Samsung has officially announced its 5-inch, water and dust resistant Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active. It comes with an 8MP camera that can take photos underwater. It can remain functional even after remaining submerged in the water for half an hour.

Recently Sony had launched Xperia ZR with 8MP camera which has ability to take pictures even while it remains submerged in 1.5 meters of fresh water for up to 30 minutes and the user can shoot even from a locked screen.

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active is powered by a 1.9GHz quad-core processor and runs Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). It has a 5-inch display and LCD TFT screen with esolution of 1080P. The phone has 16GB of internal storage (expandable using microSD slot).

It comes with e ‘’Aqua Mode’’ option in the camera that increases the visual quality inside water.

The phone is available in blue, gray, and orange colours that give it a very youthful look.

For connectivity options it has 2G, 3G, 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, microUSB 2.0 and Infrared. It comes with a 2,600mAh battery. It comes comes in grey, orange and blue colours

Sony Xperia ZR on the other hand comes with 4.6” HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 for sharp and bright viewing experience. It has 13 MP fast capture camera with HDR video and “Exmor RS for mobile” and is suitable for capturing perfect photos and videos in any conditions as per company’s claims.

The company claims that it is dust-resistant and is IP55 and IP58 compliant, so one can keep it submerged in 1.5 meters of fresh water for up to 30 minutes. The user can shoot even from a locked screen.

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