Samsung announced the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active designed for the active and rugged lifestyles. It's a Samsung Galaxy S 4 with protection against, dust, drop and water, well sort of. It is expected to cost about the same with some specs slightly downgraded.
It was recently reported that the GS 4 Active in Russia will be priced the same as the original GS 4. This lead many to believe the Active will be priced in the United States the same price as the original GS 4.
The Galaxy S 4 Active is IP67 is sealed which protects against dust particles and water damage for up to 30 minutes in 3 meters of water. In comes in Urban Grey, Dive Blue and Orange Flare.
The S 4 Active also comes with water-resistant earphone jack for wet weather conditions or taking a underwater photo in the pool.
The Galaxy S 4 Active has 1.9 GHZ Quad-Core processor, 2,600mAh battery, 5.0’’ Full HD TFT LCD screen (443 PPI) with Glove Touch, 8MP camera and front camera. The GS 4 original has a Super AMOLED screen which is a different technology as well as more MP in its 13MP camera.
The camera has the added feature of Aqua Mode better for underwater images and video with the volume key used as a camera key.
S Travel (Trip Advisor) offers travel assistance, local information, and recommendations. ‘S Translator’ makes international travel easy by providing instant text or voice translation for emails and text messages.
The camera app offers Drama Shot, ‘Sound & Shot and Story Album. ‘Group Play lets friends with the GS 4 (original land) Galaxy S 4 mini Mega 6.3 and Galaxy Mega 5.8. share music, photos, documents and games.
Other Samsung Features on the GS 4 Active:
- Samsung Smart Pause pauses the screen when it's not being viewed.
- Air View’ lets you preview the content of an email by simply hovering your fingers over the screen
- Air Gesture, you can change the music track, scroll up and down on a web page, or accept a call with a simple wave of the hand.
- S Health keeps track of your personal health statistics using accessories that can monitor your heart rate, weight, sleep pattern and other measurements.
The Galaxy S 4 Active will be available this summer, starting off retail in the U.S. and Sweden.