Cat B30

  • Released 2015, June
    101g, 16mm thickness
    Feature phone
    microSD slot
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  • 2.0"
    144x176 pixels
  • 2MP
    Video recorder
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    Spreadtrum 7701
  • 1000mAh
    Li-Ion

Cat B30 - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA
Launch Announced 2015, June
Status Available. Released 2015, June
Body Dimensions 118 x 54 x 16 mm (4.65 x 2.13 x 0.63 in)
Weight 101 g (3.56 oz)
SIM Dual SIM
 IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 mins)
MIL-STD-810G compliant
Drop-to-concrete resistance from up to 1.8m
Flashlight
Display Type TFT
Size 2.0 inches, 12.6 cm2 (~19.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 144 x 176 pixels (~114 ppi density)
Protection Scratch-proof glass
Platform Chipset Spreadtrum 7701
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 16 GB
Phonebook Yes
Call records Yes
Main Camera Single 2 MP
Features LED flash
Video Yes
Selfie camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth 2.1
GPS No
Radio FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS
Games No
Java
Battery   Non-removable Li-Ion 1000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 240 h
Talk time Up to 6 h
Misc Colors Black
Price About 140 EUR

Cat B30 - User Reviews

  • Is there someone know if you can make letters bigger in Cat B30?

  • What is the operating system of this phone?

  • Yes you can, you just don't know how to use it.

  • Update: I use the two Sim model rather.

  • Mine has a web browser. I use the one Sim model. The phone is really good despite most of the negative comments I see here.

  • What's with the unusual screen resolution?! All feature phones in 1.4 - 1.6" should be 128x128, 1.7 - 1.9" at 128x160, and 2.0 - 2.4" at 240x320.

  • Yes. For new contact at the bottom of the list select an option DEFAULT RINGTONES. Then you will be presented with three options. 1. DEFAULT RINGTONES. 2. PHONE RINGTONES. 3. SELECT FROM SOUND FILES. Choose option 2 or 3 and select ringtone or music file mp3 of your choice for that contact. For existing contact. From contact list find desirable contact. Select orange button once to enter into contact details and select it again to enter edit mode. Now steps are like one for new contact (see above.)

  • Yes.

  • I have some questions about the juse of the Cat B30 phone, I'ff read the little information "books" witch where in the box, but they don't give real information about the juse of the phone. So i went on the internet but cant find it !!! verry irritating, . Here are my Question's: Is There: - a VOLUME op/down sellection on this thing?? - a choice in ringtone's some where ?? and can I choose The VOLUME of that some where?? - is there WIFI on it?? and can I turn it OFF ?? - my phone keeps showing the text "bussy sending" or "sending" in the messages box, . .what does't meen??? I did'nt send anything jet?? I''m not sending or wanne send nothing? - How does the flaslight work?? because if i look it up press nummer 7 (thats under the yellow dott ?) nothing happend, . . . I hope someone can give me some tips?? I would really appriciate it :) In hope for a return on this request, Greetz From Holland, Hello Kitty (and please excuse me for my poor English.) ???? I'ff just read the Posting rules, . . but posted my text here above, .. . already and i'm not to post it again? I'm sorry but I do, because where and how do i know if my questions (my posting) geats throw the screening how long does that take?? , . . and will be allowed?? And is there a chance i get an awnser too my questions, . (other than look it up on the internet "somewhere els", . . ) ??? I hope for a repleay, reaction, . . .

  • Can I find names in contacts not to insert all the charachters of the searched name?

  • Good vorking microSD, up to 32 GB

  • What kind of SIM card is required for this phone

  • Is there a way to assign contacts different ringtones?

  • Is there a way to assign contacts different ringtones?

  • B30 has removeble battery

  • Thank you

  • yes, this phone have Polish language.

  • Hi, Does anyone know if this has polish language on it?

  • Can anyone tell why is the phone automatically switching off . Any solution for it? The phone is fully charged.

  • Start a new text message (or add new contact. Anything that requires text input) then press and hold the # key. You'll get a list of input options. En at the top for English predictive, through to Abc and abc for normal multi-key input

  • Yes you can. Start a new text message (or add new contact. Anything that requires text input) then press and hold the # key. You'll get a list of input options. En at the top for English predictive, through to Abc and abc for normal multi-key input

  • sync contacts !

  • You cant, terrible isn't it.

  • I bought this phone for my father as well, and it is a good, durable phone for non-techies.

  • How can I see on a CAT B30, how many contacts are saved on the phone? A total of 52 contacts seemed to be saved on the SIM card but not sure how many are altogether. Also, what is the limit to the number of contacts I can save? Thank you.

  • Can someone advice how to turn off the predictive text option, please? It's very difficult to type a text or search for contacts if that function is on. Thank you in advance.

  • I want to buy this to my dad for birthday because he is mechanic and he is dummy for technology... Any suggestions is this good basic phone?? THANKS!!

  • How do u charge the B30 with etisalat credit???

  • menu -> profiles -> [choose your profile] click options -> settings -> ring settings Yes, it is a bit too complicated

  • why I cant make calls at times

  • How can we change the sms tune?

  • How can I change the size of the characters on the phone, they are too small for my eyes to see?

  • Dose This phone auto call recording facility ?

  • Pay 100 euros to change from a Samsung tough phone, used since years, to this... That was a bad day! Besides all that please be aware that, if you want to find a contact from your contacts list, you can't find it until you insert ALL the characters of the wanted name. Only then no other names biginning with the same characters will be displayed. That's really stupid!

  • The worst phone I've ever used...A full charged battery doesnt last more than 10 hours...that too with least use. Software is a bigger issue as it goes to 'switch off' mode and when ever some one tried to call me it gives "phone is switched off" message. Bought this fone as a second one, as it is just a basic model. Even there is no option to see missed call details as it just appears on the screen but then fades away! Dont know what kind of fone is this. just bought this 3 months back...going back to carrefour today and lodge a complaint direct.

  • pls can someone tell me how to download whatt app on mycat b1oo

  • Hello. I am IT manager for a foundry which is a pretty industrial environment. We issue our shop floor supervisors and management with rugged phones due to the nature of the job. I can honestly say, having gone to these phones from the Samsung Solid's the CAT B30 is a complete and utter embarrassment to the name "CAT". It is the worst thing we've ever bought. For us, battery life is important and to be honest it's not a lot to ask for. OK, a smartphone you would expect battery life to be a lot less but this IS NOT a smartphone - it's a basic phone and the battery life is extremely disappointing. The tech specs quote a battery life of "11 days" - knock a 1 off the end of 11 and you're closer to it. It's not fit for purpose and is not as described therefore I would recommend anyone who has bought one of these to get a full refund under simple contract law. Then there is the torch - to be honest the screen back light is more use than the stupid LED they use for the torch. Finally, CAT, you should be ashamed of yourselves - this phone is not durable it scratches easily because everything is extruding and it's just rubbish! Would recommend other people take my advise - our industry is pretty tough so if we are finding it rubbish, it must be! Samsung Solid phones on the other hand, they are perfect for any applications - just a shame we're having problems sourcing them now!

  • Does the CAT B30 feature SPEED DIALING? Cannot find it on phone !

  • Got one as a company phone. This phone is a joke and should not be sold. Battery life is 1 day top with no usage of the phone. My has no dual sim but the battery is removable. Pleas buy something else, or you will be disappointed!

  • I like ruggedness, but other things are not good. Old Nokia battery BL-5C. On this size phone least 2 times bigger battery should be inside. Even with one sim phone lasts 5-6 days (good Nokia with same battery 10 days). Sound is ok, but very quiet, is not proper phone to use on construction site or similar places. Why it has flashlight - it is a bit brighter than screen - almost useless. Least compass should be inside. Key lock is min time is 15s. Size is ok, using with one hand is easy and comfort. Regular key phone for high price, without any features exept waterproof.

  • I'm really disappointed of this cheap but expensive Chinese device. If they think that CAT brand cost something, they'd better to sell better products. 1. This is very basic phone, just for calling. I would be great if the price would be at least twice cheaper. It just like old Siemens handy I always love but now it is stupid to pay 100 euro for this old-fashioned phone. Lack of memory, ugly display, few settings available. 2. Do not think it is reliable. My one died after a 2 months of use from time to time (once a week or so), and the damage was internal, impossible for incorrect use of impact. Official service rejected the warranty and only after number of angry e-mails to manufacturer and proofs that it was impossible to damage it the phone was repaired free of charge. 3. After repairing it lost Cyrillic characters at all, because service replaced the motherboard but forgot to change the firmware. No luck to get it back. 4. Very weak battery life. If no SIM inserted it lasts for mounts or so, but is you use 2 SIM-cards and calling not to often, the life of the battery is miserable 2 days. Even iPhone works longer. To be honest, there are TWO good points. They are a) call recording (but due to ugly settings you can't change to destination of recording) and b) 3G on 1st sim-card. If not 3G I would prefer cheaper and much better mobiles from Ali, the only 3G force me to choose it - one of my SIM doesn't work without 3G. But no more CAT phones.

  • Wonderful phone! Fantastic signal, best FM radio of any feature phone I've owned, rugged, water resistant (who would ever swim with a phone?). So I pay ~$20 a month for talk and text phone service and carry around a 128GB iPod Touch for media with wifi being almost everywhere. I'm often in areas where cell data lacks, but can almost always get at least a 2G phone signal. Save money, get a MP3 player and this tough phone and you're good! Oh...and you CAN get data/Internet on this phone if you don't mind the small screen and paying for data!

  • We use this phone in our company a lot. Many complaints about the audio quality.

  • VeRy good phone better than the s7 :)

  • tHis is good pHone i enter facebook and youtube

  • Hi mobile phone fans and users .... I have this phone from 07.2015 Phone is great BUT : 1 battery is a crap - now use a nokia bl-5c from grandma old phone . From the begining phone last one day not much ! 2 Second sim has a bad time management : when is used intensively it may occur low quality audition . This means this phone is no 1/2 of dual sim - dual standby Using only SIM 1 3 G is ok 3 No dedicated software for backup , small android kernel . No support on CAT 'S websites. Half a selling price was a better choice ... Do not recommend , use China Blackview rugged smartphone

  • battery is removable.

  • this phone is cool guys..............

  • Are you brain dead? This is no a smart phone.

  • "dual sim" here means dual micro sim with one of them wcdma compatible, the other is gsm only

  • This is not a smartphone, so how did you plan on running whatsapp?

  • Can't find a handsfree

  • Whatsapp???

  • Erkis, keep warning, 2G is more dangerous system for radioactivity exposed.

  • Just received my B30..................... no watapp??? Cmon CAT you can do better than that surely!!

  • To get better battery life switch to 2G at settings so battery last up to 1 week

  • The B30 phone is a piece of Junk. Cat should go back to building big machines. Battery life is poor. Phone is rubbish. Just wasted money on this unit.

  • I have just buy the cat b30 . The battery life is lasting 8hr with out calling. The phone is a joke.

  • How the hell do you set up MMS on this phone! I'm on BT mobile, have had SIM settings sent and stored, checked the MMS settings and internet settings and all correct but still wont send and receive MMS! even bought a PAYG SIM from GiffGaff but still not working?? phone calls and SMS work fine??? please help as i'm pulling my hair out!

  • i have just bought a b30 and have the same problem. drinks battery very annoyed just have contacted the person whom i bought it from.

  • 10 days in standby... What a joke: with only one SIM card, phone not moving (just sitting in one place), after a 12 hours full charging the standby is only 6 days until the phone stops because of flat battery.

  • Just bought this phone and can clearly see that you need a Micro-SIM. My previous simcard is a Mini-SIM but with a small chipsize so you can cut it to Nano-SIM if needed. What I am wondering about is if I can cut this to Micro-SIM and be able to use it even though the chip size is too small compared to the connection it has to touch? I'm not talking about the size of the plastic around but the chip that makes the connection. I tried ordering one of these old Micro-SIMs but seems they don't make them anymore?

  • Is this phone have double-stand by functionality ?

  • micro sim

  • nano micro or normal sim?

  • how many contacts can you save on this device

  • Good solid phone but quirky predictive text input which is irritating. (You can either capitalise every word, or no words, or every letter. It won't capitalise the first word in every sentence. More irritatingly if you've chosen predictive text input then it tries to use that when you want to search your contacts. This is just REALLY stupid. You need to try using it t see just how user unfriendly that concept is.) Also the torch is disappointing. Otherwise great battery life etc.

  • Is that actually a drawback? With people finally admitting the "smart phone" is a toy first and a phone... basically never; what is to be gained from putting a web-browser in a device that is a phone first and a toy... never?

  • i just bought a cat b30 and it is actually drinking the battery. I have to charge it after 8 hrs even without using the phone . Can anyone help please ?

  • I bought this phone father, but that he has a problem with eyes. I can't find a bigger letter. Does someone can help me ?

  • If you're a spoiled kid who only ever owned a smartphone then maybe yeah, for the rest of us who had to earn our way up to the bigger leagues used Nokia, or Sony Ericsson feature phones...

  • You are missing the point of this device. It's meant for workers/sailors and similar.

  • No one would buy this phone to use a web browser with.

  • This model is tough for Site workers but one draw back is no browser.

  • No web browser... fail