Caterpillar has introduced a secure smartphone Cat S50

Caterpillar activity is not limited to its most famous products - construction equipment. The company also manufactures and mobile technology with enhanced protection.

 A few days ago, to the opening of the exhibition IFA, she introduced a smartphone Cat S50, gets a fresh design and a good stuffing. 

Two previous models of Caterpillar looked like twins, differing only in the hardware platform and some chips. The novelty has received a modern design, while maintaining the spirit of the company's devices and recognition. 

And stuffing Cat S50 looks quite befitting for smartphone 2014. Display it, protected glass Gorilla Glass 3, at a diagonal of 4.7 inches has a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. As with previous models, it works without problems with a wet finger. Inside Cat S50 Quad Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8926) with a frequency of 1.2 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 8 GB for data, there is support for MicroSD. 

The smartphone is also equipped with a front VGA-camera and a basic photo module 8 MP camera with flash and autofocus. New supports Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi b / g / n, 3G / 2G and even LTE. Built-in battery capacity is 2630 mAh, which, according to the assurances of the manufacturer, will last for 16 hours of talk time. Weight smartphone - 185 grams. 

However, Caterpillar has not only established a novelty best "hardware", but also increased its protective qualities. Cat S50 officially certified to IP67 and MIL-STD-810G. If the ancestors of the smartphone simply do not suffer from dust, it is completely protected from hitting the inside. Naturally, a short stay in the water also does not cause him any harm. Caterpillar says that the case of the novelty and protected from scratches. 

Cat S50 have another original for this type of device feature - audio with a few built-in speakers on the Waves, winner of technological GRAMMY. That is a smartphone designed not only "builders", but also an active youth are constantly listening to music: lovers of parkour, snowboarders, and so on. 

He works under the control of virtually bare Android 4.4 KitKat. The smartphone is on a par with all Google services, there are corporate application store with a small selection of Caterpillar. It is positioned as an advantage - the buyer easier to choose from a smaller number of programs. 

Cat S50 is now available in the United States and Europe in two colors at a price of $ 499 (18 400 rubles) and € 479 (23 200 rubles), respectively. How much for a smartphone prompted in Russia and when it appears from our retailers, will be known next week.