UNIQUE SMARTPHONES

  CAT S60

Caterpillar’s S60 is a phone which comes with an inbuilt thermal camera. It’s the world’s first smartphone to have such a camera, and also, it is waterproof for 5m in depth and drop-proof up to 1.8m making it the perfect choice for engineers. But why the thermal camera? The idea is to let users peek inside electrical panels, structures, vehicles or other enclosures and detect heat sources. The thermal camera also works in pitch black by detecting heat points. Cat S60 is priced at $599 (roughly Rs. 42k) which is not a bad deal at all for a phone with that list of features.

Specifications:

Display: 4.7-inch with  1280 x 720 pixels resolution; Processor: Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 & Quad-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A53; Storage:  3GB RAM and 32GB onboard; Camera: 13MP rear and 5MP front; Battery: 3800 mAh; USP: Thermal Imaging, temperature spot meter, heat palettes.

LUMIGON T3

After the great success of Lumigon T2 HD, Lumigon launched T3 which is another masterpiece by the company. The company claims that the T3 is manufactured using ultra-hard molybdenum and  marine-grade stainless steel, so you don’t have to worry about the phone not being solidly built. It’s got a whopping  128GB of internal storage, and unless you’re the type who likes to carry around tonnes of music and full HD movies or videos, this ought to have most people sorted. Priced at $740 (about Rs. 50,000), this is a high-end smartphone. It’s even got a night-vision camera, and is available in a 24-carat gold variant. Obviously that costs a “little’ more. 

Specifications:

Display: 4.8-inch with 1280 x 720 pixel resolution; Processor: 2.2 GHz 64-bit octa core; Storage: 3GB of RAM, 128GB onboard; Camera: 13MP/4K back and 5MP/2K front; USP: Stainless Steel Body, 128 GB internal memory, Night Vision Camera.

JUPITER IO 4

Ever wanted a phone you could smoke? There is only one in the world, so it’s not like you have a choice in the matter anyway. The Jupiter IO 4 comes with an inbuilt vaporizer (the kind used in e-cigarettes). The phone has two batteries – one for the phone and the other for the vaporizer. The innovation is that if you’re not using the vaporizer, its battery can be used for the smartphone (upto 16 hours on both batteries we’re told). To puff or not to puff, that is the question. The variant in the picture is the 4G model that is available for pre-order for $499 (Rs. 34,000 approx). There are flavoured liquid cartridges available, priced at $15 (Rs.1,000 approx) including mint, peach and coffee. Vaporcade, the manufacturing company, claims that each cartridge can provide about 800 puffs. Remember, smoking (even just flavoured e-cigarettes) is a terrible habit, and we advise you to quit immediately. 

Specifications:

Not yet released by the company, and the phone still isn’t available in the market for us to buy.