropped it on my foot. My toes came off worse than the 810g CAT phone.
3) It has the Aquaman of cameras
The CAT S60’s also waterproof and features a 13-megapixel rear camera that can shoot video and take pictures underwater. The spokesman on hand told me the S60’s thermal imaging sensor wouldn’t work when submerged, but hey, the fact you can use the camera underwater at all is pretty cool.
4) It’s tricked out like Batman’s utility belt
The CAT S60 is also pretty impressive as a smartphone and comes loaded with some top-end hardware and software. Out of the box the phone will run using Google’s latest Android Marshmallow operating system and be powered by a sizable 3,800mAh battery. Backing this up is a nippy octa-core Snapdragon 617 CPU and 3GB of RAM.
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CAT S60 in pictures
image: http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000037c4e/e8a0_orh616w616/cat-s60-5.jpg
The CAT S60 features 4G connectivityimage: http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000037c4d/526b_orh616w616/cat-s60-4.jpg
But it's a little chunkier than your average smartphoneimage: http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000037c4a/3e14_orh616w616/cat-s60-1.jpg
CAT’s confirmed the S60 will retail for €649 upon its release later this yearimage: http://static.trustedreviews.com/94/000037c4b/74a4_orh616w616/cat-s60-2.jpg
The camera sensor's only this bigRead more at http://www.trustedreviews.com/cat-s60-review#HLUYEp0wl7Q41gzc.99
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