Samsung officially announced the Galaxy S8 Active, the more rugged version of the standard Galaxy S8. The smartphone is going to be exclusively available from AT&T later this week and pre-orders will start tomorrow, while the handset will start shipping on August 11.

Although AT&T has exclusive rights on the phone, that won't last long. Samsung has confirmed that the carrier will have exclusivity over the Galaxy S8 Active only "for a limited time," meaning the phone will be available from other carriers and retailers at some point.

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active specifications

5.8-inch Quad HD+ (2960 × 1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display with 570ppi, Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection

Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform with Adreno 540 GPU

4GB LPDDR4 RAM, 64GB storage (UFS 2.1), expandable memory with microSD

Android Nougat

12MP Dual Pixel rear camera with LED Flash, f/1.7 aperture, 1/2.55″ sensor size, OIS, 1.4µm pixel size

8MP auto focus front-facing camera with f/1.7 aperture, 1/3.6″ sensor size, 1.22µm pixel size, 80-degree wide-angle lens

Sensors - Accelerometer, Barometer, Fingerprint Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, Heart Rate Sensor, Proximity Sensor, RGB Light Sensor, Iris Sensor, Pressure Sensor

Water and dust resistant (IP68) + MIL-STD-810G

Dimensions: 152.14x 74.9×9.9mm; Weight: 207g

4G VoLTE, Wi-Fi 802.11ac (2.4/5GHz), VHT80 MU-MIMO, Bluetooth v 5.0 (LE up to 2Mbps), GPS with GLONASS, USB 3.1, NFC, MST

4000mAh battery with fast charging