Samsung Galaxy S8 Active specification and prices
The first Samsung Galaxy S8 Active offers appeared on August 2017. This mobile phone belongs to the lowest price range: the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active price in USA for now is $1,440.00. The phone is on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Virgin Mobile USA, Metro PCS as well as retail stores like Wal-Mart, Target.
The phone runs on the most popular platform on the market for today - Android OS. Galaxy S8 Active has the late Android version: 7.0 (Nougat). It means that the phone will support all the latest games and apps easily. The phone is equipped with Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) processor which shows a perfect performance. The mobile phone has 4 GB RAM which is a big amount of memory.
This mobile phone has great 12 megapixel primary camera. With such camera owner of this mobile phone will be able to take cool pictures and videos. The camera's aperture size is 1.7. It is a great aperture for a cell phone. This allows the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active to make high quality pictures even when there is not enough light, for example at night. Also so large aperture will help to capture fast action shots. Galaxy S8 Active 8 megapixel front camera is great for making amazing selfies. It can film 4K high definition video with its primary camera. 4K is the highest resolution that cell phones support for today.
The Galaxy S8 Active has a big 5.8 inch display size. It means that most users may experience difficulties using the cell phone with one hand. Such screen size has significant benefits in compare to the smaller display: it's more handy for taking pictures, better for watching movies and perfect for quick typing.
This model has non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery, which can provide up to 120 hours of standby time, about 32 hours of talk time and up to 113 hours of playing music. It is excellent battery life results.
The cell phone's weight is 208.1 grams (7.34 oz), it is 151.9 mm (5.98 in) high, 74.9 mm (2.95 in) wide and has a 9.9 mm (0.39 in) depth which means that this model is rather thick.
You can buy Galaxy S8 Active in Meteor Gray or Tungsten Gold colors.
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- 2017, August
- Available. Released 2017, August
- Android 7.0 (Nougat)
- Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835
- Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo)
- Adreno 540
- 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm, phase detection autofocus, OIS, LED flash
- 8 MP, f/1.7, autofocus, 1440p@30fps, dual video call, Auto HDR
- 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, HDR, dual-video rec.
- 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
- 5.8 inches
- 1440 x 2960 pixels (~568 ppi pixel density)
- Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Corning Gorilla Glass 5 - 3D Touch (home button only) - Always-on display
- Yes
- Non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery
- About 120 h
- About 32 h
- About 113 h
- 151.9 x 74.9 x 9.9 mm (5.98 x 2.95 x 0.39 in)
- 208.1 g (7.34 oz, 0.46 lb)
- Corning Gorilla Glass 5 back panel
- Nano-SIM
- Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold
- 64 GB, 4 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
- 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO
- To be confirmed
- No
- Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
- Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, heart rate
- SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
- HTML5
- No
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
- 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)
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat12 600/150 Mbps
- Yes
- Yes
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