Cat S60 is the world's first smartphone with built-in thermal camera

U.S based popular rugged phone maker Caterpillar has announced the Cat S60, the world's first smartphone with an integrated thermal camera. 

The Cat S60 includes an embedded thermal camera from FLIR, and lets users to detect heat loss around windows and doors, spot moisture and missing insulation, identify over-heating electrical appliances and circuitry and see in complete darkness.

The phone is also the world's most advance waterproof smartphone. By flipping few switches on the front of the device, the smartphone seals of its speaker, headphone jack and microphone openings, which can make it function underwater up to depths of 5 meters for one hour, allowing it to be used as an underwater camera.

And since Caterpillar is known for its rugged phones, the Cat S60 is said to surpass military grade build and can withstand falls up to 1.8 meters directly on concrete. The display can be viewed in bright sunlight and the touchscreen can be controlled with wet finger or while wearing gloves.

The Cat S60 sports a 4.7-inch HD (1289 x 720 pixels) with Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection and is equipped with octa-core Snapdragon 617 processor with Adreno 405 GPU, 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. For photography there is 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and 5-megapixel front camera. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow, supports 4G LTE, WiFi, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS connectivity and is fueled by 3800mAh battery.

The Cat S60 is priced at €649 | $599 (Rs. 41,000) and will go on sale later this year. Cat will be showcasing the Cat S60 at MWC 2016, Barcelona.