Cat
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Cat is a brand name of Caterpillar; an American manufacturer of heavy vehicles such as excavators. They don't make the Cat phones themselves; they lend their name to Bullitt Group. Those also make phones for Land Rover, JCB and Kodak. All models are rugged and mostly water and dust resistant, making them suitable for construction sites.
Cat Phones history
Cat's first phones appeared in 2013 and new models have been announced every year since. Most of Cat's phones are smartphones that use Android. However, there are also Cat feature phones that use its own operating system. In 2018, for the first time, it released a feature model under KaiOS which comes from FireFox OS. The advantage of this is that an app store is available from which apps can be easily downloaded.
With the announcement of the Cat S60 in 2016, Cat applied a FLIR thermal camera in a cell phone for the first time. This allows you to see the temperature of objects on the screen. The FLIR thermal camera was improved each time in successors to the S60, giving the camera a permanent place in the product range.
Forthcoming of Cat phones
In early 2024, it was announced that the Bullit Group had filed for bankruptcy. The company had reportedly been in financial trouble for some time and was struggling to reorganize. This puts an end to ruggedized Cat phones for the time being.
