Samsung has long given up on its relatively popular family of Active variants of mainstream flagship handsets, but that doesn’t mean the company is out of the rugged smartphone business altogether. Quite on the contrary, as the robust Galaxy XCover Pro is officially released in the US mere weeks after the commercial debut of the Galaxy XCover FieldPro.

By the way, it almost goes without saying that this bad boy means business, catering primarily to the needs of “frontline workers playing a vital role in our economy today” with Samsung Knox customization capabilities, push-to-talk, barcode scanning, easy Microsoft Teams integration, and Glove Mode functionality among others. 

Incredibly enough, the Galaxy XCover Pro manages to be significantly thinner and lighter than the XCover FieldPro, at 9.94mm and 218 grams, while resisting water immersion, dust, drops, and exposure to things like extreme temperatures, humidity, and other severe environmental conditions.

But the greatest thing is the $499.99 price, undercutting the Android 8.0-running XCover FieldPro on AT&T by a whopping 600 bucks. Even better, Verizon allows network switchers to save up to $400 by activating a new line of service on a monthly installment plan.