[PICS] The New Galaxy S4 Active. Is Samsung Over-releasing Gadgets?
After a series of leaked pictures and videos hit the web, Samsung finally announced the Galaxy S4 Active on Wednesday — a new rugged version of its popular Galaxy S4 smartphone.
By Sadho Ram — 06 Jun 2013, 03:34 AM — Updated about 11 years ago
Samsung Galaxy S4 Active water and dust resistant phone announced
Samsung has announced a new variant of its flagship smartphone, Galaxy S4. Named Galaxy S4 Active, the new smartphone is a waterproof, dust-proof Android smartphone.
in.comThe phone is dust and water resistant with IP67 certification and can survive being dipped in 1 meter water for up to 30 minutes. It comes with a water-resistant earphone jack, so one can use earphones even during wet conditions.
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The Active, which will run on the Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean), can be submerged in three feet of water for up to 30 minutes, so photos and videos can be taken in pools and oceans.
Image via mshcdn.comThe phone can also take pictures under water and features an 'Aqua Mode' for the same.
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The phone sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with LED flash and a 2-megapixel front facing camera.
yahoo.comThe S4 Active will be available in three colors, urban grey, dive blue and orange flare, and will hit markets this summer with an initial launch in the United States and Sweden.
mashable.comTech specifitions: Samsung Galaxy S4 Active
Like the original Galaxy S4, the Active also features a 5-inch display, 1.9-GHz quad-core processor, and Android 4.2.2.
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Its touchscreen can be operated while wearing gloves.
in.comThe phone also features Group Play to share music, photos, documents and games together and across various devices including Galaxy S4, Galaxy S4 mini, Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Mega 5.8. It also features several camera tricks that Samsung first introduced with the Galaxy S4.
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The phone gets a downgrade when it comes to the screen quality. Unlike Samsung Galaxy S4’s S-AMOLED screen, Samsung Galaxy S4 Active comes with an LCD display. The screen size is the same at 5-inches with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels.
On the processor front, Samsung Galaxy S4 Active comes with Quad-core 1.9 GHz Krait 300 processor. There’s no octa-core variant to the phone. The internal memory variants and the RAM is the same at 16 GB (MicroSD card to 64 GB) and 2 GB RAM.
in.comPricing and carriers were not revealed, but Samsung promised some hands-on time with the Active at its June 20 event in London.
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