Right now, the Active sells only with AT&T in the US, and at $795 (around AU$1,085 and £550, converted) at full retail when it goes on sale on June 10, it isn't cheap. That's the same price as the curved-screen Edge, and $100 more than the S7 and a whole lot of other Android phones. This review was originally published June 6, 2016, and was updated on July 18, 2016 and July 31, to reflect further testing. I was initially turned off by the Active's cheap look and feel, but it has worked hard to win me over, because it has a few things that the better-looking S7 and S7 Edge don't. (And also a few reasons why you may want to stick with the original S7 or S7 Edge).
Samsung put an extra layer of protection on top of the display glass to keep it from cracking, and in general, the phone is rated to withstand falls from up to case-mate iphone xs / x tough case - matte black 5 feet, I've dropped it numerous times on the sidewalk, gravel and hardwood floor, and while the body has scratched slightly, the screen has remained unscathed, The first great smartphone of 2015, Beautiful and bold..with complications, The new no-compromise MacBook, A stellar on-ear headphone, Crave-worthy curves for a premium price, The Good The Galaxy S7 Active has extra long battery life and is resistant to dust, water and drops, It has has the same speedy performance, expandable storage and excellent camera quality as the original S7..
The iPhone could be barred from sales in Iran. "If Apple will not register an official representative in Iran within the next few days, all iPhones will be collected from the market," the Tasnim News Agency said, quoting the director of Iran's anti-smuggling office. Apple has run into trouble in certain countries with iPhones selling on the black market. Smugglers buy iPhones in one country at a cheap price, then sell them at a higher price in another country, thus cutting into Apple's profit margin.
More than 40 million Iranians own smartphones, many of them iPhones, which are often brought into the country by smugglers, The Japan Times said, Iran's new policy is designed to clamp down on the number of smuggled mobile phones by banning those not registered with the database, In 2013, Apple said it would begin selling iPhones in Iran when the US government relaxed sanctions that barred companies from selling electronic devices such as computers, cell phones and wireless routers to the country, The company case-mate iphone xs / x tough case - matte black has yet to register itself as an business entity officially selling the iPhone, A representative from the anti-smuggling office told the Tasnim News Agency that no legal restriction exists against Apple registering itself in Iran..
Some IT activists have condemned the potential plan to ban iPhones, arguing that collecting the huge number of handsets that fail to register would be difficult. Apple did not immediately respond to CNET's request for comment. Apple must register itself as an official representative in the country, or the government will put a halt to iPhone sales. iPhones could be persona non grata in Iran unless Apple takes measures to comply with the country's anti-smuggling requirements. The Iranian government has kicked off a new project to ban potentially smuggled mobile phones, The Japan Times said on Tuesday, citing a report from Iran's Tasnim News Agency. Scheduled to start this week, the plan will require all mobile phones to be registered with the country's telecommunications user database. Those that fail to register will be banned and unable to be used.
