Cat S62 Pro Rugged unlocked 6GB Smartphone – North America Variant – with FLIR Thermal Imager – Full Warranty Support in US and Canada

This phone is everything they advertised, and extremely durable. As far as that goes, I am basically the phone terminator - they usually only make it a few months with me. I have had this one for 2-1/2 years and it is still going strong.As for features and network compatibility, this thing is great:Network - I am using it on T-mobile, no issues. I routinely have a strong signal when others around me have no signal, so the radio in it has plenty of power. When I am in remote mountain areas, sometimes I do have to roam on AT&T and that works fine too (although AT&T claims these phones will not work on their network).Operating system - Android 11, very easy to navigate, and aligns well with the number and placement of buttons on this phone. This phone was so easy to learn, I often felt like I was missing something somewhere. Everything makes sense and no hoops to jump through to use features.Apps - This phone has no extra junk, and no built in ads. I love this. If I want an app, it's Android so I can can add it, but I like it lean and mean. Less is better. If you ever had a Samsung and all their extra junk and ads, you will really appreciate this phone.Thermal imaging - it can see hot or cold spots in superb detail around my house, although the actual temperature readings aren't necessarily spot on - distance from target can account for a degree or two, but it does illustrate temperature differences very well. I have found hot spots in my roof to add more insulation, a leaking hot water line in a wall, as well as underground sprinkler leaks.Touchscreen - I really struggle with touchscreens because I am a contractor and my hands are always either wet or super dry and cracked. This is the best touchscreen I had ever used. It is sensitive and accurate, but not too much so. It does work great with wet hands.Sound quality is super, voices are clear and music is clean, which I was worried about due to the extra waterproofing. The ringtone can be set to an obnoxious level if you're like me and never hear your phone ring.Extra storage - it will read and use a 256 gig micro SDBattery life - I am a minimalist on phone feature usage but it is very solid, often going a week between charges. It is the original battery so that is pretty good after 2-1/2 years.The Power Bank – If you are considering the bundle with the power bank, I have 3 of them. They can charge the phone from zero to full 3-4 times before needing charged, and can hold a full charge for months. Great little back up!!

While the phone may be extremely durable it suffers from very poor performance and battery life. The phone often looses so much memory that it can only run one app at a time before it completely freezes it has to be reset. I have also gone through three different units each with a battery failure. I thought all of these problems would be fixed with the new model but they just got worse.

6 months update:Great phone but the screen can still break. It does come already with a screen protector on it. I added a sheild protector that can be bought here on Amazon. Still the screen broke and it was only but about a 2 - 3 foot fall inside a the cab of a machine. What I would do to prevent this issue is to remove the factory screen protector and place two of the sheildz screen protector on it as they are a little thicker than the factory screen protector. But other than that I had no issues. Great phoneGot it to use on a straight talk plan. Was using the Verizon sim card but with this one for my location I had to swap to sprint card with straight talk. But still operates as it should. Awesome phone. Been wanting the Cat s series. Dunno why the latest s left out the air sensor or the laser. Was on the fence from choosing the old version to this new one. But so far I'm pleased. But would of been happier if I had the air sensor due to my line of work.

My husband and son both had the previous CAT phone, and that little thing was RUGGED. It could handle nearly all the apps, and served its purpose well. In fact, they're both still functional aside from the fact that the towers require better phones these days. I bought this newer one for my son after towers upgraded. I expected good things for such a high price, but its not even close to as good as the previous CAT phone. Apps crash, it barely functions as a smart phone. I've had cheap prepaid phones work better than this for apps. It does appear to still be a tough little phone, and the infrared camera is pretty handy... But overall, I feel its a very poor choice as a phone in this day and age. Unless you are only looking for a bare basic phone for texting and calls, you will likely be disappointed.