Samsung announces Galaxy S7 Active with large battery for release in US

Samsung has announced the Galaxy S7 Active for release in the United States. The device does not appear to be intended for a release in the Benelux. It is a variant of the Galaxy S7 with a sturdy housing and large battery.

The S7 Active will be released on Friday, provider AT&T reports. Previous Active variants of the Galaxy S series were also limited to a release with that American provider and did not come out in the Benelux, where it is not obvious that it is now happening.

The Active has an extra layer of polycarbonate over the screen to protect the display. The housing is also firmly made with plastic, where the regular S7 is made of metal and glass. The buttons below the screen are also physical and Samsung has also added a function button above the volume buttons. This allows users to launch apps of their choice.

With a 4000mAh battery, the S7 Active is equipped with a larger battery than the regular S7, which has a 3000mAh battery. The larger S7 Edge with 5.5″ screen has a 3600mAh battery. The Active is the ‘sturdy’ version of the S7, but shares many specifications with the American variant of that device, including the 5.1″ OLED screen with a resolution of 2560×1440 pixels, the Snapdragon 820-soc from Qualcomm, assisted by a memory the size of 4GB. The camera with a maximum resolution of twelve megapixels also corresponds to the regular S7. At 9.9 mm and 185 grams, it is thicker and heavier than the regular S7 and its predecessor S6 Active.