Samsung Galaxy S8 Active detailed specs revealed ahead of official announcement - SamMobile

Last updated: July 28th, 2017 at 08:38 UTC+01:00

It's been more than than a twelvemonth since the rugged version of the Galaxy S7 fabricated its way to the US, and Samsung could soon launch its successor. Named Milky way S8 Active, the durable smartphone has already been certified past the FCC and the Wi-Fi Alliance. Moreover, its images were leaked earlier this week, revealing a apartment display and a 4,000 mAh bombardment. At present, detailed specifications of the smartphone take been revealed.

According to the images of presentation slides that appeared online, the Galaxy S8 Active features a 5.8-inch QHD+ Super AMOLED display with 18.v: aspect ratio and Gorilla Glass v protection. Information technology runs Android vii.0, and comes equipped with a 4,000 mAh battery that's compatible with fast wireless charging. It features a Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB RAM, 64GB of internal storage, and a microSD card slot. It weighs a hefty 208.09 grams and its dimensions are 152.fifteen 10 74.93 ten 9.91mm.

The phone is supposed to be quite durable, thank you to IP68 certification (for dust and h2o resistance) as well equally MIL-STD-810G certification for resistance from shocks, drops, and farthermost climatic atmospheric condition. The Galaxy S8 Active retains the camera specifications of the Galaxy S8 and S8+ with a 12-megapixel rear-facing camera that features dual-pixel phase-detection autofocus, OIS, f/i.7 aperture, and 4K video recording. The front-facing 8-megapixel camera also features autofocus, f/one.seven aperture, and QHD video recording.

Connectivity features of the Galaxy S8 Active include Bluetooth five.1, Wi-Fi, NFC, MST (for Samsung Pay), GPS, A-GPS, and GLONASS. The phone could exist launched in 2 colours: Meteor Gray and Titanium Aureate. It besides features with a physical push button for summoning Bixby, simply we are not certain whether it could exist remapped. Terminal yr, the Milky way S7 Active had an 'Active Primal' that could be configured to open up any installed app of user's choice when they brusque press, long printing, and double press it.

Thanks to a much larger battery, the Galaxy S8 Active should exist able to last longer than the Galaxy S8 does with its iii,000 mAh battery. Still, the smartphone is expected to be sold exclusively in the US through AT&T. What do yous think nearly the Galaxy S8 Active? Permit u.s. know in the comments department below.