Samsung Galaxy S8 Active: Phone With Shatterproof Launched

Samsung has produced a Shatterproof version of the Samsung Galaxy S8 and called it the Galaxy S8 Active. The South Korean mobile phone makers also ditched the infinite screen on the Galaxy S8.

So let's see the specs and price of Samsung Galaxy S8 Active which also has Iris Scanner below which is now available for Pre-order.

SAMSUNG GALAXY S8 ACTIVE SPECS AND PRICE

✔ NETWORK
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

✔ STATUS
Announced 2017, August
Status Available. Released 2017, August

✔ DESIGN
Dimensions 151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm (5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)
Weight 208.1 g (7.34 oz)
Build Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
SIM Nano-SIM
- Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified)
- IP68 certified - dust/water proof over 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G compliant - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

✔ DISPLAY
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.8 inches (~81.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1440 x 2560 pixels (~506 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
- 3D Touch (home button only)
- Always-on display
- TouchWiz UI

✔ PLATFORM
OS Android 7.0 (Nougat)

✔ PROCESSOR
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
GPU Adreno 540

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

✔ CAMERA
Primary 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash
Features 1/2.5" 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, HDR, dual-video rec.
Secondary 8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR

✔ MEDIA
Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic

✔ CONNECTIVITY
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
NFC To be confirmed
Radio No
USB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector

✔ FEATURES
Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
- Samsung DeX (desktop experience support)
- Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0)
- Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent)
- ANT+ support
- S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
- MP4/DivX/XviD/H.265 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document editor

✔ BATTERY
Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 120 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 32 h (3G)
Music play Up to 113 h

✔ MISC
Colors Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold

✔ PRICE
Launch price About 850 USD
Price in Nigeria: N290,000
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China:
UK:...