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Samsung's Galaxy S8 Active Looks Like a Rugged LG G6 (theverge.com)
The Wireless Power Consortium has released a leaked image of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S8 Active. While it's only one photo, the image shows a smartphone greatly resembling LG's G6. The Verge reports: First, the display: the S8 Active won't have curved edges, like the regular S8. The big question this year was what Samsung planned to do about the screen, since curved glass may be more susceptible to cracking, and Samsung seems to have decided the best option was to get rid of it altogether. Instead, the S8 Active has a flattened out look but retains the S8's rounded corners, making the front of the phone look a lot like LG's G6. Samsung seems to have made the bezels a little bit larger on the S8 Active, particularly on the sides. But overall, the front of the phone still seems to get fairly close to the nearly all-screen look of actual S8. The second thing this photo shows is that Samsung isn't putting buttons back on the front of the phone. That's not necessarily a huge surprise, but it'll make the device a bit harder to handle when wet, since owners will be relying on the touchscreen. And finally, this photo reveals a bit of what Samsung is doing to make the phone rugged. All four of its corners bump out, suggesting they've been reinforced to absorb shock should the phone get dropped; it looks a lot like what Samsung has done in the past.
It is a phone.
I love stacking my barbecues in the shed at the end of summer - you can't beat a bit of grill on grill action.
Given that it's for an "active" lifestyle which presumably means outdoorsy stuff, hopefully they've added a parabolic curve to the glass screen so that it has a focal point about six inches from the screen, so tha you can concentrate sunlight when you're lost in the wilderness to make a cooking or signal fire.
Do not look into laser with remaining eye.