Samsung Galaxy S8 Active Phone Specifications And Price

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 and now available for Pre-order.

NETWORK

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

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

STATUS

Announced: August, 2017
Released:  August, 2017

PRICE

Launch price: About 850 USD
Price in Nigeria: N290,000