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Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4 FCC approved, launching in US soon

Samsung’s upcoming Xcover series smartphone Galaxy Xcover 4 has just cleared the US FCC certification process hinting towards an imminent launch in the country. The device has received the US FCC approval with the model number SM-G390Y and expected to launch in the US next month. The Xcover 4 was  that comes with  officially earlier this month that comes with US Military Standard MIL-STD 810G and is IP68 certified that makes it water and dust resistant smartphone.

Galaxy XCover 4 SM-G390Y FCC
Galaxy XCover 4 SM-G390Y FCC

It is the successor to the Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3 smartphone launched in 2015 and is priced at 259 Euros (around $272) and will be available for sale in black color option in Europe from April. The USS FCC approval listing have some specs listed again with some usual tests. It comes with a sensitive display that will work even when you wear gloves. It features a 4.99-inch HD display with a 1280 × 720 pixels resolution and is powered by the 14nm 1.4 GHz quad-core Exynos 7570 processor with Mali-T720 GPU.

It comes with 2GB of RAM along with 16GB of internal storage capacity that is expandable with microSD card slot up to 128GB. It runs on the Android 7.0 (Nougat) OS out of the box. It features a 13-megapixel camera with LED flash and a  f/1.9 aperture along with a 5-megapixel front facing camera. It is backed up by a 2,800mAh battery and connectivity options available are 4G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/GLONASS and NFC. It weights 172 grams.

Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4
Samsung Galaxy Xcover 4

To recall, the Xcover 3 was launched with features such as a 4.5-inch (480 × 800 pixels) PLS TFT display, 1.2 GHz quad-core processor, 1.5GB RAM, 8GB internal storage, MicroSD card expandable storage up to 64GB, Android 4.4 (KitKat) OS, IP67 certification, US Military Standard MIL-STD 810G, 5-megapixel rear camera with LED flash, 2-megapixel front facing camera, 4G LTE / 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS/GLONASS, NFC and a 2,200mAh battery.