Another smartphone bites the dust

[Engcon UK]

well turns out ive bust my phone this week, back to using my old windows phone
is the cat s61 worth getting them?
been looking at reviews and even though its last years phone is still rated as the best about.
for those with the s61 what is the voc sensor like?

The voc sensor is good. On the few occasions I venture into a city it says I shouldn't be there . I believe that there's a new model without the FLIR just available, but I'm dead happy with mine.

 

[Russell]

So what's a good though smartphone for £100?
Ulefone X3 is only 3g so no good.
Ulefone X6 is a bit spendy at £250.
Cat s61 is bloody stupid money.
I would like to try something other than a doogee and would like to buy from UK not China. I'm tempted to try a non tough phone but think it could be short lived.

 

[Brendan]

So what's a good though smartphone for £100?
Ulefone X3 is only 3g so no good.
Ulefone X6 is a bit spendy at £250.
Cat s61 is bloody stupid money.
I would like to try something other than a doogee and would like to buy from UK not China. I'm tempted to try a non tough phone but think it could be short lived.

Im not sure, wasnt looking at spending a load on a phone but I'm tempted by the cat.

last few years have just one for what ever the best budget phone recommendation on techradar was for sub 200 phones

my lenovo lasted 2 years, so for the money was decent, was in a cheap rubber (ish) case and went through a few screen protectors. finally managed to crack the screen but its been hit and miss for battery life and charging for a while and signal has been bad

 

[Left hooker]

Im not sure, wasnt looking at spending a load on a phone but I'm tempted by the cat.

last few years have just one for what ever the best budget phone recommendation on techradar was for sub 200 phones

my lenovo lasted 2 years, so for the money was decent, was in a cheap rubber (ish) case and went through a few screen protectors. finally managed to crack the screen but its been hit and miss for battery life and charging for a while and signal has been bad

Cat do other models below the s61 that are tough smart phones

 

[JD450A]

Cat do other models below the s61 that are tough smart phones

All of which i'd personally avoid most like the plauge... I have tried the approach of not wishing to spend much money. Fact is the phone now is as much a part of the buisness as the machine it'self.... £360 for a cat S60 is'nt bad at all, not as flash as the 61 but just as good IMHO.

 

[fred]

i did try a cat phone for a while but its just not as good as an iphone so I had to move back. I got s spigen armor jacket for it and its been ok.

https://www.spigen.co.uk/

 

[Regy53]

'fraid you lost me at "apps" ..... I don't have mine enabled for 'net ... too bloody small to be much use to me, so don't bother .... can well see that a lot of folks need the facility though ...

Our very own

 

[V8Druid]

Our very own

PMSL

 

[Russell]

I've gone for a £80 Nokia from tesco. I will try and be careful with this one and leave it in the car while working. Time will tell.

 

[Brendan]

went for the cat s61, suprisingly cex was the cheapest £400 for grade a which apparently is like new

 

[Brendan]

For those using the cat phones are you using any sort of screen covers?

 

[Left hooker]

For those using the cat phones are you using any sort of screen covers?

Not on my s61

 

[Quattromike]

For those using the cat phones are you using any sort of screen covers?

No cover here either, I take it raw.

 

[Brendan]

Been a while since spent a bit on a phone although to be fair for half back from insurance so lightens the dent. Although looking through the details the screen covered for two year warranty.
How have they held up damage wise to the rest of the phone?
I use to have a case and screen cover on my last phone but the case absolutely hammered the phone from bits of sand/stone getting between the case and phone

 

[Quattromike]

thats what i find when using a phone cover, little bits get in and sand away at the hone and screen. I get on alot better with nothing on it.

 

[JD450A]

For those using the cat phones are you using any sort of screen covers?

Nope

 

[Left hooker]

Been a while since spent a bit on a phone although to be fair for half back from insurance so lightens the dent. Although looking through the details the screen covered for two year warranty.
How have they held up damage wise to the rest of the phone?
I use to have a case and screen cover on my last phone but the case absolutely hammered the phone from bits of sand/stone getting between the case and phone

Just wet wipes phone off if dirty and carry on

 

[Engcon UK]

For those using the cat phones are you using any sort of screen covers?

Me neither. I have a couple of piddly little dings in the glass which are more of an irritation than anything else, but when I look at the cases that people put on their phones, the raw Cat is no bigger.

 

[Brendan]

Going to put my big boy pants on and suck it up case and cover less

 

[Mogman]

For those using the cat phones are you using any sort of screen covers?

I had a s61 for three weeks and got a tiny bit of weld splatter on the screen and that cracked it top to bottom fair play got it repaired but couldn’t get my head around the system of an android phone (had iPhones for years) so gave it to my brother and went back to apple