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it sports a camo paint job thick plastic cladding and beefy bumpers but how tough is Samsung's Galaxy s5 active and should you spend your money on it we'll find out what's hot and what's not in pocket now 62nd smartphone review starting right now let's start with what's hot the s5 active is what you get when you stick a galaxy s5 in weight-training milspec durability and immersion protection and almost no compromising specs all you're losing are the fingerprint scanner and high-speed USB port otherwise it's as powerful as the galaxy s5 with a big bright screen and a great camera in daylight here's what's not hot that camera stinks in low-light and the phone's way bigger and bulkier than the standard s5 that'd be worth it if it was as rugged as advertised but we're not sure it is we jarred our sim loose and fluttered and destroyed a review unit just by using it the way Samsung says we should finally the upshot it's priced the same as the galaxy s5 which itself carries the same water resistance and Gorilla Glass 3 display protection the active may very well take damage better in the long term but that's far from guaranteed get the active if you're really clumsy really tough or really want people to think you're really tough otherwise the regular s5 is just as good for seven more minutes on the galaxy s5 active check out our full review here on youtube and at pocket now until next time this has been michael fisher with PocketNow thanks for watching and we'll see you on the next 60 seconds