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Consumer Reports, a non-profit organization that is well respected for its product testing, says a Samsung Galaxy S7 Active, a rugged model available only through AT&T in the U.S is not Water Resistant as being advertised.

Different Companies that label their devices “water-resistant” have a variety of benchmarks. In this case, Samsung says the Samsung Galaxy follows an engineering standard called IP68 that covers both dust- and water-resistance, and that the phone is designed to survive immersion in five feet of water for about 30 minutes. That was the spec Consumer Reports used in testing the Samsung Galaxy S7 Active.
Although, the standard S7 and S7 Edge models have the same claims on water resistance and passed several tests.

Consumer Report’s technicians placed a Galaxy S7 Active in a water tank pressurized to 2.12 pounds-per-square-inch, the equivalent of just under five feet of water, and set a timer for about 30 minutes. When the phone was removed, the screen was obscured by green lines, and tiny bubbles were visible in the lenses of the front- and rear-facing cameras. The touchscreen wasn’t responsive at all.

Following Consumer Reports standard procedure to avoid bias, when the first phone failed the immersion test, a second Galaxy S7 Active was subjected to the same test. The second phone failed as well. After it was removed from the tank, the screen cycled on and off every few seconds, and moisture could be seen in the front and back camera lenses. They also noticed water in the slot holding the SIM card.

For a couple of days following the test, the screens of both phones would light up when the phones were plugged in, though the displays could not be read. The phones never returned to functionality.

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End of story. All those who swear by Samsung take note.