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The Cat S75 rugged 5G smartphone with Bullitt Satellite Connect.
Image: Bullitt GroupRugged smartphones designed for mission-critical (e.g. emergency workers and first responders), business-critical (e.g. transport, logistics), and outdoor hobbyist (e.g. hiking, skiing) use cases are widely available, but lack a key ingredient: if no cellular or Wi-Fi connection is available -- and there are large areas, even in developed countries, where that's the case -- they have no means of communicating. There are dedicated satellite phones, of course, but these can be expensive, bulky, and lacking in smartphone features.
Fresh from unveiling its Bullitt Satellite Connect (BSC) service and Bullitt Satellite Messenger (BSM) OTT app at CES 2023, British company Bullitt Group has announced the fully rugged Cat S75 smartphone, a flagship 5G handset with added satellite comms capability, courtesy of BSC and BSM, at Mobile World Congress (MWC). In the US and Latin America, essentially the same Bullitt-designed and manufactured phone will be sold as the Motorola Defy 2.
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The 6.6-inch Cat S75 looks more like a regular smartphone than most rugged or satellite handsets because Bullitt, in conjunction with its chipset partner MediaTek, has shrunk the satellite RF components to a manageable size as well as tweaking power consumption to eke out maximum battery life.
There's no compromise on rugged features, though, with the S75 able to handle all manner of abuse. It can cope with drops onto steel from up to 1.8m, immersion in up to 5m of water for over 35 minutes and high-pressure water jets, as well as exposure to dust, dirt, and sand (IP68/IP69K). It has also been tested under vibration, humidity, and extremes of temperature (MIL-STD-810H), and has antimicrobial materials on external surfaces that can be washed and sanitised.
Clearly the S75 is a phone you can take almost anywhere -- and with Bullitt Satellite Connect support on-board, you can have the peace of mind that comes with the availability of two-way messaging and location tracking, plus an SOS service, when you have neither cellular nor Wi-Fi connectivity.
Here are the Cat S75's key features:
| Dimensions | 171 x 80 x 11.9mm |
| Weight | 268g |
| Ruggedness | 1.8m drop onto steel ? IP68/IP69K ? MIL-STD-810H ? Corning Gorilla Glass Victus ? Hygeine+ antibacterial technology |
| Display | 6.6-inch FHD+ (1080 x 2408, 20:9, 400ppi), 120Hz refresh; touch screen usable with wet/gloved fingers |
| OS | Android 12 (upgrades to 13 & 14), Android Enterprise Recommended (5 years security patch cover) |
| Chipset | MediaTek Dimensity 930 |
| RAM | 6GB |
| Storage | 128GB |
| MicroSD card slot | yes |
| Rear cameras | 50MP f/1.8 wide, 8MP f/2.2 ultra-wide & depth, 2MP f/2.4 macro |
| Front camera | 8MP f/2.0 |
| Networks | 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G |
| SIM slots | Nano SIM + satellite SIM, or SIM + MicroSD |
| Bluetooth | 5.1 |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac) |
| Satellite connectivity | Bullitt Satellite Connect (2-way messaging, location tracking, SOS) |
| Positioning | GPS (L1 + L5 dual frequency), AGPS, LTEPP, SUPL, Glonass, Galileo, Beidou |
| NFC | yes |
| Ports | USB-C |
| 3.5mm audio jack | no |
| Buttons | power, volume up/down, programmable key, SOS key |
| Biometric security | fingerprint sensor (rear) |
| Battery capacity | 5000mAh |
| Battery charging | 15W fast charging, Qi wireless charging |
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