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After seeing it in the leaked images and in the many rumors, here’s the Samsung officially bringing the brand new Active series smartphone with the announcement of the Galaxy S8 Active. As of now, Korean manufacturer has kept its new portfolio limited to US. Samsung Galaxy S8 Active will be exclusively available from AT&T, and it will be available from August 11 in Meteor Gray or Titanium Gold color options.
Confirming all the specifications that emerged up to this point, it does not change much internally, but outside is another story: a rugged body with metal frame and bumper protecting corners.
The device is shatter-resistant up to 5 feet on a flat surface. Water-resistant up to 5 feet of water for up to 30 minutes. It passed military specification (MIL-STD-810G) testing against a subset of 21 specific environmental conditions, including temperature, dust, shock/vibration, and low pressure/high altitude.
To give it more power, in addition to super-durable design, also a massive 4000mAh battery, Samsung Knox, and Bixby. To move all the Snapdragon 835 SoC, 4GB of RAM and the similar storage specs as already seen on S8 and S8 Plus cousins.
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No compromise here on the photo front: The Galaxy S8 Active boasts 12-megapixel dual-pixel primary camera with 12x optical zoom, f/1.7 aperture and LED flash. There is an 8-megapixel autofocus front-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture to capture bright images in low-light conditions. The display size is unchanged, besides now it’s a shatter-resistant screen which protects the Super AMOLED Quad HD 5.8-inch screen with aspect 18.5:9 aspect ratio.
Interested users can pre-order the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active on AT&T for $28.34 for 30 months with so many existing offers, including free Galaxy S8 when customers add a new line on AT&T Next and add DIRECTV, get $500 towards a Samsung TV purchased online when customers buy an eligible smartphone on AT&T Next and DIRECTV, get a Samsung Gear S2 for 99-cents or the Gear S3 for $49.99 on a 2-year agreement, and get up to $200 in credits when customers buy the eligible smartphone on AT&T Next.
