The Most Rugged Smartphone.

Every other phone nowadays are a beautiful slab of glass which are so fragile that even holding them with some pressure can break them. But in a huge market where there are so many different types of consumers, the needs are of people are different. Most of the people are fine with the new design trends of glass sandwich phones, but some people want their phones to be tough and rugged. Maybe because they like rugged phones or they work in a harsh environment. In either cases there are not many companies making rugged phones, samsung make active versions of their S Models, S6 Active or S8 Active etc. But the company most famous for rugged phones is CAT. Cat were always famous for their rugged phones and their latest phone the Cat S41 is no exception.

This is the most rugged phone you can buy right now but it doesn't come cheap. It has a price tag of 500$.
For full specifications Click Here. The specs are not the important part of this phone, it is the build quality.

Build:

The phone has a thick rubber shell which gives it an impressive drop protection, the company claims it can withstand a 1.8 meter drop on solid concrete. It has IP-68 water/dust resistance over 2 meters and 1 hour. It has a Military Standard 810G Compliant which means it is salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant. It has corning gorilla glass 5 protection and it can be used underwater and with gloves no problem.

Battery:

The phone has a 5000 mAh battery which not only keeps the phone juiced up but can also be used to charge other devices. But when its not charging other devices the phone can easily be used for 2 to 3 days. The phone supports fast charging and can be charged from 0-100% in 2 hours. The company claims 44 days of stand-by time and 38 hours of talk-time.

Other Non-Important Stuff:

The phone rocks a 5 inch TFT Panel with 1080*1920 Resolution, it will not blow your mind but is fine to use and you are not going to buy the phone for its display anyways. The camera has the same story, it has a 13MP sensor which is average and can be improved considering the price, the camera can only record 1080p video at 30 fps, front camera is also average with a resolution of 8MP, Fun Fact front camera can record better videos than rear shooter. Inside the phone has a Mediatek Helio P20 (Octa Core) with Mali-T880MP2 GPU paired with 3GB of ram and 32GB of internal storage. The phone is not going to crush every game or intense tasks but will be good enough for daily usage. CAT S41 supports dual-sim with a dedicated SD Card Slot. It has a single downward facing speaker which is quite loud and has a headphone jack.