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the samsung galaxy s6 active is pretty much the exact same as the regular Essex except that it is on steroids and plated in armor I'm jessica's all court for CNN i'm going to show you what's different about this phone first of all we do have this thick plastic rim around the edge and these physical buttons on the bottom and on the sides they play a really important role in keeping this phone sturdy there's no glass there's no metal it is just plastic and it's supposed to be the phone does feel pretty grippy because it's got these indentations all along the rim and there's texturing on all of the buttons which are very responsive I really like using them I think they're kind of fun even if you don't live an active lifestyle whatever that means unlike the s6 be active is waterproof for 30 minutes and up to three feet of water is also dust resistant and it is resistant to drops for up to 4 feet but I wouldn't recommend trying it out on purpose it's nice that there's no flap over the charging port in this version unlike previous versions there is also wireless charging included just like in the s6 see this bright blue button here on the side this is the convenience key that launches the activity tracker you press it once to get to the activities own app that has weather or stopwatch as health for your pedometer flashlight a whole bunch of other things or you can long press it to pull up another app in this case I've got music because I like to listen to music when I run but the beauty of both of these functions is that you can program pretty much any app to watch and just remember you can still double tap on the home button to launch the camera there's also a bigger battery on the s6 active than with the normal s6 but otherwise the specs are pretty much the same you've got your 5.1 inch screen with a monster resolution 16 megapixel camera on the back 5 megapixel camera on the front and an android 5.1 side the phone does feel grippy in my hand it's a little bit wider than the regular s6 there are these little rivet looking things on the back but they're purely for decoration this is an embedded device so you can't pop anything off the back cover there are definitely some features on here that would help you out if you are active but i think that the s6 active is a really fun high-end phone to use no matter what your lifestyle I'm Jessica doll court for scene it make sure that you read my full essex active review at cnet com