The Cat S32 is the latest rugged phone from British manufacturer Bullitt. Launched at CES 2020, this tough Android phone offers solid protection from the elements and can withstand drop damage without needing a case. It’s the first Cat phone we’ve seen in a while, and it’s set to fill the needs of outdoors adventurers and people working in tough environments who demand a little fortitude from their phones.
It’s a chunky beast that scores an IP68 rating, making it dustproof and waterproof for depths of up to 1.5 meters for up to 35 minutes. It also meets military drop test standards and has been drop tested from 1.8 meters onto steel. The Cat S32 can also withstand vibration and extreme temperatures.
The 5.5-inch display has been specially designed for the outdoors and sports a touchscreen that can be used with gloves on or with wet hands. The rugged, rubbery body is also textured for enhanced grip, and there are chunky, well-defined buttons, including a programmable shortcut key that can be used for Push to Talk (PTT) or to trigger an app.
The specs are nothing to write home about, but they’re solid enough. It has a fairly fast Mediatek Helio A20 processor inside, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of storage, with room for a MicroSD card. There’s also a 13-megapixel main camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera.
It has a beefy 4,200mAh battery for serious stamina. In terms of connectivity, you’ll find support for LTE, NFC for mobile payments, and Bluetooth 5. There’s also room for a second SIM card inside.
Adding more value for the target audience, Cat offers a slew of apps onboard such as the Lone Worker app, which monitors people working alone to keep them safe by tracking them and alerting colleagues if they don’t check in regularly. Cat’s app toolbox includes a number of other apps for people working in construction, farming, and athletics.
If you like the look of the Cat S32, you can pick one up for $349. The exact release date and carrier details for the U.S. have yet to be released.
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Merely days after the iPhone Duo hit the shelves, images of broken screens on the phone started popping up across social media. Until now, it’s been unclear what’s causing the line of defective pixels that appears vertically along the crease, as well as horizontally, on the phone’s inner display.
Apple has finally acknowledged the issue, which has shown up on iPhone Duo units owned by customers as well as demo units in stores. In a statement shared with Bloomberg, Apple says that not all iPhone Duo units are affected and that those that are tend to show the display fault early on. The company added that users who experience problems with their iPhone Duo display should contact AppleCare for a replacement.
Not long ago, Apple treated independent repair like an act of outright hostility. The Cupertino giant locked down parts with serial-number pairing, while repair tools remained firmly out of reach of anyone outside its authorized repair network. More importantly, the company waged a legal and lobbying battle against right-to-repair legislation.
I've covered enough of these fights over the years to know what a shift looks like. That's why what happened in October 2026 genuinely caught me off guard. The day the iPhone Duo went on sale, what may be the most mechanically complex iPhone to date, Apple pulled off a surprising about-face. It published teardown-style repair manuals for a handful of major components.
Apple's first foldable phone is now on shelves, in short supply, but with an unreal amount of buzz around it. After all, it's the first foldable iPhone, and there's plenty that this phone gets right. But there's also a lot that is either broken or underwhelming. What's peculiar is the dialogue around this phone, and how it has completely overshadowed every other attempt at making a phone with a similar form factor.
I've spent some time with the iPhone Duo, and I've used the Galaxy Z Fold 8 for almost three months now. In my opinion, Samsung deserves more credit. When the Galaxy Z Fold 8 arrived earlier this year, it was celebrated in some circles and ridiculed in others for supposedly copying what Apple would eventually deliver with the iPhone Duo. The dialogue was pretty odd, for multiple reasons. Samsung has been making foldable phones for years, so claiming that it copied a product Apple hadn't even launched was simply absurd.