Samsung Galaxy S5 Active Specs

8.7

Description

The Samsung Galaxy S5 Active has a 5.1-inch screen with resolution of 1080 x 1920. A quad-core 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 CPU is under the hood along with the Adreno 330 GPU. 2GB of RAM and 16GB of free memory is on board. The back and front facing cameras are 16MP and 2MP respectively. Android 4.4.2 is pre-installed out of the box.

This device is also known as Samsung SM-G870

Pros

  • Rugged device
I want it 18 users
I have it 14 users
I had it 14 users

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Display

Benchmarks
Size: 5.1-inch
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 px, 432 PPI
Technology: Super AMOLED
Screen-to-body: 67.23 %
Colors: 16 777 216
Features: Scratch-resistant glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 3), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware

Benchmarks
System chip: Qualcomm Snapdragon 801
Processor: Quad-core, 2500 MHz, Krait 400
GPU: Adreno 330
RAM: 2GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage: 16GB, available to use: 11 GB
Storage expansion: microSDXC up to 128 GB
OS: Android (6.0 Marshmallow, 4.4.4, 4.4.2) Screenshots
Device type: Smartphone

Battery

Capacity: 2800 mAh
Type: Li - Ion, User replaceable

Camera

Rear: Single camera Camera samples
Main camera: 16 MP (PDAF, BSI sensor)
Flash: LED
Video recording: 3840x2160 (4K UHD) (30 fps), 1920x1080 (Full HD) (30 fps)
Features:
Picture-taking during video recording, Video light, EIS, Video sharing
Front: 2 MP
Video capture: 1920x1080 (Full HD)
Dimensions: 5.72 x 2.89 x 0.35 inches
(145 x 73 x 9 mm)
Weight: 6 oz (170.0 g)
Resistance: Water, Dust, Shock; IP67; MIL-STD-810 certified
Keys: Left: Volume control, Other; Right: Lock/Unlock key
Colors: Gray, Green, Red

Cellular

4G (FDD): Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700 b)
3G: Bands 5(850), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed: LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSPA, HSUPA
SIM type: Micro SIM
HD Voice: Yes
VoLTE: Yes

Multimedia

Benchmarks
Headphones: 3.5mm jack
Speakers: Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features: Album art cover, Background playback
Screen mirroring: MHL, TV-out

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth: 4.0
Wi-Fi: 802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, dual-band
MIMO, Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB: microUSB, USB 2.0
Features: Mass storage device, OTG, Charging, Video out
Hearing aid compatible: M3, T4
HDMI: Yes
Location: GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors: Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Gesture, Barometer
Other: NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features

Notifications: Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3, WAV), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features: Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording, TTY/TDD

Regulatory Approval

FCC approval:
Date approved: May 08, 2014
FCC ID value: A3LSMG870A
Measured SAR:
Head: 0.66 W/kg
Body: 1.09 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission: 1.48 W/kg
Wireless Router: 1.09 W/kg
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Carrier Availability

Discontinued

AT&T

News

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AT&T updates the Samsung Galaxy S5 Active and Samsung Galaxy Alpha to Android 5.0
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active is updated to Android 4.4.4
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Samsung Galaxy S5 Active is updated to Android 4.4.4

User Reviews

Overall User Rating
Build quality
6.7
Camera quality
9.7
Performance
8
Display
9.7
Battery life and charging
8.3
Rating breakdown (out of 10)
9
Best So Far
Phone owned for more than a year

Best phone I've used so far... Does everything better than my last phone which was pretty good for nearly 3 years (Nexus 4). This phone fits my specific needs very well. I drive a truck and do delivery work. This phone is my Audiobook entertainment, Google Maps navigator, Link to my home office texting machine, Customer contact phone (Bluetooth : LG T-One) and I'm not afraid of dropping it or pulling it out in the rain. A touchscreen that works when wet is a big big boon as is a camera that shoots excellent documentation pictures in nearly any light condition.
My complaints are very minor:
-Power-on with home button. I carry phone in cargo pocket in my uniform pants and flexing my leg pushes the Home button sometimes. Without a pattern lock enabled I wind up "butt dialing" all sorts of stuff. I've yet to find a way to disable this without rooting. (This is the first phone I have NOT rooted: I don't own it, yet...)
-Bloatware: Samsung has a few useful enhancements - maybe 5% of the Gig they add to the OS. AT&T has NONE that I would ever use since EVERYTHING they offer is done better by applications on the Play store. That's the bad. The good is that you can "Disable" most of this crap and let the phone run a bit faster and longer on a charge. The bad is that you can't remove them without rooting (see above).
This has been a GREAT phone for me over the last 13 months and I consider myself a "power user" fairly savvy about Android and the millions of things we can do with these devices. I -highly- recommend this phone if it meets your use case.

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9
Favorite Andriod to date
Phone owned for less than a year

Great Phone. The camera is amazing. We have been on multiple trips, and my wife is a photographer. She has gotten frustrated because sometimes my shots are as good as her DLSR. Can't wait for the S6 active later this week with the bigger battery.

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8
samsung galaxy s5 active
Phone owned for less than 3 months

glass broke after the slippery design slid out of my lap and broke the supposedly more durable glass. I think I was sold a line of bull. it only fell two feet and landed on a corner. when I called AT&T to complain. they told me it would be a $200 deductible to fix. I am military and was sold on the durability and it didn't even last a month.

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