Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Samsung's best Android phone – only harder to break

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review
Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Close up? Far away? This phone takes some beautiful photos

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

It handled this clutch shot of the President of the United States speeding by

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Back camera captures the parents, despite odd studio audience lighting

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Vivid colors, though the studio lighting giving me an extra weird glow

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

The Daily Show studio looked best on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Active vs my iPhone

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Underwater photos were a blast

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Easier than a GoPro and always with me

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

The colors are always vibrate, and not as oversatured as previous Galaxy phones

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

The camera auto-focus is fast enough to capture these sugar-filled kids

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

There's a special Aqua mode on this phone. It doesn't clear up your dirty pool for you, though

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Sometimes, when underwater, odd messages pop up. The S6 Active is sometimes tricked by water

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Food and some skin tones often comes out a little oversaturated in a negative way

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Low-light situations with backlighting and without the flash do a decent job

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Normal selfie: Someone is getting in trouble. Smirking because I don't have to deal with this yet

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Wide Selfie Mode: Asks you to tilt the phone right and left while it auto-stitches to its best effort

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Sometimes the Wide Selfie Mode fails if you tilt too quickly

Samsung Galaxy S6 Active review

Vertical Selfie: Maximized by the wide lens
Matt Swider