Two of these are pretty much guaranteed to generate quite a bit of excitement among their admittedly small but incredibly loyal target audience, undoubtedly standing out from today’s “mainstream” handsets and tablets with extra-robust designs.
What’s in a name?
Newly revealed image of the Galaxy XCover Pro 2/Galaxy XCover 6 Pro.
That explains the big numerical distance between the two possible names, and despite the aforementioned Qualcomm SoC not being a screamer, we believe the Pro suffix is entirely warranted here. Compared to the non-Pro XCover 5, aka SM-G525, this SM-G736U phone in the pipeline right now is set to upgrade the RAM count (from 4 to 6 gigs), as well as the display resolution.
The SM-G736U model number, by the way, suggests a much stronger connection with the first-gen XCover Pro, aka SM-G715, while also confirming a US release (in an unlocked variant at least) beyond the shadow of a doubt.
Equipped with 5G connectivity as standard and a good old fashioned headphone jack, as well as almost certainly running Android 12 out the box on the software side of things, the Galaxy XCover Pro 2 may come with a considerably smaller screen than originally believed.
That’s at least based on the pretty impressive 450ppi density revealed by Google, which seems to work out to a diagonal of around 5.85 inches rather than 6.56 inches at a resolution of 2408 x 1080 pixels. Those numbers might not be exact, of course, but it’s highly unlikely now that the XCover Pro 2/XCover 6 Pro will offer more than 6 inches of screen real estate.
What’s in a rugged tablet?
This is the original Galaxy Tab Active Pro with a rugged design and built-in stylus.
