A brand new version of the Galaxy S8 is about to launch

Samsung’s Galaxy S8 was released back in April of this year, but it’s arguably still the best Android smartphone on the planet. Power and performance are still top-notch despite the fact that a few newer flagship phones have debuted since the S8 was released.

And the design Samsung whipped up for the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ is hands down the sleekest and most stunning smartphone design the world has ever seen at this point. In fact, if rumors pan out and Apple indeed releases an iPhone 8 with that hideous cutout at the top of the display, the Galaxy S8 could very well be the best-designed phone of 2017 when all is said and done.

Traditionally carrying the 'Active' moniker, said devices have been boasting the same internals, doubling down with better isolation from the external elements, and usually donning a larger battery at the rear.

It seems that the Galaxy S8 is also getting the Active treatment, as such a device has been leaked for a while and it just recently popped on Geekbench where most of its hardware features got revealed.

Just like the regular S8 and S8+, the S8 Active will be boasting an octa-core Snapdragon 835 chipset accompanied by 4GB of RAM. Running Android 7.1 Nougat out of the box, the Galaxy S8 Active got 1942 single-core test and 6394 in the muli-core one, which ss very close to the results the Galaxy S8 and S8+ got.

As far as battery capacity goes, last year's Galaxy S7 Active arrived with a 4,000mAh battery, a solid increase over the regular Galaxy S7's 3,000mAh battery. We expect the Galaxy S8 Active to also don a larger battery than the Galaxy S8. Additionally, we've also heard that the S8 Active will also support Qi wireless charging.

The smartphone’s double-sloped screen really looks neat, but it wouldn't fly nicely with the rugged nature of the Galaxy S8 Active, so Samsung has gone for thicker bezels. Judging by our Galaxy S8 vs LG G6 drop test, the S8 Active best skip that posh design element if it wants to remain intact.