AT&T has had an exclusivity deal to offer a ruggedized variant of the Samsung Galaxy S smartphone since the Galaxy S4 Active. In fact, Sprint did offer a “Sport” branded Galaxy S5, but it was a watered down version of the “Active” (if that makes any sense).
Anyway, Evan Blass of Venture Beat tweeted a render of the Galaxy S8 Active sporting “T-Mobile” in the corner of the lockscreen. That, and the 4G LTE icon matches that of the ones found on T-Mobile’s Samsung devices. AT&T’s “4G” logo has a larger and rounder font.
Samsung Galaxy S8 Active for T-Mobile [first reported: https://t.co/aWxlwQQ4rU] pic.twitter.com/Hh4FxxBON6
— Evan Blass (@evleaks) October 12, 2017
There’s also a date on the lockscreen: November 22. This could mean T-Mobile plans to launch an Active series smartphone well before the holiday season starts, though November 22 is a plausible launch date.
In addition, as part of the original report from Venture Beat back in September, the Galaxy S8 Active’s working model number is SM-G892A for the AT&T version. T-Mobile’s would have a “T” instead of an “A”. Several sightings of “SM-G892U” by Venture Beat would suggest that Samsung plans to launch the ultra-rugged version of the Galaxy S8 globally (the “U” signifies a universal variant), though, we wouldn’t bet on it just yet.
The Samsung Galaxy S8 Active has the same specs as the US-variant of the Galaxy S8: a Snapdragon 835 + 4GB of RAM and 64GB of internal storage. 12MP main camera and an 8MP front-facing one. There’s also the rear mounted fingerprint scanner and 5.8-inch 18.5:9 aspect ratio Super AMOLED (flat) display. The biggest difference is the 4,000 mAh battery and Military-spec compliance that renders it shock and shatter resistance, along with IP-68 water resistance.
We are still conducting our review of the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S8 Active and we can’t wait to present you with our findings.
I hope the unlocked carrier/global variant is under $500 lol wishful thinking I guess.
old phone already .. whats the point of this now ? instead release S9 active sooner rather than 100 months after main S9
there 'were' some issues with the S7 Active in regards to water protection. Samsung owned up to it, replaced damaged units, modified the warranty on existing units and even replaced ones just because people were concerned (understandably) as a proac...
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