Consumer Reports: Samsung phone not actually water-resistant. A water-resistant Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone is submerged in water Feb. 22, 2016, during a preview of Samsung's flagship store in New York's Meatpacking District. Consumer Reports says a Samsung phone that's advertised as being water-resistant actually isn't. The problem appears limited to the Galaxy S7 Active, a rugged model available only through AT&T in the U.S. The standard S7 and S7 Edge models have the same claims on water resistance and passed tests.