Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review: The triathlete

24 June 2015
Once again its June and time for Samsung to present us with a rugged version of its latest range-topping smartphone. This year, once more exclusively for AT&T, it is Samsung Galaxy S6 Active that enters the spotlight with camouflage livery, gobs of tech...

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  • Anonymous
  • 7q9
  • 25 Jun 2015

looks ugly but then again, it isn't designed to be aesthetically pleasing.also is pretty compact for a rugged phone

beast of a phone....future-proofed and ready to take for an adventure.

indeed meant for active people.....i have a feeling this is going to sell a lot

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    • AnonD-13148
    • uFk
    • 25 Jun 2015

    Now, make this available worldwide and you'd attract a portion of those Xperia Z users and this would mean more profit.

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      • AnonD-13148
      • uFk
      • 25 Jun 2015

      wow. such battery life. much browsing hours. very cool.

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        • AnonD-229512
        • C6m
        • 25 Jun 2015

        now this is king of battery

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          • AnonD-391800
          • Bmu
          • 25 Jun 2015

          Now, that IS batterylife! :-o Shame its a samsung tho :-/

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            • Anonymous
            • sG%
            • 25 Jun 2015

            AnonD-111968, 25 Jun 2015Yes, that's the big question. But they think, they would ra... moreIf you still haven't noticed, Samsung actually makes thin phones with good battery life. Show me a phone just as thin as the S6, with the same or similar battery and has a better battery life? Because you wont find any.

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              • Anonymous
              • sG%
              • 25 Jun 2015

              AnonD-60230, 25 Jun 2015and this device seriously looks ugly as hell! though Overal... morePlease show me a rugged phone with beauty?

              And no Samsung will not put a 3500 battery on their small sized flagships, the note series yes maybe, but not the S series. The S-series was meant to be for the majority, meaning smaller, more compact and thinner as-well as the looks.

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                • NO FAN BOY...!
                • rAg
                • 25 Jun 2015

                The battery life of this phone is amazing...!
                Now Samsung , please do the same with Note 5...!
                I am gonna buy Note 5 when it comes...so i want the great battery life like S6 Active or even better with bigger screen & all Note features...!

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                  • pooja
                  • w43
                  • 25 Jun 2015

                  nice

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                    • AnonD-111968
                    • Ui%
                    • 25 Jun 2015

                    AnonD-60230, 25 Jun 2015and this device seriously looks ugly as hell! though Overal... moreYes, that's the big question. But they think, they would rather have sduper thin device as iPhone rather that an outstanding battery life, and they think further. Users are anyhow are crazy about iPhones. But with S6 active battery life, in case you encounter a problem and u need reset to send it for repair. You will lose your precious data. This is result of removing the microSD where u could easily remove anytime.

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                      • AnonD-60230
                      • 7wC
                      • 25 Jun 2015

                      AnonD-22824, 25 Jun 2015It looks perfect , dude go spread ur hate somewhere else.lo... moreand this device seriously looks ugly as hell! though Overall device has no other downside but for looks, well its out of question!
                      What I couldn't get it, why didn't Samsung went for a 3500 mAh battery for the regular S6? well S6 would have been a must buy with that! Samsung should put all their capabilities in a device!

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                        • AnonD-218930
                        • 0ZU
                        • 25 Jun 2015

                        Longest Battery every !! longer than my LUMIA 1520!! DAAAMN

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                          • Bogdan
                          • nDG
                          • 25 Jun 2015

                          not every day you see easyly the strongest CPU on the market in a phone and the best battery performer. Exynos 7420 is a beast of a CPU and does that with lower power consumption. if this phone had a 1080p screen it would probably last for a week.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • sG%
                            • 25 Jun 2015

                            2015 is really Samsungs year so far, from the s6 edge, s6 active and soon the note 5...the rest are just playing catchup.

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                              • AnonD-375842
                              • LJC
                              • 25 Jun 2015

                              my perfect phone.. its really usable with 3500mha battery and the best camera/CPU/screen right now

                              for the look? fuk it. i wana a phone to use it not to show it.

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                                • AnonD-202919
                                • q}P
                                • 25 Jun 2015

                                Copy and paste error on page 9: "Then when the website asks for a login the phone will prompt you to put your finger on the Home key and a second later the info is filled in and submitted. We found that this doesn't work with all types of login pages, but it should work on most."

                                No, fingerprint login does not work on the S6 Active. It does for the S6, but the S6 Active does not have a fingerprint reader.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 0GB
                                  • 25 Jun 2015

                                  Most expensive stone ever. fail samsung.

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                                    • AnonD-354090
                                    • SXm
                                    • 25 Jun 2015

                                    Nice device. Hardcore, not for everyone, but unique in its own way. I prefer this to regular s6, but not the s6 edge

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 6ch
                                      • 25 Jun 2015

                                      This would be a win if it have microsd and removable battery.

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                                        • ArtificiallyYours
                                        • qQA
                                        • 25 Jun 2015

                                        Lol. Because it isn't an alluminum slab of paper thin density it's "not a looker"?

                                        Your site panders to the lowest common denominator these days.