News & Reviews:   Samsung Galaxy S4 Active

As part of the next bunch of Samsung Galaxy S4 variants, the Galaxy S4 Active is the rugged, tougher and reportedly water-proof version of Samsung's flagship smartphone. While the tech specs have revealed that it won't be using the same processor or chipset, the overall design remains the same. However, @evleaks have revealed a number of Samsung Galaxy S4 Active images, one bunch in black for AT&T and a turquoise blue one as well.

While Samsung have plans to reveal Samsung Galaxy S4 variants like the Galaxy S4 Mini, Active, Zoom and Mega, so far only the S4 Mini Active and Zoom specs have been revealed. First off is the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini, which was revealed from the AnTuTu benchmark site:

• 4.3" Super AMOLED (540 x 960, 240ppi ~ 256ppi)
• 1.7GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 dual-core Krait 200
• 1.5GB RAM
• Adreno 305 GPU
• 8GB internal storage
• 8MP rear camera + 2.1MP front camera
• LTE + dual-SIM support

Samsung recently released a teaser image for their upcoming Samsung Premiere 2013 event happening on 20 June 2013 in London. They will also be streaming the event live at www.youtube.com/SamsungMobile so you can watch it here in Malaysia as well. From the text it is clear that they intend to release something Galaxy and ATIV related and the chopped up image seems to suggest a new notebook computer or hybrid tablet. However, since the text also mentions Galaxy it could also mean an announcement on new Samsung Galaxy smartphones.

According to earlier rumours, the more rugged version of the Samsung Galaxy S4, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active (or J Active as some other rumours indicate), actually exists. Leaked images of the phone have appeared and while it doesn't really look metallic orange as earlier indicated it does look nice in red.

Talking about another Samsung Galaxy S4 variant, the more rugged version called the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active has revealed some more details regarding this supposedly waterproof smartphone. In bencmarks done by other tech sites, the benchmarks revealed the following:

• It will be called Samsung Galaxy S4 J Active
• Has 2 models: SGH-I537 and GT-I9295
• Uses 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus

In what appears to be a near-official leak, Samsung have let slip a new Samsung Galaxy S4 device much like the waterproof Samsung Galaxy S4 Activ and the Samsung Galaxy S4 mini. This new device is called the Samsung Galaxy S4 Mega. The leak appeared on the version update for Samsung's WatchON app where it clearly says:

"Added support for upcoming S4 Mega, S4 mini and S4 Active.

Rumours surrounding the existence of a more rugged and waterproof version of the Samsung Galaxy S4 were put to rest recently. This happened when the Samsung Galaxy S4 Activ (whose name is still not confirmed) was recently certified by the Bluetooth SIG. Its user agent profile then showed up on Samsung's website. While the Bluetooth certification does confirm that yes it does exist, it doesn't confirm much else.

While the Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 were both officially announced last month, recent rumours confirm release dates for Europe and Russia will be Week 20 to Week 25 for the Galaxy Mega 5.8 and Week 19 to Week 21 for the Galaxy Mega 6.3. Hopefully, Malaysia and other Asian regions will get the next batch of shipments after this. The Samsung Galaxy S4 mini and the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active are expected to be released in Week 29 while the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is expected from Week 23 to Week 25. For those of you who haven't been counting, this week is Week 19.