Samsung reported in Seoul, South Korea that they are preparing a rugged water resistant and dust proof variant of the recently launched Samsung Galaxy S4. Samsung Galaxy S4 which is now available in over 155 countries features a 5-inch Super OLED screen, a 1.9 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 CPU or an 8-core Samsung Exynos 1.6GHz CPU depending on region, 2GB of RAM, a removable 2600 mAh battery, 13MP rear camera and 2MP front-facing camera, and Android Jelly Bean 4.2.1 with Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface with some bundled smart applications.

According to the Wall Street Journal, the head of Samsung’s Gulf operations confirmed that the handset will be announced in the coming weeks and will be called Galaxy S4 active.

Adding to this, the US variant of the Samsung Galaxy S4 is now rooted. So all those who want the full control of their device or some customization can change can gain root access. The procedure is not any difficult. Users just need to download a .zip file and and pressing the some buttons, the usual technique. This is why we all love Samsung devices. Samsung give their full support to the developers and no wonder why we get the best of Android on these devices apart from the nexus range.