I lead an active life and the Active features work perfectly for me. You get an amazing S8 Galaxy wrapped in a military spec case that doesn't make it look like the Michelin man. Add a tempered glass screen protector and you are set. And yes, your friends are going to say "Wow, what phone is that?" Especially after you pull it out of your pocket after someone pushes in you the pool! This is my third Galaxy Active and I won't look elsewhere as long as it's available.
I really enjoyed this phone as long as it worked. It is fast with great battery life, fast charging, durable with a grwat camera. Unfortunately, morherboard died after 6 months and phone became unuseable constantly rebooting. I replaced it with S9 but really miss S8 active.
The only two problems that I have come across with this phone is 1. No ability to replace battery and 2. The charging port seems to have a problem with the material coming apart.
Over the weekend while guiding a meditation & mindfulness paddle, I dropped and lost my phone in the Haw River-Saxapahaw Lake...WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PLACE IT IN A DRY BAG! THAT FLOATS!! The kayak trip ended 3 hours later, and I returned to the office and let my manager and the others know what happened. Without the slightest hesitation, my manager leaped from his seat and said: “Let’s go, we got to find your phone!” We spent an additional 3 hours in the water combing the lake. Finally, we decided to call it quits and head to shore. Seconds later, he resurfaced with his hands up holding my phone as if he was holding Excalibur, shouting: “I found a phone but I don’t think it’s yours!” Ahahahahahahahaha!! If you want a rugged, durable, badass phone, get the Samsung Galaxy 8 Active! She (I call her Cerebra) is a BEAST! THIS IS THE BEST PHONE! 6 hours in 6 feet of water STILL ON AND FULLY FUNCTIONING!
I've had the phone a few weeks now, and uta not bad. A few things that are annoying you can't give people personal text tone notifications, taking a screen shot is annoying, and I kinda like the real buttons better then screen buttons. But the pictures are great n rhe battery is awesome
I would recommend Samsung but not the s8 active. Literally one of the worst phones I've ever had. The swipe feature is trash. It was better on my galaxy s5 when the feature was brand new. The auto correct croects my real words to things that aren't even words. The Bixby feature is trash as Well. It's a cool concept but it doesn't work so it's not worth using it.