Galaxy S7 Active review: Samsung makes the Active attractive

The Galaxy S7 Active continues Samsung’s tradition of releasing a military standard-grade phone that draws much of its inspiration from the latest Galaxy S flagship, while adding a little something extra that some consumers want. Many have said that the Galaxy Note 7 is “an S7 edge with an S Pen,” but the Galaxy S7 Active can be called “the true Galaxy S7 Plus” without raised eyebrows: it has the same display, cameras, SoC, internal storage, microSD card slot, and pre-installed Android Marshmallow as the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 edge, but brings the coveted Active key, new Sandy Gold color, shock-resistant build, and larger battery.

Since the Galaxy S7 Active is really a Galaxy S7 “plus” the extra, we won’t waste too much discussion on the similarities, though we will provide a photo gallery for your viewing. For those who want to see more discussion on the display, cameras, and Marshmallow update, we encourage you to view our Galaxy S7 review.

Before diving in, I’d like to give some background on my last near eight weeks with the Galaxy S7 Active. I’ve been using a Galaxy S7 Active with a 10GB 4G data plan. I have tested battery life in the device with the SIM card inserted and without the SIM card. Now with all the preliminaries out of the way, let’s first cover changes between the Galaxy S7 Active and its immediate predecessor (the Galaxy S6 Active).

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