Last week, news emerged that Samsung is working on a successor of its current rugged smartphone, the Galaxy XCover Pro. The new XCover Pro 2 will be the first Samsung rugged smartphone with 5G connectivity, and now, we have more details on the phone via Geekbench listing.
First spotted by MySmartPrice, the model number SM-G736B Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro 2 has recently visited the Geekbench 5 database. The listing reveals that the device has an octa-core CPU with four cores clocked at 2.4GHz and the remaining four at 1.80GHz. The CPU also carries the code name lahaina, which indicates that the Galaxy XCover Pro 2 will be powered by the Snapdragon 778G SoC.
The device will have the Adreno 642L GPU on board. Other than that, the listing reveals that the Galaxy XCover Pro 2 will come with at least 6GB of RAM and will run Android 12 based OneUI out of the box.
Talking about the devices’ performance, it has scored 766 points in Geekbench 5’s single-core test and has managed a score of 2722 points in the multi-core test. Currently, the information available about the upcoming rugged device is limited, but we expect more specs to be revealed soon when the phone visits other certification sites.
To give you an idea of what to expect, the Galaxy XCover Pro was launched in January 2020 with a 6.3-inch 1080 x 2340p IPS display and a 25-megapixel + 8-megapixel (ultra-wide) dual-camera setup. For selfies, it has a 13-megapixel sensor and houses an Exynos 9611 SoC paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage.
The device features a 4050mAh battery with 15W charging support and has the IP68 dust/water resistant certification and is MIL-STD-810G compliant making it drop-resistant on concrete from up to 1.2 m.
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