{"id":14239,"date":"2017-03-02T14:41:15","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T12:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=14239"},"modified":"2017-03-03T08:41:01","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T06:41:01","slug":"review-cat-b100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/review-cat-b100\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Cat B100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not all of us want \u2013 or need \u2013 a smartphone; a feature phone can meet basic needs. What is essential is that the phone is functional and resilient \u2013 the Cat B100 fulfills those criteria.<\/p>\n<p>The ability to make calls and send SMSs \u2013 if this is all you require from a cellphone, then the Cat B100 is the one for you.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that it\u2019s not a smartphone has not detracted from Caterpillar\u2019s philosophy to make all of their products as rugged and robust as possible. You can rest assured that if you drop the phone, a screen replacement won\u2019t be necessary because it\u2019s able to withstand a drop of up to 1.8m.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14247\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14247\" class=\"wp-image-14247 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cat-B100-insert-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cat-B100-insert-300x300.jpg 300w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cat-B100-insert-150x150.jpg 150w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cat-B100-insert-768x768.jpg 768w, \/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cat-B100-insert.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cat B100<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s perfect for you if you enjoy listening to music because it has a fantastic speaker, and if you need to, just plug in a pair of headphones into the 3.5mm jack and you\u2019re sorted.<\/p>\n<p>With the Cat B100, what you see is what you get; that\u2019s quite refreshing, actually. So, if you want a super-tough device that allows you to communicate the \u201cold school\u201d way \u2013 via calls and text, this has everything that you need.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key specs<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2.2\u201d TFT screen<\/li>\n<li>Resolution: 240 X 320 pixels<\/li>\n<li>IP68 certified &#8211; dust and water proof (up to 1m for 60 min)<\/li>\n<li>Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 1.8 m<\/li>\n<li>MIL-STD-810G certified &#8211; salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant<\/li>\n<li>Primary camera: 15 MP<\/li>\n<li>Secondary camera: No<\/li>\n<li>Video: 320p @30fps<\/li>\n<li>WLAN: No<\/li>\n<li>Mediatek MT6276W chipset<\/li>\n<li>microSD \u2013 dedicated slot (expandable up to 32 GB)<\/li>\n<li>64 MB RAM<\/li>\n<li>128 MB ROM<\/li>\n<li>Bluetooth: 2.0, A2DP, EDR<\/li>\n<li>Removable Li-Ion 1150 mAh battery<\/li>\n<li>Talk time: Up to 10 h<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Pros: <\/strong>Affordable; rugged; easy to use; great audio quality<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cons: <\/strong>Not a smartphone; sub-par camera; no selfie camera; no WLAN; only 64 MB RAM; poor-quality video recording<\/p>\n<p><strong>Verdict: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/offers\/88825107\/CAT+B100+Black+Local+Stock?sst=b100+cat%2Cfkey&amp;ssp=2&amp;sso=1&amp;rc=rgroup2\"><strong>Cat B100 available from R1,899<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not all of us want \u2013 or need \u2013 a smartphone; a feature phone can meet basic needs. What is essential is that the phone is functional and resilient \u2013 the Cat B100 fulfills those criteria. The ability to make calls and send SMSs \u2013 if this is all you require from a cellphone, then<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/review-cat-b100\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14245,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[1707,1709,1708],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Cat-B100-feature.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14239"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14246,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14239\/revisions\/14246"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}