If you are a constant buyer of smartphones you know that one big problem with all of these is broken screen or chipped frames. It is part of the reasons why rugged smartphones sales is growing. Cat S48c is a rugged smartphone and it has been released by the American company Cat Phones in the USA. This mobile phone is rugged to the extent it is capable of shrugging off drop damage, dust, vibrations, submersions in water, and extreme temperatures.
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Here below, we take a look at Cat S48c full specifications from design, display, camera, price, to availability.
Design and Display of Cat S48c
Body design type in the device is mainly rugged materials. The dimensions are 149.86 x 76.2 x 13.46 mm and it weighs 263 grams. It comes in gray color. It is a water resistant device, but it has no face recognition feature, and does not have a secondary display.
Display type is TFT capacitive multi-touch screen of 16 million colors. The screen size is 5 inches. Furthermore, the pixel density is 441 ppi, pixels resolution is 1920 x 1080, and aspect ratio is 16:9. Other display features are super bright display, wet and glove touch support, and Corning Gorilla Glass 5.
Camera Features
At the rear of Cat S48c there is a single 13 MP lens which comes with LED flash. The video performance is 1080p@30fps. At the front there is the secondary selfie camera of 5 MP.
Camera features include among others, geotagging, auto focus, HDR, touch focus, face detection, PADF, and panorama.
Hardware and Software of Cat S48c
Android OS v8.1 Oreo is the primary software in Cat S48c. This is upgradeable from Android Oreo to Android 9 Pie with immediate effect. The hardware is Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 of process technology 14nm. In addition, there is Octa-core 4 x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex A53 CPU, etc. Also, there is Adreno 508 GPU in the device. These run on 64-bit architecture.
Storage Capacity and Sensors in Cat S48c
Internal memory in the device is a good 4GB of RAM which is not expandable. But the 32GB of internal storage and can be expanded up to 128GB with the use of a microSD card.
Sensors found in Cat S48c include accelerometer, proximity, ambient light, and compass.
Network and Connectivity
Cat S48c is able to operate on 2G, 3G, and 4G internet connections, which means it is able to handle GSM, HSPA, and LTE networks. There is provision for single Nano SIM card slot to enable smooth running of the connectivity.
Other essential components of connectivity include Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, mobile hotspot, GPS, NFC, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, headphone jack, micro USB 2.0 and others. There is no infrared, or HDMI in this smartphone.
Battery Life
Powering the device is a 4000 mAh Li-Ion non-removable battery which has no wireless charging but there is fast charging technology in the device. Thus, the user can have a full charge from zero percent in about two hours. Talk time has been put at 30 hours.
Price and Availability of Cat S48c
The best price of Cat S48c at this moment is $480. However, changes in price can nullify that even tomorrow. About the availability of the device, it is available because it was released on November 9, 2018.
Cat S48c Full Technical Specification
General
- Device Type
Smartphone
- Model
Cat S48c (Sprint- USA)
- Announced
Nov-2018
- Released
09-Nov-2018
- Status
Available
Design
- Type
Bar
- Dimensions
149.86 mm x 76.2 mm x 13.46 mm (5.9″ x 3″ x 0.53″)
- Weight
263 g (9.3 oz)
- Colors
Gray
- Waterproof Yes
- Fingerprint No
- Face Recognition
No
- Dedicated Keys
Volume, Power, Programmable Key, Home Key, Back Key, Recent App key
- Device Security
Pin, Pattern, Password, Slide
- Features
-Rugged design
-MIL-STD 810G certified (Dust, dirt, sand, humidity, and salt mist resistant}
-IP68 dust & Waterproof (4 feet for 35min)
-Can work in extreme temperatures, -13⁰F to 131⁰F
-Dedicated PTT button can support Sprint Direct Connect Plus
-Drops proof up to 6 feet on to concrete
Display
- Display Type
TFT, Capacitive touch screen
- Size
5-inch
- Secondary Display
No
- Touch Screen
Yes, Multi touch
- Pixel Density
~441 PPI
- Resolution
1920 x 1080 Pixels
- Display Colors
16 M
- Display Protection Yes
- Features
-Super bright display
-Corning Gorilla glass 5
-Wet & Glove touch support
-16:9 aspect ratio
Network
- Supported Network
GSM/ HSPA/ LTE
- 2G Network
GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 MHz
- 3G Network
GSM 850/ 900/ 1700/ 1900/ 2100 MHz
- 4G Network
LTE 700/ 800/ 850/ 900/ 1700/ 1800/ 1900/ 2100/ 2300/ 2500/ 2600 MHz
with VoLTE
- SIM
Nano SIM
- Hybrid Sim No
- Dual SIM
No, Single Sim
Hardware
- Chipset
Qualcomm Snapdragon 630, 14nm, 64 bit
- CPU
Octa-core (4 x 2.2 GHz ARM Cortex-A53 + 4 x 1.8 GHz ARM Cortex-A53)
- GPU
Adreno 508
- RAM (Memory)
4 GB, 1333 MHz
- Internal Storage
32 GB
- Card Slot
Upto 128 GB (microSD)
- Dedicated slot
Yes
- Sensors
Accelerometer
Proximity
Ambient light
Compass
Software
- Operating System
Android OS v8.1 Oreo (Upgradable to v9.0 Pie)
- Java Support No
- Youtube Yes
- Facebook Yes
Messaging
- SMS
Yes (threaded view)
- MMS Yes
Yes
- IM Yes
Camera
- Primary
13MP
- Flash
LED
- Front
5MP
- Front Flash
No
- Video
1080p@30fps
- Camera Features
Geotagging
PADF
Autofocus
HDR
Touch focus
Face detection
Panorama
Connectivity
- Bluetooth
Yes, v4.2, A2DP, LE, EDR
- Infrared No
- Wi-fi
Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, WiFi direct, dual band
- Wi-fi Hotspot Yes
- GPS
Yes, A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
- NFC Yes
- Wireless Charging
No
- Headphone Jack Yes
- HDMI No
- USB Yes
Micro USB 2.0
Data
- GPRS Yes
- EDGE Yes
- Speed
42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps;(HSUPA), LTE
- Web Browser
HTML 5
Media
- Video Format
3GP, M4V, H.263, H.264, MOV, AVI, xVID, WMV, FLV, MP4, H.265
- Audio Format
MP3, eAAC+, WAV, Flac player
- FM Radio
Yes
- Alert Types
Vibration, MP3
- Ring Tones
Wav ring tones
- Loudspeaker
Yes
Battery
- Battery Type
Li-Ion (Lithium Ion)
- Capacity
4000mAH
- Placement
Non-removable
- Talk Time
Up to 30 hrs
MISC
- SAR US
Head- 0.98 W/Kg; Body- 1.06 W/Kg
- Features
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
2. Document viewer
3. Photo and video editor
4. Fast battery charging
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