• Mossy Feathers (She/They)
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    231 year ago

    Ah, an ad for a phone the average person can’t buy. No seriously, I tried to find a way to buy it and it looks like the only way to do it is contact Samsung’s sales on behalf of a company. Why bother posting this here if it’s about a phone that’s completely out of reach for basically everyone not in the military?

    • ladfrombrad 🇬🇧M
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      121 year ago

      Why not, post something here that’s like you say pretty niche and generates discussion about it?

      If it wasn’t posted here I wouldn’t have heard about it and why I subscribe to such places for news on these devices.

      • Mossy Feathers (She/They)
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        61 year ago

        True, I’m just confused I guess. The article feels consumer-facing, but the consumer can’t buy one of them, so what’s the point of the article?

    • @glimse
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      111 year ago

      If I had to guess, they died out in the consumer market when a lot of their unique features got baked into normal phones (water resistance, etc). A thick case and a heavy duty screen protector could get you the rest of the way which is probably good enough for 95% of their consumer sales.

      My friend (HVAC technician) loved his S6 Active but is getting by fine with his S21+protection accessories

      • @BasedGod
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        51 year ago

        I miss my s8 active

        • @glimse
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          11 year ago

          That might have been what he actually had, not the 6

    • ThyTTY
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      41 year ago

      Well, I am unsure in this partical case but XCover phones are available in Europe for everyone and can be bought from online stores.

      • @jsnfwlr
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        21 year ago

        Xcover, sure, but not the Tactical Edition, right? These phones have extra radio hardware to support connections to things like night vision googles etc.