World’s First Phone With Thermal Imaging Camera Launched

The Cat S60 smartphone with thermal camera.

An image taken with a thermal imaging camera, not the one used on the Cat S60, that shows what is visible through the technology. (ivansmuk/iStock)

According to FLIR, the company who built the camera for the Cat smartphone, it is the smallest thermal imaging camera in the world. The phone itself is of the most rugged kind and is able to survive being dropped on concrete or being submerged in water for one hour. 

Here are the features of the phone:

Thermal imaging camera, powered by FLIR
Strengthened Die Cast Frame
Drop proof to 1.8m, MIL Spec 810G
Super bright display (typical 540 nits), Gorilla Glass 4
4.7” HD capacitive multi-touch with auto wet finger & glove support
Optimised battery performance (3800mAh)
High quality audio experience (>105dB)
Underwater 13MP main camera with dual flash, 5MP front-facing camera
4G LTE
Snapdragon 617 Octa-core processor
32GB ROM, 3GB RAM
Android Marshmallow

The Cat S60 will be available later this year for $599.

The Cat S60 smartphone with thermal camera. (Courtesy of FLIR)

If you can’t resist the idea of having thermal imaging on your phone, but you are not in the market for a new Cat phone, there is another option. FLIR, the company behind the Cat S60 camera, is offering an external thermal imaging camera that you can connect to your phone. The FLIR ONE camera works on iOS and Android operating systems.

An Apple iPhone with the FLIR ONE thermal imaging camera. (Courtesy of FLIR)

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