Samsung has almost made it a trend of announcing a flagship early in the year and then deriving various other products from it. Last year, Samsung announced the Galaxy S4 and then followed it up with a Galaxy S4 mini and a Galaxy S4 Active variant that was water and dust resistant. And from the look of things, it seems that Samsung will continue to follow the trend in 2014.
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Samsung had already announced the Samsung Galaxy S5 and it is available in the market right now. A mini version of the flagship has been rumored stages for sometime now and it is only a matter of official announcement. Samsung introduced the Galaxy S5 with IP67 ratings for Dust and water Resistance. At that it seemed that a Galaxy S5 Active was dead. But it seems that Samsung hasn’t given up on a more water resistant Galaxy S5 Active. The rumored Galaxy S5 Active will come with IP68 certification that allows it more time in the water.
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The specifications of the Galaxy S5 Active will be on par with the Galaxy S5 main variant and the main specifications are as follows
- 5.1-inch full HD (1920×1080 pixels) Super AMOLED display
- 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor
- Android 4.4.2 (KitKat)
- 16MP rear camera with LED Flash, BSI and 4Kvideo recording
- 2.1MP front-facing camera
- 2GB RAM and 16GB internal storage
