Microsoft’s Marketing Firing across all mediums with Windows 8 hence all lights are now set on Handset Manufacturers for demonstration of fire power. Following some warning shot from Nokia and HTC, Samsung is ready to fire. Samsung Ativ S is the first Windows Phone 8 Announced. WP8 is a consistent cross-device platform that will keep Apps Developers interested. Multicore-Chipset and Screen Resolution support will help Microsoft-powered devices stand Strong next to Android and iOS . OEMs on the other hand are also giving potential users a good enough reason to be excited. Just look at what the Ativ S is offering to those who are willing to go with Samsung.
Key features:
· Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE Support
· Quad-band 3G with 42 Mbps HSDPA and 5.7 Mbps HSUPA support
· 4.8″ 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen of 720 x 1280 pixel resolution
· Scratch resistant Gorilla Glass 2 display
· 8 megapixel autofocus camera with LED flash, 1080p@30fps video recording
· 1.9MP front camera
· Windows Phone 8 OS
· 1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8960 chipset, 1GB of RAM
· Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
· GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS support
· Digital compass
· 16/32GB of on-board storage
· microSD slot
· Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
· Built-in accelerometer and proximity sensor
· Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
· microUSB port
· Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP and EDR, file transfers
· Impressively deep and coherent SNS integration throughout the interface
· Xbox Live integration and Xbox management
· Data Sense
· Class-leading JavaScript performance
· NFC support
· Samsung exclusive apps: Music hub, Chat on, Photo editor
· App catalog falls short of Android and iOS
Disadvantages to talk about before buying this phone are as follows:-
· Cost more than the Galaxy S III SIM-free
· No FM
· No system-wide file manager
· No voice-guided navigation
· No music equalizers
· No Screen Lock Shortcuts
So here we are. The Ativ S is running an OS that has just had its potential unlocked by a major update. The hardware inspired by no other but Samsung’s Android flagship, Galaxy S III. I Understand, it’s a different chipset, and a couple of CPU cores short, but most of the rest is there – from the HD Super AMOLED screen to the 8MP camera.