We all know there are folks on the market who need to swap a flat or lifeless battery of their smartphone out for a brand new, absolutely charged one. Samsung is aware of it too, and it’s one of many high options on its new Galaxy XCover7 Professional rugged smartphone. However have you ever ever considered doing the identical factor in your pill? Amazingly, Samsung’s providing the identical function on its new rugged Galaxy Tab Active5 Professional pill too.
The Galaxy Tab Active5 Professional has a large 10,100mAh battery inside, and Samsung will promote you a substitute so you possibly can change it on the go, plus it has an uncommon Twin Sizzling-Swap function, the place you possibly can change the batteries with out the pill powering down within the course of. It may well even function with out a battery in any respect, and simply run on a mains energy provide. In case you’re questioning why you’d want such performance, chances are you’ll not. The Galaxy Tab Active5 Professional and Galaxy XCover7 Professional are primarily designed to be used by companies and out within the subject, the place fixed up-time could also be important.
The rugged credentials embody an IP68 mud and water resistance score, plus each units meet the MIL-STD-810H army toughness necessities, and have Corning Gorilla Glass Victus+ over the screens. We actually just like the look of the extra-tough S Pen stylus that comes with the Galaxy Tab Active5 Professional, which provides an IP68 score for the flexibility to function within the moist to go along with its new, chunky rough-and-tumble model.
What about the remainder of the specs? The Galaxy Cover7 Professional has a 6.6-inch, 120Hz LCD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 7 Gen 3 processor, and 6GB of RAM, plus a microSD card slot to extend the 128GB of inner space for storing by as much as 2TB. There’s a 50-megapixel foremost and 8MP wide-angle digital camera on the again, a 13MP selfie digital camera, and a 4,350mAh replaceable battery too. It runs on Android 15, has Samsung’s Knox safety, and is suitable with Samsung’s DeX desktop system.
The Galaxy Tab Active5 Professional has a ten.1-inch, 120Hz LCD display and the identical processor because the smartphone, however with the choice to decide on both a 6GB/128GB or 8GB/256GB RAM and space for storing configuration. There’s a 12MP foremost digital camera on the again and an 8MP digital camera on the entrance, plus there’s stereo audio system and a 3.5mm headphone jack. It additionally has 5G connectivity, Android 15, Samsung Knox, and DeX compatibility.
Each rugged Samsung units shall be obtainable from April 2025, however no costs have been introduced. It’s additionally potential Samsung could promote the Galaxy Cover7 Professional and Galaxy Tab Active5 Professional to most people along with its enterprise companions sooner or later.