CAT launched their CAT S40 several years ago, now with new features and upgradeability options both in terms of software and hardware CAT is all set to release S40’s successor, CAT41.And the fact being, at the same price.
A product by Bullitt groups, CAT smartphones are manufactured targeting the key point that stands out from rest of its competitors (if they had so), ruggedness and special premium features that suffice the idea behind the CAT lineup.The new smartphone by Caterpillar, CAT S41 is IP68 certified compared to where IP67 is all common and can take the pressure when in as deep as 2 meters for an hour.The screen will be locked underwater and you can not use apps beneath but recording videos and capturing photos are still available to continue with hardware buttons.It can take plenty of shocks.Speaking of durability and ruggedness CAT claims it can survive even drops up to 1.8 meters on solid concrete from different orientations.The closure is hermetic and can withstand heat from 25c to 55c overall.
Equipped with GorillaGlass5 it has 5inches of FHD IPS display with a manualized increase in display brightness for reading in extreme sunlight, also to some extent.However, the truth is operations in extreme conditions costs a handsets battery life where it comes with a 5000 mAh of battery with a battery share feature which enables other devices to charge up using the phone in the discussion.Although, it affects the weight and the dimensions of the phone where it makes it weigh 218gramms and 12.95mm thick.To keep in mind that with the target to make it like a tank we have to somehow consider the looks and specs although it sports a MediaTek Helio P20 SoC(MT6765) with eight ARM-Cortex A53 cores clocked at 2.3Ghz.Graphical performances are generated by a Mali T880 iGPU.And that’s better than it’s predecessor, but having restrictions with benchmark recordings.It has a memory of 3GB with 32GB of Internal storage.With an option of upgrading with microSD cards.It can shoot with 13MP of a rear underwater camera and an 8MP front-facing camera.And with additional features like 802.11n Wi-Fi, NFC, 4G LTE Cat6 and Bluetooth 4.1 wireless solutions.You can enjoy audio with a 3.5mm of TRRS audio and connector and a secured rubber padded micro-USB port.
