The Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4 Rugged Smartphone can withstand a 1.2m drop

About two weeks ago, news filtered out that Samsung was planning to follow up the Galaxy Xcover3 rugged smartphone launched back in March 2015 with its successor in the series, the Galaxy Xcover 4, fueled most notably by the smartphone’s listings on benchmarking sites GFXBench and Geekbench.

Now, Samsung has officially announced the rugged smartphone, and its rumoured specs are now confirmed to be true.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4
Specifications, Review and Highlight

Just as the name depicts, the Galaxy Xcover 4 rugged smartphone is able to withstand a fall of up to 1.2 metres at most due to its US Military Standard MIL-STD 810G feature while also possessing the ability to resist water to a depth of 1 metre for as long as half an hour, as evidenced by its IP67 certification. The smartphone is also dust-proof.

The Galaxy Xcover 4 features a 4.8-inch HD display with a screen resolution of 1280 by 720 pixels while also making use of hardware buttons.

Samsung has favoured the Android 7.0 Nougat OS for the device which packs a quad-core Exynos 7570 14nm processor and features the Mali-T720 as its graphic processor with a clock speed of 1.4 GHz. It also comes with a 2GB RAM and an internal storage of 16GB which is expandable with MicroSD.

The Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4 comes with a 13MP rear camera with LED Flash and a 5MP front camera. It also supports 4G networks.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4
Full Phone Specifications

General

Device Type	Samsung
Model	Galaxy Xcover 4 (SM-G930F)
Announced	March 2, 2017
Released	April 2017
Status	Coming

Network

2G Network	GSM 850/ 900/ 1800/ 1900 GHz
3G Network	HSDPA 850/ 900/ 1900/ 2100 GHz
4G Network	LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
SIM Type	–
SIM Count	Dual SIM

Data

2G	GPRS Up to 32 to 48 kbps; EDGE – up to 236.8 kbps
3G	Up to 42.2 Mbps (HSDPA), 5.76 Mbps
4G	Up to 300/50 Mbps
Speed	HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Web Browser	Yes, HTML5

Design

Type	Rugged Smartphone
Dimensions	146.2 * 73.3 * 9.7 mm
Weight	172g
Build	Rugged metal body
Protection	IP68 certification for dust and water (up to 1.5m of water for up to 30 minutes) resistance MIL-STD-810G certified, can withstand a fall of up to 1.2 meters
Colors	Black/Grey

Display

Display Type	IPS LCD Capacitive touchscreen
Size	4.99 inches
Resolution	1280 * 720 pixels
Colors	16M colors
Pixel Density	~294 ppi pixel density
Touch Screen	Yes, works with gloved hands
Protection	n/a
Features	~64.3% screen-to-body ratio
Secondary Display	No