Editors Liked
- Extra long battery life
- Fast performance
- Dust and water resistant
- Camera that challenges the iPhone
- Impact proof
Editors Didn't Like
- Plastic design feels cheap
- Middling call quality
- Only available on AT&T
- Expensive
Samsung Galaxy S7 Active
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Expert reviews and ratings
By androidguys.com
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Like I said in the introduction, whether you're looking for a phone with the best display, best camera, best durability, or best battery life, The S7 Active covers all those areas in one rugged package. Performance isn't the best out of all the...
By phandroid.com
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The Galaxy S7 Active is the closest thing you can get to a truly rugged phone with high-end flagship specs. At it's worst, the Active is still just a Galaxy S7. But at it's best, it's something a little...
By greenbot.com
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The Galaxy S7 Active is for those who are looking for a strong smartphone with stellar...
By Phone Arena
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Samsung's Galaxy S Active phones have long held their own against the mainstream Galaxy S handsets, and that's more true this year than ever before. With performance that's right on par with the Galaxy S7, the same killer features like that incredible...
By Android Authority
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The Galaxy S7 is one of the best smartphones on the market and even though the Active drops the premium looks, the rugged build and extra battery more than...
By Digital Trends
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Samsung's Galaxy S7 Active isn't for everyone, but if you want a rugged phone that's tougher than your average flagship and you're with AT&T, it's a great choice. The Active boasts all the power of a flagship, but none of its...
By Tom's Guide
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The Galaxy S7 Active is incredibly resilient, with a virtually unbreakable design and an 11-hour battery that won't drain out on your next adventure. It'd be easy to recommend the Active based on its shatterproof, waterproof design alone, but what...
By cnet
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AT&T customers looking for a durable and high-end smartphone can't go wrong with the Galaxy S7...
By Engadget
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Accidents happen. And if you're more prone to accidents than most (like me), your phone's probably taken more than its fair share of beatings. Since 2013, the AT&T-exclusive Galaxy S Active line has taken Samsung's flagship for that year and put it in a...
By talkandroid.com
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The Galaxy S7 Active is a smartphone I'd recommend to any “active” person. The plastic shell is obviously the way to go for those in harsher environments, as any old regular Galaxy S7 or S7 Edge cannot hold up to those scenarios. The software is...
By CRN
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Samsung's new Galaxy S7 Active smartphone is built to withstand the elements. Dropping the phone in water up to 5 feet deep is no problem, even for as long as a half an hour.A drop on the floor is no problem, either, as the screen is shatter-resistant...
By mashable.com
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Samsung Galaxy S7 ActiveThe GoodAll the power of the S7 • Massive battery • Excellent cameras • Handy Active shortcut key • Tough body with shatterproof screenThe BadExclusive to AT&T • PriceyThe Bottom LineThe Galaxy S7 Active is the only rugged phone...
By Pocketnow
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Four generations ago, Samsung's Active lineup was more of a device for clumsy people. A Galaxy S looking phone that could resist a little more, so long as you read the instructions well. The last two generations have instead been about telling the world...
By Android Police
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This review is about 4500 words long. We do that a lot here at Android Police, and if you want an exhaustive breakdown of the hardware and software in the Galaxy S7 Active, then by all means, read on. But if you want the long and the short of it, here...
By Chip Chick
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The S7 Active is not nearly as sleek and thin as the S7, but it's still quite attractive for such a rugged phone. And if you ask us, it's also a lot less masculine in design then its predecessors, especially the gold model. Just in time for summer,...
By TechCrunch
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Ultimately, the Galaxy S7 Active is right for someone who needs a rugged phone, without sacrificing any of the luxuries of the all-glass and aluminum counterparts. While I do wish it wasn’t an AT&T exclusive, the S7 Active cements itself as a beast — with a huge battery. It may lack the finesse in design we’ve come to expect from Samsung, but given the fact that you wouldn’t have to worry about the Active’s well-being, whatsoever, then it’s a good trade-off.
By Android Police
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Now that the primary Galaxy S7 series has regained its water-resistant powers, one might wonder why we need a ruggedized "active" version. And the answer is that, while the S7 and S7 Edge are some damn fine phones, all that delicately curved and exposed...
By Android Authority
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Knowing that water resistance and storage expansion has been brought back to the Galaxy S7, some wonder if the Galaxy S7 Active will have some meaningful value over its sibling. That'll undoubtedly depend on what you want in a phone. Being more...
By Android Central
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We have absolutely no reason to not recommend the Galaxy S7 Active. (By the way it runs $26.50 a month for 30 months, or $33.13 a month for 24 months — that's $795 total, $100 more than the standard GS7) so long as you're fine being on AT&T. Or...
By CNET France
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Ceux qui cherchent un smartphone à la fois haut de gamme et résistant ne se tromperont pas avec le Galaxy S7 Active Plus : la résistance aux chutes, à l'eau et la poussière, la grande autonomie. On retrouve les mêmes performances, l'excellent...
With the Galaxy S7 Active, Samsung adds a shatter-resistant build and a bigger battery to the already spectacular Galaxy S7, making it the best rugged phone AT&T subscribers can get.
As reviewed by PCMag