SAMSUNG Galaxy XCover6 Pro 5G | Rugged (IP68 Rated) Unlocked (Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, US Cellular) | Dual Sim (1 Nano + 1 eSIM) | 128GB | US Version (2022 Model) | Black (SM-G736UZKEXAA)

My last android I purchased was the v20 back in 2016 and it worked amazing up until about 2020 when Android stopped receiving updates and apps stopped working. I've been searching and searching for a new android that has a replaceable battery and there aren't many options at all. Most of them are very cheap, bottom of the line and noname brands or outdated specs..... this is when the clouds opened, the light beamed down and the name Samsung Xcover Pro 6 appeared. (Obviously dramatic and didn't really happen). The phone was almost identical size to the v20...a larger phone with lots of real estate for my fat fingers to wander free range... Speed is fast, no lag, screen is fast and responsive, screen is bright and battery life seems pretty good for heavy use. So with the above I already was pleased but then.... the phone has a replaceable battery! GENIUS! Phones outlast their batteries and planned obsolescence socks for us the consumer. Samsung did us right with a good phone WITH replaceable battery. I also like the 2 programmable extra buttons this phone has...I haven't dabbled with them yet as I've only had the phone for 1 week but I already have used the previous programmed flashlight. I picked up the unlocked version which I was able to pop my Sim card right in and with seconds my phone was loaded, and accessing t-mobile network. No issues at all. Speaker is loud, so far my voice is clear to the other people I've spoken with and asked, Bluetooth works well and easily paired to my Sony headphones. Another PLUS is the 3.5mm jack! Bluetooth is a subpar quality of audio transmission to analog and I frequently use my studio headphones with my phone when checking mixes. Big kudos to keeping the 3.5mm jack alive! I used the camera and it seems fine...photos were clear and seemed to be balanced for indoors photos. Absolutely happy with my purchase. If you have a v20 you love but want to upgrade....just do it! Press buy. It's worth it.

Warning: I initially purchased a "very good" condition used version that was at best in "ok" condition and was a U1 model with VZW firmware (contrary to the listing)—this locks some bands and has Verizon bloatware. I returned that and purchased the new version and received the correct product The phone is very good value for what it is: durable, extra remappable buttons, SD card & 3.5mm, and with Samsung features like SSC and Dex (USB-C video out). Using "Button Mapper Pro", the two extra buttons can be remapped to functions including media keys that work with the screen off. It's a niche device with mediocre screen quality and middling performance compared to others in its price range, but if you need both the Samsung features and 3.5mm/SD card, it's still a solid choice for the price in 2025

WARNING! absolute GARBAGE PHONE. DONT BUY IT. the camera quality is god awful. and the battery life is LOW. will NOT last a full day. Its VERY sluggish for 400 dollars. you could get a WAY faster one for WAY less, trust me. CONSTANT forced updates that make the phone slower. Samsung will NEVER leave you alone with the updates!!! the UI will be changed around against your will, and you cant do anything about it. the One UI is horrible. the UI alone makes everything harder to use, more complicated, and slower. if you like a older simple operating system that isn't bloated? DO. NOT. BUY IT. NOT WATER RESISTANT IN ANY WAY. it says its "rugged" and "waterproof" but its cheap plastic, water gets through the back cover VERY easily, build quality is MID. this is NOT a 400 dollar phone, this is a 120 dollar phone with a 400 dollar price tag. there's just so many phones that you can buy that are 3 times better for 3 times as less, don't waste your money guys!

I'm really happy with this phone! I upgraded from a Galaxy S20, so some of my comments will include that comparison. Pros: -MicroSD support! This is a requirement for me, and why I didn't really consider the S21 or S22. -Headphone jack! I missed it on the S20. -Replaceable battery! I hadn't had that since the LG G3. -Notification LED! I can't say I was conscious of missing it, and wasn't sure I'd use it. But it's nice to be able to see charge status or if I have a new notification from across the room. -Rugged, grippy build, with IP68. I actually like the plastic; I don't get the trend of slippery, fingerprint-magnet glass sandwiches (like the S20). -Very fast and reliable side-mounted fingerprint sensor. I hate the trend of in-display fingerprint sensors that are slow, unreliable, and leave a smudge on the screen. (The S20 is horrible about this.) -Gorilla Glass Victus+ for the display. It also has an excellent oleophobic coating - doesn't easily get smeared. -Snappy, smooth performance with the efficient Snapdragon 778G. Gets warm occasionally but not hot and doesn't throttle. I don't notice a performance difference compared to a flagship (but then I don't do benchmarks or heavy gaming). (The S20 got really hot and throttled.) -USB 3 with video out and Samsung Dex support. USB video out often isn't listed on specs sheets, but it's usually only on flagships, so it's nice to have it here. -Great battery life. I can easily get 2+ days despite the not-huge battery (4050 mAh). -The Wifi and LTE range and speed are noticeably better than on my S20! (My rural Verizon-partner carrier does not have 5G so I can't comment on that.) -Extra assignable keys -Reasonable price -Software support equivalent to flagships (month security updates,, 4 Android updates, 5 years of security updates) -Clear, sharp display without PWM according to notebookcheck - PWM is a dimming method that uses flicker. OLEDs and some LCDs use it - this doesn't - no flicker! So it's easier on the eyes than OLED if you're flicker-sensitive. I find it to be bright enough. Cons: -It is a rather big and heavy phone. Think S22 Ultra with a rugged case. -The display is LCD, not AMOLED, and according to notebookcheck, the color accuracy isn't great. I admit that the colors aren't as vibrant as AMOLED - they don't "pop" as much. But I like the display anyway, and as noted above, it's sharp and clear and without PWM. -Being LCD, there's also no Always-On Display. I adjusted by turning on Lift to Wake, plus the notification LED and really fast fingerprint sensor help. -It has a notch for the front camera. It's a small waterdrop notch, but it's still my first phone with a notch and I don't love it. With the big bezels Samsung could have put the camera in the bezel instead. -Big bezels (but I don't care). -According the specs the cameras aren't as good as on a flagship. But they're good enough for me. -Slow charging. 15W "Fast Charging" was fast 5 years ago with much smaller batteries. At least battery life is good, and charging doesn't make the phone hot, and the battery is changeable. -The built-in mono audio is okay, but certainly not premium. Still, I can hear and be heard clearly and the volume is fine. The S20 certainly has better audio. But my friend said he could hear me better when I was on the XCover6 than on the S20, so maybe it has a better mic. Or maybe it was the better Wifi performance. Other notes: This model - SM-G736U1, USA Unlocked - is not identical to the European models reviewed on notebookcheck and YouTube, or the specs listed on GSMArena. The network bands supported are different. Also, some reviewed models have dual SIM slots plus dedicated MicroSD. This model does not. It has one SIM slot, one MicroSD slot, and supports e-SIM. -It's hard to find a network bands list for the USA Unlocked model. I can confirm that it supports LTE Band 13, required for Verizon and Verizon partner support. I had to check this because a lot of Samsung Unlocked devices - like the A53 - do not support Band 13. My rural Verizon partner requires B13 and it works great. No 5G is available in my area so I don't know what it supports there. That's a lot, hope it's helpful. Though I wish it had faster charging, I'm very happy with this phone.

pro: removeable battery ok battery life sd card slot headphone jack 2 fully programable buttons its flat( i HATE) the curved edges hate them cons: screen is not the best but is still very good just not top of line very slow charging like a full hour longer then the note 20 ultra or fold 4 its all plastic and i would not call it rugged (it is very nice and good in the hand just not rugged) the speaker is about poop compared to the top of the rage phone camera is still very good but think like note 10 plus or around that time for the top of the line. by todays standard it is only ok to good not great in all i would say its worth the money if you miss the note 4 like i do. so many of the things i missed are here. it should come with a charger and and another battery. the only thing in the box is paperwork and the phone with one battery. the most suspiring thing to me is that i only notice a very little difference between the note 20 ultra or fold 4. thats crazy to me as im extremally hard on phones when it comes to usage not on the physical phone. last thing that really pissed me off. there is no always on display.

The phone has good performance for being released in 2022 and upon receiving it and powering it on, I received multiple security and operating system updates. As of this writing it is on Android 16. It has Dolby Atmos so sound is good, even with a single speaker. Screen has a good image quality, it has features not on a majority of new phones like a 3.5mm audio jack as well as a removable battery (2 of the main reasons I bought it). Also can add a micro SD card for additional storage. This is a more environmentally friendly phone considering the fact that you can easily remove and replace the battery if it starts going bad. I can't attest to the scratch resistance of the screen since I apply a screen protector as soon as I unbox a phone and before I even put my hands on the screen. The UI is easy to use and if you're transferring your data from another Samsung phone to this one, it's incredibly easy to do so and user friendly. It's a larger phone but I find it easy to use with one hand, and for what you get and the features, it's very much worth the money. I didn't get the newest version of this phone because the newest one removed the 3.5mm headphone jack and I wanted that feature, which this one has. I don't plan on buying another phone for years so this is a great phone if you want a phone with features that aren't offered on 99% of the new phones offered today.

Good phone, and the programmable keys are cool. This is the only current-gen phone I am aware of that still supports a headphone jack, removable battery, and an SD card. Rooting the phone and removing the Samsung+Google bloatware/spyware was simple, as is the case for all the other Samsung devices I have owned. For $600 as of 12/2022, I am very happy. A note on carrier support: 4g functionality works on US domestic AT&T, 5g does not. When at the AT&T store they insisted this device would not work on their network AT ALL, but I insisted on getting a sim "for my other phone", and go figure, the xcover works fine with that sim. So unless you are one of those "special" people that needs to stream 4k video on the bus, this is a fully functional phone on AT&T, and I highly recommend it over every single other phone made after the 3G shutdown. PS, USBc charge brick is not included.

It's a great phone, but the one I recieved was reprogrammed for a specific corporation. Both I and the seller researched if it was possible to switch it to a normal tel. It's not possible. The seller ended up with two of them. It wasn't his fault. I do ask that sellers look at the IMEI right before you ship it. I've had to re return now a total of six phones that didn't have to happen if the IMEI had been checked. Thanks.