CAT (Bullitt, under licence)
CAT S22 Flip
A rugged Android flip with a touchscreen and the Play Store. Getting hard to find.
Limited stock Rugged work tools
$130 to $234
Launch MSRP $234; street prices now range widely (GBP 129.99 refurb to ~$200+)
- TypeFlip
- SoftwareAndroid
- Screen2.8" LCD
- Network4G
- Introduced 2021
Software and apps
- Operating system
- Android 11 (Go edition) with Google Play Store pre-installed
- App store
- Full app store
- Web browser
- Yes
- Yesdumbphones.org lists WhatsApp support
- Spotify
- Yesdumbphones.org lists Spotify support (consistent with the Play Store being pre-installed)
- RCS messaging
- Yesdumbphones.org lists RCS support
Hardware
- Form factor
- Flip (rugged, touchscreen)
- Screen
- 2.8" TFT LCD 480x640 touchscreen, Gorilla Glass 5, plus a 1.44" external display
- Camera
- Yes
- Battery
- 2,000 mAh user-replaceable
- USB-C
- Yesunder a rubber flap, plus pogo-pin dock contacts
- Headphone jack
- Unknownsome spec sheets list a 3.5mm jack, others say none, and a GSMchoice reviewer states the listing is wrong and the phone has no jack. Verify before buying if this matters.
- Water and dust
- IP68
- Weight
- 180 g
Connectivity
- Network
- 4G4G LTE Cat4
- VoLTE
- Yes
- SIM
- Physical SIMSingle nano-SIM
- Bands
- LTE 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 12, 13, 20, 25, 26, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 71 | WCDMA 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 | GSM 850/900/1800/1900. The wide band list is the main reason it keeps getting recommended - it works in far more countries than most flips.
- Carriers
- Works on T-Mobile and T-Mobile MVNOs such as Mint and Tello
Where to get one
- Regions
- United States, United Kingdom, Europe
- Countries
- Global - sold in the US, UK and EU
- Also sold at
- Amazon; y2kphones.com; refurbishers
Notes
Snapdragon 215 quad-core 1.3GHz, 2GB LPDDR3 / 16GB eMMC (about 9.5-10GB usable), dedicated microSDXC to 128GB. 2,000mAh removable, secured by a captive coin screw; 11-12h talk on VoLTE. 5MP AF rear with flash, 2MP front. IP68, MIL-STD-810H, non-incendive C1/D2. Weight is reported between 180g and 224g across sources. The last widely-loved rugged Android flip, and increasingly hard to buy new.
Sources
- cat-phones.com
- phonescoop.com
- gsmfind.com
- y2kphones.com
- gsmchoice.com
- en.kalvo.com
- dumbphones.org (North American catalogue; RCS, Spotify and WhatsApp feature filters read from user screenshots, 15 Sep 2026)
Last checked 2026-09-15.Photo: Bullitt Group / Cat phones.
