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what do you call spending your honeymoon phase with a beast I mean hey first impressions are everything but if there's one thing that rugged phones are never apologetic about is looks I'm high net event with pocket now and we just spent 24 hours with the galaxy s7 active to be fair rugged phones were never meant to be pretty if anything the idea is to serve a purpose and that's to become a handy tool as the driller the wrench that you need to get a specific job done at nine point nine millimeters in thickness the galaxy s7 activism beast of a phone it's padded borders into a product design to take a beating but even as commanding as it is you'd be surprised that good looks actually made the package the border has a sharp finish that exudes high-quality craftsmanship so much so that you might think twice about beating this phone up the Camelbak texture feels very grippy and softer the touch as well to describe it through an analogy this is like strapping a very expensive than permanent case around the galaxy s7 though as the average TV infomercial would say but wait there's more Samsung has added an extra layer of protection to the sheet of Gorilla Glass 4 at the top in addition to side rails protruding ever so slightly that layer doesn't really seem to affect the visibility of the gorgeous 5.1 inch AMOLED panel at all even though I do notice that it holds on to lint more than the average smartphone no worries though it doesn't affect the famous always-on mode that comes standard with every galaxy and looks just as gorgeous on this display as well the setup process comes standard as with previous galaxy s7 units we've reviewed there are some subtle changes like the new blue blocks that AT&T included you also get a new chime on startup oddly though this phone didn't give me the option for marshmallow restorers from backups so you pretty much have to use tap and go whether you like it or not this is the first act of galaxy to include a fingerprint scanner and fingerprint recognition is rather snappy as you would expect the startup then greets you with a lot of bloat from DirecTV that you can easily disable and options to define what you can do with the action button that's at the top left from a simple press to long press to even a double tap once everything's done you're pretty much greeted with a standard galaxy s7 TouchWiz as here the theme stores here a lot of AT&T also here we'll have a full comparison with a galaxy s7 coming soon but so far in the software Department everything just seems intact the general theme after a first few hours of usage is that this is pretty much a galaxy s7 which says a lot since previous active variants always included some sort of compromise and paper you'd even consider that the active is a better smartphone than the galaxy s7 but usage is what really will determine what's better I do prefer the clicky navigation buttons as opposed to capacitive but these don't line up at all which is rather sad you'll be happy to know that game launcher does the activate them something that's rather convenient since they do protrude the casing expectations are high as from the whole industry on that 4000 milliamp hour battery go in a standard galaxy s7 is no slouch my first experiment using it for 24 hours non-stop after everything was installed hasn't proven to be great though so far I've managed to scratch some 4 hours of screen on time which is what the regular galaxy s7 reaches though more testing is required and yes fast and wireless charging do come standard as well I must clarify I do believe that the problems with the battery have a lot to do with me being a lot on the phone during this first 24 hours and I will admit that call quality is rather great and even though I've heard complaints about the speaker I haven't found any actually Internet addiction sounds scary right but we live in a 24/7 information age where we use technology for both work and what beta speeds are also surprisingly well so don't worry the casing won't make anything any worse now one of the things that I'm really looking forward to is taking this phone on a hike for its camera the other day I actually took the standard galaxy s7 because I love that peace of mind of having a water-resistant phone with me but I will admit that I was worried the whole time about dropping the phone and just destroying the back the galaxy s7 active should be the perfect solution to that especially because it used the same camera technology of the standard galaxy s7 and overall I have to admit our tests have been amazing so far for the first 24 hours our first impressions are rather positive I'm the first to complain that instead of thinning lights I want a thick and powerful smartphone and this could probably be my next daily driver so far in paper the galaxy s7 active is nailing that dream that I've been looking forward to but more shall be revealed as we compare it and then fully review it over the next few days for 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