Aesthetically, it’s a good look - but if you’re in a line of work where you’re interested in the S8 Active to begin with, the lack of a tactile, clickable interface may inhibit usability with gloves.įor that reason, it’s hard to recommend the S8 Active lock, stock, and barrel over its predecessor in the design department. That larger 18.5:9 screen comes at a price - the S7 Active’s physical navigation buttons are nowhere to be found on the new model.

In terms of width and thickness, they’re exactly the same. The bezels are quite slim on every side for such a rugged device, but the S8 Active is only a bit taller than its predecessor. Although the screen isn’t curved on the S8 Active, presumably for durability concerns, it covers significantly more surface area than the S7 Active’s did. Where design is concerned, the S8 Active is the more attractive handset, at least head-on. Both phones feature MicroSD slots for expansion up to an additional 256GB. It features the same 4GB of RAM as last year’s model, though the amount of internal storage has seen a sizable bump: 64GB, up from 32GB in the S7 Active. The S8 Active has a newer Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor. The S7 Active was at the bleeding edge of mobile hardware last year, and the same is true of the S8 Active today. 151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9mm (5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)ġ48.8 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm (5.86 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)ĤG LTE, GSM, CDMA, HSPA+, 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-FiĪccelerometer, ambient light, compass, GPS, gyroscope, Hall, heart rate, iris scanner, proximityĪccelerometer, ambient light, compass, GPS, gyroscope, heart rate, proximity

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