Samsung Galaxy S7 Active

The most recent Galaxy S7 Active is here and it's pretty much as polarizing as ever. From one viewpoint, you have that sketchy camo plan. On the other, the S7 Active is a greater, more grounded, harder variant of the officially fantastic Galaxy S7. It's difficult to top that.

Preliminary specifications:


NETWORK: Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE

LAUNCH:   Announced 2016, June
                     Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2016, June 10

BODY:         Dimensions 9.9 mm thickness
                     Weight 185 g (6.53 oz)
                     SIM Nano-SIM
                    - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
                    - IP68 certified - dust proof and water resistant over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
                    - MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

DISPLAY:    Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
                      Size 5.1 inches
                      Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~576 ppi pixel density)
                      Multitouch Yes
                      Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
                     - Always-on display
                     - TouchWiz UI

PLATFORM: OS Android OS, v6.0 (Marshmallow)
                       Chipset Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820
                       CPU Dual-core 2.15 GHz Kryo & dual-core 1.6 GHz Kryo
                       GPU Adreno 530

MEMORY:  Card slot microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
                     Internal 32/64 GB, 4 GB RAM

CAMERA  Primary 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash
                   Features 1/2.6" sensor size, 1.4 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 9MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, Auto HDR, panorama
                   Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@240fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
                  Secondary 5 MP, f/1.7, 22mm, dual video call, Auto HDR

SOUND: Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
                 Loudspeaker Yes
                3.5mm jack Yes

COMMS: WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
                Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE, aptX
                GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
                NFC Yes
                Radio No
                USB microUSB v2.0, USB Host

FEATURES: Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2
                      Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
                      Browser HTML5
                     Java No
                    - Fast battery charging: 60% in 30 min (Quick Charge 2.0)
                    - Wireless charging (Qi/PMA) - market dependent
                   - ANT+ support
                   - S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
                   - OneDrive (115 GB cloud storage)
                   - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
                   - MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264 player
                   - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/FLAC player
                   - Photo/video editor
                   - Document editor
                  BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery
                  MISC Colors Camo Green, Titanium Gray, Sandy Gold