Cat S62 Pro
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- Rareart1
- jZ$
- 26 Mar 2024
Bob, 15 Sep 2022The S62 Pro does, so you bought the wrong phone.. Good comment. Why people here at writing about regular s62 at all is beyond me.
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- Rista
- 3ns
- 19 Feb 2024
Mat, 18 Nov 2023I really, really wanted to like this phone, but I don'... moreIt is not true, it receives a 4G signal. If I can play a relatively demanding game over the hotspot, what more do I need to say.
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- Mat
- GJL
- 18 Nov 2023
I really, really wanted to like this phone, but I don't.
I purchased this to replace my Samsung S7 Active due to it’s ratings and specifications. I need a rugged, durable phone.
Some of the issues are with the OS, which is not the phone's fault, but here is the list of the issues I have with it:
Poor reception. This is a phone, first and foremost and it's not doing it. In places where my old Samsung had one or two bars of reception, this thing doesn't have signal. Even at home, with a cell booster that always worked with all my other phones, this one loses signal frequently. When talking on the phone and the reception is low or poor, the calls become very digital sounding and just cut out randomly.
The network operates on 2G, 3G and LTE, no 4G or anything else. And as far as I can tell, it doesn't seem to switch back and forth between them well. Even my 4 years old Samsung had 4G, seriously, 4 years old and it’s better than this one! I live and work in rural areas. This phone is supposed to be rugged and work out in the field …well it doesn’t.
No headphone jack! Seriously? This is supposed to be a work phone and many times on job sites I still need a headset. You have to buy a USB to headphone jack adaptor for that, one more thing to stick out of the phone and you can't charge it at the same time. Whatever, I can get over this if the phone would actually have reception.
The camera's HDR feature performs poorly in low lighting, also it's 12MP??? Seriously, in 2023 you could even break 20MP?
My biggest annoyance with it is the OS though. Its google heavy Android is annoying as hell. At least Samsung would give you the option to turn off features and updates. Google is all controlling. You're getting updates even if you don't want them.
Oh and the pointless Google assistant at the top of the home screen can be disabled, but it NEVER goes away! It just sits there mocking you and telling you it's disabled and you should turn it back on. Screw you Google Assistant!
Everything tries to sync to Google and back-up, update, and notify you. Took hours to go through everything and turn as much off as I could.
Another annoyance is the notifications, sometimes they work, sometimes they don't. I won't get a new Outlook email notification for hours at times, same even with Gmail.
The last annoyance is the sleep screen. Samsung figured this out, when sleeping, show a clock, because it barely uses battery and it's useful. This phone doesn't do that, only will do it if it's in charge or a cradle?? Regardless, when you select both, still doesn't show normally.
Since I've spent a fair bit of money on this thing I'm stuck with it, but I don't like it and the cell reception is one of the biggest issues since I live and work in rural and remote places.
For a work phone, huge screw up CAT!
Will not get another.
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- Poweruser of S62 Pro
- gE7
- 01 Sep 2023
Thus far I have used the phone in any possible way in very harsh conditions for over a year and only disappointment is giving up a "hobby" of constantly upgrading to a better phone. It looks like this was the final word of tech. I also run heavy duty programs and 4xgold 4xsilver Qualcomm snapdragon 660 has never showed a sign of slowing down when installing a update impressive slow motion was added and FLlR Lepton 3.5 is 320x200 is the best thermal module that a phone can have.
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- Bullcrapper
- M@Q
- 30 Jun 2023
OwerMan, 15 May 2023You do know that Android itself is a Google product? Not all android is Google. Android is Linux amd is open source. It doesn't belong to Google. Google just writes for it. They are Android versions with no playstore or Google whatsoever.
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- OwerMan
- mE0
- 15 May 2023
shaggythetinman, 06 Nov 2021the number one issue with the cat s62 is google and all the... moreYou do know that Android itself is a Google product?
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- BB-fan
- 0TI
- 05 Mar 2023
Anonymous, 02 Mar 2023will there be a succesor to this? you know, with FLIR camera.Hi.As what i know,Bullit is working on a sequel of the S4x series,but for the upcoming model,you must wait i think maybe until IFA 2023 in august,to know more about the new devices like the S6x series with thermal camera.Thank you.
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- Anonymous
- nbP
- 02 Mar 2023
will there be a succesor to this? you know, with FLIR camera.
- Codeplayer
- pI}
- 26 Feb 2023
I got one of the first phones that was made and its still running strong. Dropped it from very high, like it never happened. Battery life 92%, drops around 4,2% per year. Reccommended to a friend, 2023. Has 3 times warranty replacement, has connectivity issues, garbled sound when off-road. New models components are bad. Get an used old model for reliability.
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- Ivo
- nwR
- 17 Dec 2022
Hi. Only one comment to this lovely phone. OK, two, 4000 mAh is less than 5000 mAh and echausted by the end of day. My S41 screen failed. Stripes. So now S62 Pro. Reason I write, comparision tells S41 uses LCD technology but S62 uses TFT technology.
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- Anonymous
- IbI
- 12 Dec 2022
Anonymous, 15 Sep 2022Epic monument to failure. This phone froze up on day one. I... moreHad the same problem I had to scream in speaker on 1st phone cat 62 ,
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- Anonymous
- 43D
- 29 Sep 2022
On my 4th cat s 62 replacement warranty .. shits off randomly,
Charging issues , major dropped calls missing calls and texts regularly .. won't issue refund. Just keep sendin replacement device all same and more issue. 3 month s and I'm on 4th try phone' i assume that i will get replacement until warranty is expired buyers beware trash ...
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- Bob
- D1i
- 15 Sep 2022
Anonymous, 15 Sep 2022Epic monument to failure. This phone froze up on day one. I... moreThe S62 Pro does, so you bought the wrong phone..
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- Anonymous
- IbI
- 15 Sep 2022
Epic monument to failure. This phone froze up on day one. I was told this phone had thermal imaging. It doesn't. No one came hear you on speaker phone. It drops calls. The battery dies even when I have nothing running. It's entirely too slow. I was told I can return the phone to T-Mobile within 15 days of not satisfied. They neglected to tell me about the $72 restock fee. Can't wait to switch carriers, ditch the bill for this phone, and enjoy destroying it.
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- Matt99
- StU
- 05 Sep 2022
Slow data transfer about 7mb per second via USB c, haha. Got to take it out if you want 80mb per second!
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- T-Bang
- fXd
- 26 Aug 2022
Lucky, 27 Jan 2022WORKERS buy this phones, the rest will complain. No phone I... moreBeen I year I'm on the phone. I'm in construction and I'm careless I broke many phones. This phone works well for a rugged phone I wanted. Ok am also Fisherman and phone works well in my camp and water 💦 environment
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- ksa
- 29 Jul 2022
Worst phone I have ever owned. One problem after another. Very frustrating! Just don’t buy!!!!
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- Anonymous
- I4r
- 18 Jul 2022
phone is garbage the worst phone iv ever owned and the most retarded phone iv ever had when it broke they didnt even have a replacement so there must be a reason for that
DO NOT BUY!!!
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- CAT fan
- m9J
- 08 Jul 2022
So I owned S60 when it came out, owned S61 at inflated price and now own S62 Pro. S62 in some respect step backwards. I really wish bullit group would concentrate on quality rather than quantity/profit margin.... To begin with I did comparison with S61 and must say for sure S62 Pro has worse lcd display, less brightness, less colour just looks wrong. Even white levels are more orange than white... Outdoor use is just not possible.... Speakers are weak too, just poor disappointment really in expectation of some advancement in tech here. Wifi chip hardly any improvement from S61. GSM signal hardly seen much difference. GPS seems to be reasonable. Overall phone performance nothing to impress with and yes phone does heat up substantially on load. Camera whilst takes reasonable photos still lacks latest tech. Slow motion would be really handy, but CAT engineers never listen. Flash/torch is poor and way different to S61! Sticking out cameras - absolutely hate it (why not to make it flush?). Positive dedicated microsd and dual sim, usb-c, wish it had wireless charging... Sticking out buttons as per all models just seems to be complete nonsense. Phone does whatever it wants when buttons press accidentally in pocket and its mainly because they stand out!... Diamond back should be all not half... At least this time they did not bother with CAT silver labels at back which came off from S61.
Untouched android OS which is absolutely great and hope it continues like this. Only one programmable button and not able to program other buttons either...Yet I wasn't happy with removal of mechanical buttons at front of screen! Absolute nonsense considering space left unused under screen. Mechanical buttons allowed quick navigation with gloves on the job. Must say very disappointed with S62Pro, for those owning S61 hardly see any benefit in upgrading. It more seems like bullit group was interested in releasing more affordable version of S61 than actual upgrade for it! Considering current competition within market not sure if continue buying CAT phones as other brands do stand out these days.
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- David
- qie
- 28 Jun 2022
Alex, 13 May 2022Same here tmx is in hungary the repair service, but bullshit.I owned one eight or nine years ago. Warrantee service was Czech then, but I was quoted $274 at the UPS store to send it when the USPS wouldn't take a lithium battery.
I've been Kyocera since then. I wrote an extensive review of the E6921 (Factory Unlocked Duraforce Pro 2). It is hard to find- E6910 (Verizon) and less common E6920 (At&T) are much more common, but the Verizon bloatware is awful.