Cat S42 H+ Bullitt Grup is the global licensee for Cat@phones. now announced another smartphone, Cat S42 H+. It is the first rugged smartphone with advanced antimicrobial product protection built in it. In this Covid-19 era, it is important that to sanitize our mobile phones. Cat works well in this and decided to include antimicrobial properties into the actual material making up the body of the device.
What is antimicrobial technology? It is known that silver is an antimicrobial agent. With the collaboration of Addmaster, Cat blends their proprietary Blomaster antimicrobial silver ion technology additive in the resin. Due to this technology overall component of the Cat S42 H+ has built-in antimicrobial protection. And H+ stands for Hygiene Plus Protection.
The smartphone has been tested to ISO22196 standard. In the test result, their antimicrobial agent prevents bacterial cell growth by 80% within 15 mins and 99.9% in 24 hours. Cat S42 H+ is still as rugged as before: The smartphone Cat S42 H+ is still waterproof and certified to IP68 and IP69. So there is no issue if you dip it in the warm soapy water and wash it if it gets muddy and dirty. Cat S42 H+ passed a rigorous bleach test. Cat S42 H+ has been tested with pressurized alcohol and other chemical mixtures.
Cat S42 H+ still retains antimicrobial properties. If you having a phone like Cat S42 H+ then you don’t need to keep wiping it with alcohol or sanitizing liquid. Cat S42 H+ has MIL-SPEC 810H for vibration, tumble, and temperature extremes durability. Cat S42 H+ has been tested to drop from 6ft on to steep for every side and corner multiple times. Cat S42 H+ is almost the same as Cat S42. Spec-wise there is not any change but the main difference is the material of construction now includes the silver ion antimicrobial agent.
Display: Cat S42 H+ has a 5.5-inch HD+ display with Gorilla Glass 5. Cat S42 H+ has a 4200 mAh battery. Cat S42 H+ comes with MediaTek Helio A20 MT 6761D chipset and a 1.8 GHz quad-core processor. Storage: Cat S42 H+ offers 3GB of RAM and 32GB internal storage. There is an option of microSD. Connectivity: Cat S42 H+ offers dual SIM support. Cat S42 H+ also has a headphone jack. There are NFC, Bluetooth 5.0, and LTE/VoLTE options. Camera: Cat S42 H+ has a 13MP rear main camera and a 5MP selfie camera.
The camera setup is not fancy but functional. Software: Cat S42 H+ runs Android 10, but it was soon updated to Android 11 this year. Cat S42 H+ offers three years of security updates and provides a two years warranty on the mobile phone. Price and Availability: Cat S42 H+ is available on the official website of cat, www.catphones.com and it costs $299. At the end of April, it will be available in the UK and in mid-summer in the US. And expected that it will be available at Amazon, Home Depot, Best Buy, and other retailers as well. Overall, Cat S42 H+ is a fabulous entry-level rugged phone, Cat S42 H+ is for people who are germaphobes and want a piece of mind when it comes to mobile phone hygiene.
