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  • 29 Jan 2019

Subbiah, 28 Jan 2019Hi, I use a CAT60 sigle SIM bought in USA with a Airtel 4G... moreIf you look at the specs of the S61 on the catphones website you can see which bands are supported on which version, US version supports different bands, so you need to make sure your network is supporting the same bands

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    • Subbiah
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    • 28 Jan 2019

    Hi,
    I use a CAT60 sigle SIM bought in USA with a Airtel 4G SIM in India. It only connects as 2G in Airtel. Phone connection is fine. I tried Vodafone and Jio SIMs and they both connect in 4G. Since it is single SIM, I am unable to put a 2nd SIM of Vodafone or Jio to connect in 4G.
    As far as I can tell, S61 has all the data and phone connectivity as S60 plus some more additional specifications. So, S61 should work at least as well as the S60 in India as a phone and data, or, better. Right?
    But, S61 will not work in India is what I read from many web sites. Can you please explain?
    Subbiah

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      • Anonymous
      • wj{
      • 14 Jan 2019

      Even if I shake while holding down the S61 button, I will hear a sound from S61. Just holding down the button got a small sound.

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        • Andy
        • 3AM
        • 11 Jan 2019

        Hisa, 29 Dec 2018I shake S61 and I get a rattling noise. What is the cause o... moreCan be one of the side buttons, maybe the orange one

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          • wj{
          • 29 Dec 2018

          I shake S61 and I get a rattling noise. What is the cause of this?

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            • Hisa
            • wj{
            • 09 Dec 2018

            When I restart,, high-precision setting returns to normal.

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              • Wind
              • M8r
              • 04 Dec 2018

              Diesel, 28 Nov 2018 I own my S61 for a week now. I am happy with my choice. It... moreProbably it is because you had your phone in your poket. It shows the real temperature some minutes later.

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                • Diesel
                • 9Ja
                • 28 Nov 2018

                I own my S61 for a week now. I am happy with my choice. It is not the fastest, or the lightest (by far), but for me it gets the job done. It's a different kind of flagship product, so if you expect a posh smartphone, forget about it. It is more of a reliable piece of machinery than a sports car.
                I make heavy use of the the FLIR camera, so the phone makes my life easier. The ruggedness is impressive but it does not rise to the level of my old Sonim XP7.
                The only issue Ii had/have with it is the ambient temp sensor. For some reason it shows a distorted ambient temperature, that sometimes is very far from reality. I used a bunch of apps and all show the same value, which seems to be related more to the inside component temp that ambient. Does any other owner have a similar problem? I saw some YT clips in witch the AIR app shows some pretty high values for ambient temp, however no complaints.

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                  • 27 Nov 2018

                  Catherine the Great, 26 Nov 2018That's not something the average person needs thoughNo, so they are not phones for the average person...

                    Bob, 26 Nov 2018Does your phone with a case come with FLIR, VOC and laser d... moreThat's not something the average person needs though

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                      • 26 Nov 2018

                      Catherine the Great, 23 Nov 2018Honestly, I find these phones useless. You can just get a p... moreDoes your phone with a case come with FLIR, VOC and laser distance measurement?

                        Honestly, I find these phones useless. You can just get a phone of your choice and get a case (that is just as durable) and a screen protector. Let's be honest, would you really be having accidents (like dropping) with your phone very often?

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                          • 12 Nov 2018

                          Anonymous, 07 Nov 2018Is this phone or the S60 wifi calling enabled? S61 is, s60 is not

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                            • Anonymous
                            • FY%
                            • 07 Nov 2018

                            Bill, 07 Nov 2018I work in R&D and I've had a personally-owned and perso... moreIs this phone or the S60 wifi calling enabled?

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                              • Bill
                              • yt8
                              • 07 Nov 2018

                              I work in R&D and I've had a personally-owned and personally-paid-for CAT S61 for
                              almost a month now. I love it; I get days of use between charges unless I do a lot
                              of FLIR usage.

                              1) This phone is not quite as rugged as a hammer. However, it is as rugged as a
                              good voltmeter (i.e. Fluke). It's more than good enough to smash walnuts with
                              the screen. Mine looks totally pristine after quite a few bumps, drops, dunks, sprays
                              with lathe coolant, and intentional tosses.

                              2) The wide-range FLIR camera is a wonder-tool. See hot water pipes thru the
                              drywall (well, actually, see the hot drywall). See where the cable conduits go.
                              See that the robot wrist motors are getting kinda hot, why is that, eh?

                              You will never understand how useful Terminator-vision is until you have it in your
                              pocket all day, every day. It's a super-power.

                              Downside: The FLIR sensor sucks power like crazy. 1 hour of FLIRing will take down
                              30% of my battery. But otherwise, I get days (multiple, like 3 days to get down to 50%)
                              between charges even with heavy screen use.

                              3) The distance tool ... needs work. It could do so much more. Marry the distance tool to the
                              magnetometer and you could have a single-station transit.

                              4) The camera works well enough. You want art, buy a DSLR. Actually, it works
                              better than well enough, except it only focuses down to maybe 2" and a tighter macro
                              mode would be sooo handy. Also use the OpenCamera app (free and open source)
                              to get more control modes than the built-in app gives you.

                              5) Mine is the North American model (bought on Amazon). I have mine on T-mobile
                              GSM. The LTE coverage is great. Haven't tried it dual-SIM.

                              6) Built-in WiFi works great, both for high bandwidth and as a personal hotspot.

                              7) The S61 VOC sensor "air" air quality monitor program can go wonky at times.
                              Mine does it about every week or two, it's getting better since the most recent over-the-air
                              update but then again my phone occasionally goes into the machine shop and
                              there's sprays and WD-40 and aerosolized lathe and mill coolant and so maybe it's
                              getting the occasional bit of contamination.

                              8) How to reset the VOC sensor if it goes wonky (stuck at < 10 PPB or > 4500 PPB):
                              -1- Go to Settings->Apps->AIR - and disable the "AIR" application.
                              -2- FORCE STOP the "air" application
                              -3- Go to Settings->Apps->AIR -> Storage and CLEAR CACHE and CLEAR DATA
                              -4- Go back to home screen. (do NOT restart AIR. We need to have a clean cache)
                              -5- Press and HOLD DOWN the power button until the phone reboots all the way.
                              Do not let up on it until you see the little red cloud of dots as it reloads.

                              Now the AIR program will recalibrate the sensor from scratch. It might take fifteen
                              minutes or so.

                              9) The frame is aluminium, and is NOT just a rim, it's a "double dish" with a solid
                              center plate which is why the phone is so solid (also this provides a backup strength
                              member to the Gorilla Glass5 display. However the solid center plate would short out
                              the flux path of wireless charging, so it's a tradeoff. But at least the charging is via
                              USB C and the connector itself is waterproof even with the door open.

                              Hope this helps.
                              - Bill

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                                • TikoRacer
                                • ka3
                                • 29 Oct 2018

                                Dan, 10 Oct 2018I have problems with my CAT S61. During the using of phone ... moreYou are putting it onto the wrong pocket.

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                                  • wawawa
                                  • nhm
                                  • 28 Oct 2018

                                  This phone goes in to my pocket ASAP (if it can fit there) :)

                                    interested buyer, 20 Sep 2018decided not to buy as not wireless charging. the dust cover... moredude, this is a phone for work and not your average samsung and this isn´t a flagship.

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                                      • Dan
                                      • p%{
                                      • 10 Oct 2018

                                      I have problems with my CAT S61. During the using of phone , it can go to lock screen, and after that the phone losing the GSM signal(data connection), I need unlock the screen and wait for 5-8 seconds for the GSM signal appearing. it can happened some times per minutes, can happened one time per hour.
                                      I not sure if the phone working in good condition during the sleeping mode.
                                      This is second S61. first phone, restarted itself during using and I send back to retailer.

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 03 Oct 2018

                                        interested buyer, 20 Sep 2018decided not to buy as not wireless charging. the dust cover... moreWTF???!!!
                                        why the HEck would you do with slooow and expensive wirless charging? even when you have fast changing?
                                        wait wait wireless charging will make the phone that is all ready bulky even thicher (or decreasing the battery size)
                                        a Rugged mobile with wireless charging ? how does that sounds like?
                                        just go for Doggee and UIfone and wish that it won't lag to death (or explode)

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