COMING SOON: Samsung Galaxy S6 Active
It's the Galaxy S6 but tougher, and it features an SD card slot and a removable battery
Samsung's brilliant Samsung Galaxy S6 will be joined by a number of smartphone variants, including the Samsung Galaxy Edge, Samsung Galaxy S6 mini and Samsung Galaxy S6 Active. Here we round up the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active rumours, including new leaked photos.
Will there be a Samsung Galaxy S6 Active?
The first mention of a Samsung Galaxy S6 Active came from a user on Reddit, who claims to have spoken to a Samsung rep who says there will indeed be a Samsung Galaxy S6 Active. More recently, Sammobile's various reports suggest the S6 Active does indeed exist, having passed the Bluetooth
certification and been spotted in the Indian import listings. And it's been spotted in AT&T's inventory.
Perhaps the clearest evidence of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active's existence comes from Samsung itself, however. On Samsung's own site the S6 Active is among those devices listed as being eligible for its US Samsung Plus points scheme.
The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active was announced in May 2014, two months after the standard Samsung Galaxy S5. Expect to see the same with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active. (Our Reddit tipster also claims it'll get a mid-summer release.)
S6 Active specification
According to Sammobile, the S6 Active will have many of the same specifications as the Samsung Galaxy S6, with a 5.1in Quad-HD Super AMOLED display, Android 5.0 Lollipop, octa-core Exynos 7420 processor, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, and 16- and 5Mp rear- and primary cameras. It will be slightly larger at 73.6x146.9x8.8mm, allowing for a more capacious 3500mAh battery.
According to the aforementioned Reddit tip, the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active will also get the microSD card support missing from the S6. However, it will lose the heart-rate monitor and fingerprint scanner, and the camera will be downgraded.
That goes against recently leaked photos purporting to be the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active, however, which show that although there's no fingerprint scanner, there is the same rear camera and heart-rate sensor at the back as on the standard Samsung Galaxy S6. The speakers have also been moved to the back.