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SpecEagle review · Samsung

Galaxy S7 Active review: Rugged MIL-STD S7 with a huge 4000 mAh battery.

SpecEagle Editorial·Jun 2016·$795
Overall
74/100
Class rank
#1 of 8
Tier
Flagship
Buy?
At the right price
The verdict, up front

The rugged S7.

Galaxy S7 Active wrapped the S7's flagship internals and excellent Dual Pixel camera in a MIL-STD-810G shatter-resistant body with a much larger 4000 mAh battery — the toughest, longest-lasting Galaxy flagship of 2016.

01Display

84/100

84/100 puts it above the 80-point average for flagship phones of 2016.

TypeSuper AMOLED, shatter-resistant
Size5.1 inches
Resolution1440 x 2560 px

02Camera

82/100

At 82/100 this is one of the strongest camera showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 16 points above the cohort average.

Main12 MP Dual Pixel, f/1.7, OIS
Selfie5 MP, f/1.7
Video4K30

03Performance

80/100

At 80/100 this is one of the strongest performance showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 26 points above the cohort average.

ChipsetSnapdragon 820 (14nm)
GPUAdreno 530

04Battery

84/100

At 84/100 this is one of the strongest battery showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 23 points above the cohort average.

Capacity4000 mAh
ChargingAdaptive Fast Charge + wireless

05Build

86/100

At 86/100 this is one of the strongest build showings among flagship phones of 2016 — 7 points above the cohort average.

What works
  • Rugged MIL-STD-810G + IP68 build
  • Huge 4000 mAh — far bigger than the standard S7
  • Same excellent Dual Pixel camera
What doesn't
  • AT&T exclusive in the US
  • Bulky 185 g
  • TouchWiz heavy

How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 8-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .