The Cat S75 supports satellite communications and proves that rugged smartphones don’t have to look like tanks.
I’ve handled a lot of rugged smartphones, and I’ve come to expect big, chunky, heavy, rubberized units that look like tanks and can take knocks and bumps and scrapes — and dunks in water. What I don’t expect is a smartphone that feels like an iPhone 14 Pro Max in the hand.
And what I really don’t expect is satellite capability.
With the Cat S75, you get it all.
ZDNET RECOMMENDS Cat S75
The Cat S75 boasts a modern, robust design, and has passed more than 100 laboratory stress tests. It’s drop-proof up to 1.8 meters on steel, dustproof, dirt-proof, and waterproof to IP68/IP69K.
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The Cat S75 boasts a modern, robust design, and has passed more than 100 laboratory stress tests. It’s drop-proof up to 1.8 meters on steel, dustproof, dirt-proof, and waterproof to IP68/IP69K.
While companies such as Blackview and Ulefone have popularized rugged Android smartphones, the Cat S-series handsets — built by Bullitt — were some of the first that I remember. The brand positions itself as a professional, industrial brand that is aimed at demanding industries such as construction, surveying, and security.
The Cat S75 is smaller and less chunky than other ruggedized smartphones I’m accustomed to testing.
A big difference between phones from the likes of Blackview and Ulefone, and the Cat S-series handsets is that the latter feels more like premium smartphones.
