The Consumer Reports (CR) magazine has revealed in a July 8 article that bigwig South Korean device maker Samsung's Galaxy S7 Active smartphone has failed CR water-submersion tests. The tests were carried out to test Samsung's claims that the handset is water-resistant.

The Galaxy S7 handset is the ruggedized version of Samsung's latest Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge smartphones.

Revealing the results of the water-submersion tests, CR said that it had put two S7 Active smartphones to water tests, in the equivalent of 5 feet of water for half an hour. First, one handset was tested, and after it failed the test, the second one was tested. Both the handsets reportedly stopped working after they were submerged in water.

According to CR, when the first Galaxy S7 Active handset was removed from water, the device's touch-screen was covered by green lines, and was not responsive. In addition, there were tiny bubbles on the lenses of the rear and front cameras of the handset.

CR said that the second Galaxy S7 Active handset was tested after the first one failed the water-submersion test; but, that handset also failed the test. As per the CR article, when the second Galaxy S7 Active was removed from water, "the screen cycled on and off every few seconds, and moisture could be seen in the front and back camera lenses." Moreover, water was also noticed in the slot holding the SIM card.