Samsung’s niche mid-range Galaxy XCover Pro has a removable battery
Samsung has released its latest rugged smartphone, the Galaxy XCover Pro. Part of the occasional XCover series of rugged phones, it has a 6.3in LCD display and a now-rare removable battery (viaThe Verge).
The 4,500mAh cell is already pretty big but if you pick up a couple of spares then you’re right back in the good old days of the LG G3 and never having to find a charger when camping or at a festival – just swap them out.
Samung company quietlyannounced the phone in Finlandlast week while Samsung itself mentions the device in aSwedish press release, but otherwise details are scant and it could remain a niche Europe-only device.
It runs on Samsung’s mid-tier Exynos 9611 chipset and comes with 64GB storage and 4GB RAM. Some reports say it launches with Android 9 and some say Android 10, proving how much of a surprise this phone has been as details are still unconfirmed. Therugged phoneindustry isn’t exactly a burgeoning market, although there are people out there who want a decent modern handset that can survive a bit of a thrashing.
The Galaxy XCover Pro goes on sale at the end of January for €499.
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Author: Henry Burrell, Contributor
Previously Tech Advisor’s Phones Editor, Henry covers and reviews every smartphone worth knowing about. He spends a lot of time moving between different handsets and shouting at WhatsApp to support multiple devices at once.
