The Caterpillar S60 is the world's first smartphone with a thermal camera. Thermal cameras were once the domain of law enforcement and the military, but today they are available to anyone with a smartphone and an accessory for a few hundred euros. The leading manufacturer of construction and mining machinery, which entered the world of mobile phones in 2013 with the Cat B15 model, is the first to offer a thermal imaging camera already built into the phone. It is a Flir One camera, which started its journey into the world of mobile telephony as a cover for the iPhone 5.
Caterpillar S60 is the first smartphone to boast a built-in thermal camera, which "sees" heat up to a distance of 30 meters. It is a thermal imaging camera Flir One, which smartphone users already got to know in the form of an accessory for the iPhone 5. With the new smartphone, Caterpillar moved the Flir One into the housing of the Cat S60 phone, which boasts a sensor Lepton, which enables visibility in complete darkness (the camera is located next to the standard rear camera).
The phone is not exactly "skinny", but anyway it is not made for the average user, but for those who use the phone in extreme conditions. It fulfills the strict military standard MIL-STD-810G, which measures protection against vibration, moisture, condensation and extreme temperatures. The battery can boast of autonomy 3800 mAh.
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Caterpillar S60 boasts of 4.7-inch HD screen resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels with Gorilla Glass protection, and it hides under the case Snapdragon 617 8-core processor, 3 GB of memory and 32 GB of storage space. The front (underwater) camera has 5 million pixels, while the rear camera has 13. The latter also works with a thermal camera, which creates fascinating hybrid images. Dealers will part with the phone for (calculated) 530 euros, and will be available once until June 2016.
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