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We get a lot of people asking us for the cost of a screen repair for the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Galaxy S7 Edge, Galaxy S8 or Galaxy S8 Plus phones. Unfortunately- for reasons we’ll go into later- replacement AMOLED display units are very expensive, and this has to be reflected in the price we charge.

On hearing this, many people understandably point out that it’s only the glass that’s damaged- not the AMOLED screen itself- and want to know whether we can replace that alone.

Samsung mobile phone screens are notoriously expensive, and often the cost of a replacement is nearly as much as a second-hand phone. The reason for this is that the manufacturing cost is high- most Samsung screens use AMOLED (active matrix organic LED) technology and are made by Samsung themselves. Manufacturers of compatible third-party displays (mainly based in China) have not yet succeeded in making their own equivalent.

While “copy” screens for older Samsung phones (like the S4 and S5) are available from China, they aren’t very reliable and use LCD technology instead of AMOLED.

Official screens are available via Service Packs that are sold by Samsung to distributors, but stock of these is usually limited, especially for newer models. (See the images below for an example of a service pack).

Official Samsung screens are also available via recycling, having been taken from handsets and refurbished in factories in China. Due to supply and demand, the resale value of a broken Samsung display is very high, which in turn bumps up the price of recycled displays.

The official Samsung Service Pack is the best quality product, and this is what we tend to use where possible. (Unfortunately, this option is only available for the newer phone models.) These are brand-new Super AMOLED displays produced by Samsung and used in their service centres. Usually, these will come with a new frame and all the correct adhesives required to give the repair a factory finish and, as you would expect, this product commands the highest price.

Some other stores may use refurbished Samsung displays, and these usually come without the correct adhesive and frame. This means you need to transfer the old frame from the broken display- if not done correctly, this can cause issues at a later date. For example, the display can lift from the frame causing it to break, or if the old frame isn’t cleaned correctly, it can result in a pink line appearing on the display. (If you returned to the store with the pink line they would refuse a warranty claim on the basis that you broke it).

The other issue with refurb displays is that there’s can be a massive quality difference depending on who refurbished it. Some screens may have imperfections or dust trapped inside, but more importantly, the glass might not be the same quality as Samsung use- typically it will be thinner and break more easily.

Screen replacements for the S6 Edge, S7 Edge, S8 and S8+ are expensive. This is because the official screens cost a lot to buy new, and even variable-quality refurbs can be expensive due to supply and demand.

Replacement glass is cheap, but replacing the glass without breaking the screen itself is almost impossible, even for a skilled technician. Over time, shops doing this would lose far more paying for new screens than they would ever make replacing the glass.

Glass replacement/refurbishment is only really practical in large factories. These have large enough numbers to justify investing in equipment to do it properly. Shop-based replacement generally uses less reliable techniques.

There’s little margin in Samsung screen repair, so we’d expect most places to have similar prices. Those significantly cheaper may be using parts from stolen phones or not declaring VAT.

At the time of writing, the Samsung S7 Edge is one of the most popular phones we get asked about repairing. As we mentioned above, we’re often asked for the price to replace the screen and then get told that “it’s only the glass that’s broken”.

It often doesn’t help that many people know you can buy a Samsung S7 Edge glass replacement kit on eBay for around £20… but what they don’t know is there’s a very nasty catch. Replacing glass in general requires a lot of skill. Replacing the glass on a curved screen like the S7 Edge’s is near-impossible- even for an experienced technician- without breaking the screen itself.

Put simply, this is why no shop will offer a cheap, glass-only repair. Any small profit they make from glass replacement jobs would be completely eaten up by the cost of having to replace broken screens.

For example, at the time of writing, a Samsung S7 Edge service pack AMOLED display is selling on eBay for £260. If a store was to charge (say) £100 to replace the glass there could be good margin in this- if everything went successfully. Were they to break the screen, however, they would lose a lot of money on the job (along with their time).

Some stores may say something like “We can try to change the glass but if we break the screen you will need to pay for a new display”. Of course, this is passing the risk to the customer, and you have no idea what their skill level is. There’s also nothing stopping them saying they broke the screen then charging you the full price. Once you’ve agreed to the repair you can’t take your phone back in the condition in which it came into the store and go elsewhere.

The factories in China who refurbish screens have invested a great deal of money in the special machinery to carry out the repair to as close to factory specifications as possible. They do this type of repair day in and day out (and in much, much higher numbers) so you would expect them to be experts in their own field. They will have clean rooms, a freezer to separate the AMOLED display, use OCA, proprietary moulds and techniques to do the job correctly.

As there is little margin in Samsung screen repair we would expect most stores to be around the same cost when it comes to replacing the display. If somewhere is charging considerably less than this, we’d question the reason. In particular, some stores are buying stolen handsets, stripping the display off them and using them in their repairs. This is why there are adverts on Gumtree looking for “blocked” handsets and also why there is also a thriving market on eBay for “no service” phones.

The Galaxy S6 active takes a proven great device in the Galaxy S6 and beefs it up just a tad. Metal and glass are replaced by rubber and plastic, giving the GS6 active water, dust and shock resistance while only adding minimal thickness and weight. The extra space also gives the active a dramatically larger battery, which fixes one of the main issues with the original. You"ll lose a fingerprint sensor and some of the sex appeal of the GS6 if you choose to buy an active, but the only real downside to be found here is that the phone is exclusive to AT&T.

Samsung choosing to release an "active" version of its flagship Galaxy S device of the year isn"t really new. We saw both a Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy S5 Active in the last two years, and when leaks first appeared of a purported Galaxy S6 variant we weren"t surprised. Nor were we astounded when the device was exclusive to AT&T or we saw that it"s basically just a Galaxy S6 with a tougher case around it.

But that"s not a bad mark against the Galaxy S6 active — the Galaxy S6 itself is a pretty great device, so when you add a few extra features it makes the active version just as appealing to a certain type of potential phone buyer. Not everyone wants a sleek, slim and slippery phone that sacrifices battery capacity for looks.

Of course no phone is without a compromise or two, and the Galaxy S6 active isn"t perfect. It lacks the great fingerprint sensor of the Galaxy S6, and not everyone will be happy with the looks of the device or its exclusivity to just one carrier. Read on with our full review of the Galaxy S6 active to see how it all comes together.

We"re writing this review after just over a week using a gray Galaxy S6 active on the AT&T network in areas with good cellular coverage. The software version of the device was G890AUCU1AOE9 (Android 5.0.2) and wasn"t updated during the review period.

There isn"t a ton about the Galaxy S6 active that sets it apart from the flagship Galaxy S6, but the big difference is of course the external hardware of the phone. Gone is the sleek, slim and rounded exterior made up of glass and metal, replaced instead by a far more active-looking exterior.It"s like a Galaxy S6, but with a protective case glued on it.

A super hard plastic piece surrounds the edges of the phone, with inserts of grippy rubber making it easier to hold the phone and larger textured buttons for volume and power that are simple to press. The back of the Galaxy S6 active is a textured hard plastic plate, with exposed rivets and a metal ring surrounding the camera lens. The edges of the device create a small lip around a familiar 5.1-inch QHD screen that should protect the display if it"s placed face-down on a table, and larger bezels all around should save it from unfortunate drops.

The standard Samsung setup of a large physical home button flanked by two capacitive keys is gone, replaced with a triumvirate of textured buttons with chrome logos that almost perfectly match the buttons of the previous generation Active. The buttons are a little on the mushy side and unfortunately don"t light up, but perhaps the biggest issue with them is that the home button no longer doubles as a fingerprint sensor. That"s a shame because Samsung finally has that hardware component figured out in the Galaxy S6, and it"s a great feature (and security enhancement).

The casing of course gives the Galaxy S6 active better protection from the world around you, as it"s water, dust and shockproof (within reason). That"s all without annoying flaps over the headphone jack and USB port, and the SIM tray can even be easily removed with just a fingernail. You don"t need to be an extreme sports athlete or construction worker to see the benefits, either — I"m sure many reading this have had a spilled drink in a restaurant or an unexpected drop to the sidewalk ruin a phone. Those aren"t issues here.You don"t have to be an extreme sports star to want the protection — we"ve all seen a phone destroyed by accident.

The GS6 active is notably — but not severely — thicker, wider, taller and heavier than the standard Galaxy S6, but the added grip of the sides and back actually make it easier to hold and use (particularly one-handed). You can easily argue that the Galaxy S6 active is a bit too tough, rugged or cumbersome looking, but you can also say the same about some of the thicker and protective cases on offer for any other phone you buy. Think of this phone as coming with a pre-installed protective case — it"ll bother some people, but most won"t have an issue with it. (Just maybe shy away from the blue and white versions of the phone with the camouflage backs.)

Samsung software featuresActive Zone, Download Booster, OneNote, Private Mode, Quick Connect, S Health 4.0, S Finder, S Voice, Samsung Pay, Smart Manager, Sound Alive+, Themes

This (along with the camera) is going to be a short section of the review, and that"s not surprising. The Galaxy S6 active has the same QHD Super AMOLED display that you"ll find on the Galaxy S6, and it has all of the same great qualities. Brightness, contrast and viewing angles are great, as is the outdoor visibility when it pumps up the brightness in direct sunlight. Samsung is an industry leader in displays right now, and thankfully there weren"t any corners cut on the active model of the GS6. There really isn"t anything bad you can say about this display, whether it"s being evaluated on its own or next to any of the competition.The display is leading the industry; the speaker isn"t worth writing home about.

As for the speaker, it has changed locations on the Galaxy S6 active, moving from the bottom of the phone to the back (where it was on the Galaxy S5) — but because the back of the phone isn"t perfectly flat there"s a little bit of room for the noise to get out when it"s sitting on a table. The speaker still isn"t very big and doesn"t sound that great — as we expect in a Galaxy S6 — but when you have a waterproof phone it"s tough to have a larger speaker. The speaker still gets the job done for speakerphone calls and YouTube videos, but still isn"t on par with the leading front-facing and dual speaker setups you"ll find elsewhere.

One of the best features of the Galaxy S6 is its camera, and it has come over in full force to the active version of the device. The same 16MP sensor supported by OIS and newly-simplified software takes excellent photos in a variety of lighting conditions. Even a full two months after the launch of the original Galaxy S6 and S6 edge, we"re really still in love with this camera.

Samsung"s auto HDR mode makes it extremely easy to capture the right photo without any fiddling, but if you want to mess with settings you can hop into the Pro mode and tweak. Whether it"s in crisp daylight, indoor scenes or night shots, there"s really not much that stumps the GS6 active"s camera.

The Galaxy S6 active has yet to update to the latest Android 5.1.1 that"s available on some variants of the Galaxy S6, but considering it"s nearly identical to the other models we wouldn"t expect updates to be too delayed.Samsung and AT&T didn"t go all-out making the software look as "active" as the hardware.

Until that update hits, we"re looking at Android 5.0.2 with the Samsung customization you"ve come to know, for better or worse, on its other devices. Aside from a few subtle changes, everything here works as it does on any other Galaxy S6 — Samsung and AT&T didn"t go all-out making the software look as "active" as the hardware, and I"m thankful for that.

Of course you can"t get through the review of an AT&T phone without talking about its pre-installed apps, and the Galaxy S6 active has a full set. AT&T has 26 apps pre-installed on the phone that you wouldn"t find otherwise, most of which being AT&T"s own apps with a few being partner additions from Amazon, Microsoft, Lookout, Uber and others. You can disable all but one — a built-in Usage Manager app — but can"t actually uninstall any of them. The Galaxy S6 active has 24.47GB of storage free of the 32GB installed, which is right in the range of what you get from other models.Activity Zone may be useful, but the rest of the pre-installed apps really aren"t.

The one potentially useful extra app is the "Activity Zone," which is launched with a press of the "Active key" that sits above the volume rocker on the left side of the GS6 active. Activity Zone acts as a dashboard with small widgets that launch into full apps, including the weather, barometer, S Health, compass, flashlight, stopwatch and some Milk Music exercise integration. The app can be launched through a regular app icon as well, and you can also re-map the Active key to launch any other app of your choice with either a short or long press.

You can"t get through a discussion about the Galaxy S6 without mentioning its battery life ... situation. While most of the concerns over the GS6"s longevity have been exaggerated, it"s hardly a secret that people are having troubles getting through a day on the phone when they use it to its full capabilities. The 2550 mAh battery is somewhat to blame there, but so are the extra-powerful internals and brilliant display.

The Galaxy S6 active keeps the same specs and display, but fixes the battery woes by increasing the battery size by over 35 percent to 3500 mAh. And while the battery still isn"t removable, it honestly doesn"t matter anymore now that it has reached a size that can get you through even a tough day of use. After over a week using the GS6 active, I ended every day with considerable battery (20 percent or more) left, even if I spent time streaming music, watching videos, using the hotspot, navigating in Google Maps or taking tons of pictures.I wish every Galaxy S6 had this battery — it"s the right size for the job.

That"s something I could only accomplish on the Galaxy S6 with lighter use, with any of the mentioned activities putting a big dent in the battery and forcing a charge. Considering how identical the phones are you can look at it purely by the numbers: A 35 percent bump in battery means 35 percent longer battery life in this case. That means the difference between charging during the day and not worrying about it, and it"s one of the Galaxy S6 active"s strongest selling points.

In some ways the Galaxy S6 active is actually a better phone than the standard version that was released over two months earlier. It has a tougher exterior that can stand up to more punishment, and has a dramatically larger battery that can get you through both average and hard-working days. It also has those features with few compromises — the extra size and weight aren"t an issue, and the only other major shortcoming is the lack of a fingerprint scanner.

Aside from those changes, the GS6 active also carries all of the great traits that make the regular GS6 worth recommending. A brilliant QHD display is top in its class, while the 16MP camera still takes wonderful pictures in a variety of situations.

For most people, the question being asked is whether they should buy the regular Galaxy S6 or the Galaxy S6 active. Well, making that decision is a pretty simple equation. Either you like the metal and glass construction, slim profile and fingerprint scanner of the regular GS6, or you"d prefer the protection from the elements, substantially longer battery life and rugged construction of the GS6 active.

More often than with previous versions, I"d say the Galaxy S6 active may be the right device to choose in that situation. It offers a great overall package with very few downsides, whether you"re comparing to another GS6 or any other device out there for the same price.

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