With the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active another variant of the Samsung Flaggschifs in Germany is now available. This model is designed as an outdoor smartphone and superior durability.

The Samsung Galaxy S4(Galaxy Ace S5830 Cases) Active differs in some respects from the current Samsung flagship, so that it meets the requirements of an outdoor smartphones justice.

The model is water-and dust-proof, and with the 8 MP camera can even take pictures underwater.

A change also affects the display: While the Galaxy flagship an AMOLED display is used, Samsung has opted for the outdoor smartphone for an LCD display. The big advantage: even in direct sunlight the display is clearly visible.

Even with the smaller optics give it new features: The Samsung Galaxy S4 Active is slightly larger and thicker - and therefore heavier - than the normal S4. In addition, three hardware buttons on the front of the smartphone and a coarser appearance of the back: In each of the four corners of a large rivet is attached.

In terms of hardware, there are no major differences between the new outdoor smartphone and the Samsung Galaxy S4(Samsung Power Bank). Both devices use a quad-core processor with 1.9 GHz and two gigabytes of memory.

Nor can expand the memory with both devices via microSD card - this can be fast Samsung Galaxy S4 Active necessary because it is the model with 16 gigabytes of flash memory.

The retail price of the model is 649 euros, but there are already significantly cheaper offers. So far, the outdoor smartphone is only available in black, but a blue and an orange model are planned.