The new Samsung Galaxy smartphone was officially announced Active S7

After months of speculation and rumors, Samsung finally revealed the option "Active" his Galaxy S7. It seems that the information that appeared on the internet before this event was largely true, this variant of the smartphone being only an upgrade in terms of resistance, the harwdare being similar. The announcement targets the American market. Active Galaxy S7 is equipped with the same display 5,1 Super Super AMOLED with QHD resolution (2560 x 1440 pixels). It comes with a chipset Snapdragon 820, 4 GB RAM and 32 GB storage space, with the possibility of adding a microSD card. The cameras are also similar, with a resolution of 12 megapixels on the back and 5 megapixels on the front, while the battery has received a significant upgrade, from 3.000 mAh to 4.000 mAh.

The phone is slightly thicker and is made of shock-resistant materials, the mobile device Samsung It is still waterproof and dust, like normal variant. Samsung kept the tradition series phones resistant Active Galaxy S7 being also accessorized with physical buttons on the front, to the detriment of the capacitive buttons. The Home button is quite similar to the one on the normal S7, still next to a fingerprint sensor.

In the US, the phone will be launched at the same price Galaxy Edge S7, so a little more expensive than the basic model. Although we do not have official information about the European version, it is possible that it will be equipped with Exynos chipset 8990, like the standard models. The release in America is scheduled for June 10.