Page 1 of 2 12 LastLast
Results 1 to 20 of 32

Thread: New waterproof phone

  1. #1
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Wateree, South Carolina
    Posts
    48,811

    Default New waterproof phone

    Caterpillar launches world’s first smartphone with thermal imaging
    By STAFF WRITER . Feb 21, 2016, 1:06AM

    The new S60 is also the world’s most waterproof smartphone, able to handle depths of up to 16 feet for one hour.
    With over 90 years of experience in the toughest industries imaginable, equipment-maker Caterpillar Inc. is now leveraging that expertise into its latest innovation: the CAT S60 smartphone. The new Android-based device is the world's first smartphone with an integrated thermal camera from FLIR, a global leader in thermal imaging technology, and features 32GB of onboard storage, 3GB of RAM, and a Snapdragon Octa-core processor.









    The CAT S60 also incorporates Caterpillar’s signature rugged and dependable appeal. The smartphone is designed to exceed the military’s 810G drop test specifications and is equipped with a die cast steel frame with a Corning Gorilla Glass 4 touchscreen -- unlike your typical iPhone. The new S60 is also the world’s most waterproof smartphone, able to handle depths of up to 16 feet for one hour.



    Additional key features include:

    • Thermal imaging camera, powered by FLIR

    • Strengthened Die Cast Frame

    • Drop proof to 1.8m, MIL Spec 810G

    • Super bright display (typical 540 nits), Gorilla Glass 4

    • 4.7” HD capacitive multi-touch with auto wet finger & glove support

    • Optimized battery performance (3800mAh)

    • High quality audio experience (>105dB)

    • Underwater 13MP main camera with dual flash, 5MP front-facing camera

    • 4G LTE

    • Snapdragon 617 Octa-core processor

    • 32GB ROM, 3GB RAM

    • Android Marshmallow



    According to FLIR, integrating its heat sensitive technology -- which utilizes a Lepton sensor that allows the camera to see in total darkness -- was no easy task.

    “We faced our biggest technological obstacles three years ago during our research and development of the Lepton camera module that’s embedded into the CAT S60,” said FLIR SVP of Global Product Strategy, Jeff Frank.

    “Before Lepton, thermal imaging cores were both large and too expensive for mobile integration. Our goal with Lepton was to build a smaller core at a lower cost, and we accomplished that with Lepton.

    “Today, we see the fruits of that labor now in the announcement of the CAT S60.”

    http://www.miningglobal.com/technolo...hermal-imaging

  2. #2
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Summerville
    Posts
    14,557

    Default

    Price tag?

  3. #3
    Join Date
    Dec 2010
    Location
    Summerville
    Posts
    14,557

    Default

    Never mind... I found it. $600

  4. #4
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Posts
    9,267

    Default

    Who remembers the Boner video from sex ed class in middle school shot with the flir camera?

  5. #5
    Join Date
    May 2015
    Posts
    201

    Default

    Its been out and on the market for over a year. There is a surprising lack of reviews from regular people on them. I've been looking for a new phone, but cant find anyone who owns one, either in real life or the internet. Makes me leery.

  6. #6
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    upstate
    Posts
    9,696

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by lowbudget View Post
    Its been out and on the market for over a year. There is a surprising lack of reviews from regular people on them. I've been looking for a new phone, but cant find anyone who owns one, either in real life or the internet. Makes me leery.
    99.9% of people buying phones go to the Verizon/Sprint/Apple etc store and buy one off the rack. If its not in stores, no one will have it.

    We are looking at cell phone watches for the boys and found some on line. I went to the Verizon and sprint stores to ask about them and might have well be asking about rocket surgery. They had no idea they existed.
    A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

    Theodore Roosevelt; 26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
    ____________________________________________

    “A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity” Sigmund Freud

  7. #7
    Join Date
    Nov 2004
    Posts
    49,820

    Default

    Lost me @ droid.

  8. #8
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Spartanburg
    Posts
    49,653

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Tater View Post
    Lost me @ droid.
    Still waiting for this post to come through. Somebody let me know what it says.

  9. #9
    Join Date
    Mar 2005
    Location
    Under the Roost
    Posts
    23,839

    Default

    Wonder if it does Blackberry Messenger?

    I wish I could breathe life back in him, if I could I'd hunt him again tomorrow. - Ben Rodgers Lee

    www.springallurecustomcalls.com

    https://www.facebook.com/springallure.customcalls/

  10. #10
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Spartanburg
    Posts
    49,653

  11. #11
    Join Date
    Sep 2001
    Location
    Wateree, South Carolina
    Posts
    48,811

    Default

    Point being, if Caterpillar can make a phone that lasts for an hour under 16 feet of water, where the fuck is the IphoneDeepsea6?

  12. #12
    Join Date
    Nov 2001
    Location
    Columbia, SC
    Posts
    47,894

    Default

    if my kids want a phone on their watch I will beat them over the head with a stick
    Ugh. Stupid people piss me off.

  13. #13
    Join Date
    Jan 2012
    Location
    Branchville
    Posts
    5,860

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    if my kids want a phone on their watch I will beat them over the head with a stick
    Meanie with poor deprived children.
    The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is,
    as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government.

    Thomas Jefferson

  14. #14
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    upstate
    Posts
    9,696

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by 2thDoc View Post
    if my kids want a phone on their watch I will beat them over the head with a stick
    They dont.

    I do.

    They want an Iphone with internet and data and unlimited calling.......etc

    I want a watch with "Call Mom" and "text dad" with GPS. and waterproof.
    A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

    Theodore Roosevelt; 26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
    ____________________________________________

    “A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity” Sigmund Freud

  15. #15
    Join Date
    Dec 2002
    Location
    GREENWOOD
    Posts
    6,348

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    Point being, if Caterpillar can make a phone that lasts for an hour under 16 feet of water, where the fuck is the IphoneDeepsea6?

    Included in the next IOS update
    Last edited by quack head 11; 11-08-2017 at 02:46 PM.
    I am a nobody, that met somebody, that can save anybody.

  16. #16
    Join Date
    Nov 2005
    Location
    Here, There, Everywhere
    Posts
    5,054

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by marsh chicken View Post
    Who remembers the Boner video from sex ed class in middle school shot with the flir camera?
    i just want to say fuck you for this. i had somehow erased that from my memory
    "JUST BECAUSE I AM NOT A GOOD SPELLER DOESN'T MEAN MY JEAN POLL IS GONNA BE BAD."
    Quote Originally Posted by Mergie Master View Post
    There's evidence coming out...
    Quote Originally Posted by Cottontop74 View Post
    I dabble in a lot of things, but don't get too technical with any of them.

  17. #17
    Join Date
    Dec 2003
    Location
    Leesville
    Posts
    1,120

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Jozie & Me View Post
    They dont.

    I do.

    They want an Iphone with internet and data and unlimited calling.......etc

    I want a watch with "Call Mom" and "text dad" with GPS. and waterproof.
    My grandson has the "Gizmo" that does exactly that. I think he can call four contacts and I'm not sure about being waterproof. He wears it all the time and he's a typical 8 year old boy.
    \"If they don\'t hatch, they don\'t fly south\"

  18. #18
    Join Date
    Mar 2011
    Posts
    9,267

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by JABIII View Post
    Point being, if Caterpillar can make a phone that lasts for an hour under 16 feet of water, where the fuck is the IphoneDeepsea6?
    The iPhone 7 and 8 are both able to do this from the various YouTube research I did after breaking my old iPhone during the last hurricane.

  19. #19
    Join Date
    Apr 2002
    Location
    upstate
    Posts
    9,696

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by DuvnDux View Post
    My grandson has the "Gizmo" that does exactly that. I think he can call four contacts and I'm not sure about being waterproof. He wears it all the time and he's a typical 8 year old boy.
    yep, that is where my search started. not waterproof. thats my only hang up on that one.

    I want one they can wear in the pool, lake, rain etc.
    A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

    Theodore Roosevelt; 26th president of US (1858 - 1919)
    ____________________________________________

    “A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity” Sigmund Freud

  20. #20
    Join Date
    Sep 2004
    Location
    Camden, SC
    Posts
    13,611

    Default

    Quote Originally Posted by Jozie & Me View Post
    They dont.

    I do.

    They want an Iphone with internet and data and unlimited calling.......etc

    I want a watch with "Call Mom" and "text dad" with GPS. and waterproof.
    The Samsung S3 watch would do it. There's the one with or without a cellular calling plan. Mine just syncs with Bluetooth and wifi...didn't need a phone plan on a watch.

    It's a neat little gadget, and has surprisingly held up extremely well. Stays charged for about 3 days.

    The best feature is using it to pay for shit. The Samsung Pay app is da tits.

    Inconspicuouslu responding to texts/emails is nice, too.

    Sent from my SM-G935V using Tapatalk
    Last edited by USMCsilver; 11-08-2017 at 05:48 PM.

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •