CATS62 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.

This phone reviewed very well with exception to two key features. First, a list of what is very good about the phone.The fingerprint reader is in the perfect position and works very well. The single 12mp camera is surprisingly good. It is comparable to that of a Note 9 or S10. The battery seems to be unending. The screen resolution is outstanding...and this is coming from am AMOLED user. The speaker is bottom mounted and projects a very decent sound.Lastly, the thermal imaging system is the best I've every used. Its high resolution Lepton 3.5 system is simply...amazing. This phone is a ridiculous bargain when you realize you get a 3.5 sensor. In testing, the thermal system was able to located water mains below asphalt!!! It could also pick up residual wetness with almost pin point accuracy.Overall the handset is very good and as rugged as every review claims. The phone is well sized and easily fits in a pocket. There were a few shortcoming that made using this phone a less than optimal experience. First, if you are accustomed to wireless charging...this phone does not support that and it seems like a chore to have to plug in something that is this advanced. It might seem petty, but it makes a big difference when you actually use the device as intended. In fact, it is strange that for a phone intended for "professional use" that there are no POGO points for cradle charging. That would have been welcomed in the absence of qi charging.A second notable shortcoming was phone call quality. It would seem that the both the mic gain is too high and that noise suppression is not used. Every phone call I made with this phone was reported as noisy and poor. Unless you take a call in a quiet room, the phone itself is the weakest feature of this...phone. There appears to be no way to adjust or tweak this setting with ease.The review points on amazon request a rating for "Battery Life" "touch screen" and "picture quality". IN all honesty, these three items are actually very good: 4.5 stars each. However, the phone quality combined with the lack of wireless charging seems like 2 steps backwards coming from any handset made in the last few years. I would say this phone is like a rugged iphone 8 or galaxy 7/8 with an amazing thermal camera.