Samsung Galaxy S7 Active not water resistant: Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports says one Samsung phone that’s advertised as being “water resistant” actually isn’t.

Consumer Reports, a nonprofit organization that is well respected for its product testing, said last week that it can’t recommend the Active because it doesn’t meet Samsung’s own claims.

By contrast, Consumer Reports rates the S7 and S7 Edge phones as “Excellent” for their displays, battery life and cameras.

Samsung said it has received very few complaints and had subjected the phone through strict testing for quality assurance, but “there may be an off-chance that a defective device is not as watertight as it should be.”