Samsung launches Ativ S, arriving December

Samsung launches its first Windows Phone 8 device, the Ativ S, along with other Windows 8 products. The Samsung Ativ S is tailored for business-oriented people who also like to work and play at the same time.

The Ativ S is Samsung’s reply to HTC and Nokia’s Windows Phone 8 devices. The Ativ S has a lot of similarities with the Galaxy S III, mainly because it’s the Windows Phone counterpart of the Android powered device. It features a lot of design elements that are also found in the Galaxy S III like the unique Titanium Gray color scheme and the brushed metal effect on the back.

Samsung Ativ S specs:

4.8″ Super AMOLED HD display @ 720 x 1280 pixels, 306 ppi
1.5 Ghz Snapdragon S4 dual-core processor
Adreno 225
16GB, 32GB internal storage (micro SD support)
1 GB RAM
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, Bluetooth 3.0, NFC
8 megapixel autofocus camera, LED flash
1080p video recording and playback
1.9 megapixel front-facing camera, 720p @ 30fps
GPS w/ aGPS support, GLONASS
Windows Phone 8
135 g (weight)
132.7 x 70.5 x 8.7 mm (dimensions)

Samsung says that the suggested retail price will fall at around Php25,000USD 426INR 36,115EUR 406CNY 3,103. The device is expected to hit the shelves this December, just in time for the holiday season.

Bob Freking

Bob Freking occasionally contributes articles to the website. He is a UST Graduate of Commerce & Business Administration, Major in Marketing Management, and a full-time Sith Lord with three dragons.

25 Comments

iopjkl says:

12 years ago

Probably not the most physically attractive WP8 phone in the line-up
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Kevin says:

12 years ago

What an ug]y interface the WP 8 has. So do you want to keep staring all day until something or someone updates making a tile flip over. Does that make you happy, really? Good luck with that.
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kimerran says:

12 years ago

someone doesn’t really know how the live tiles work.
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kai says:

12 years ago

sana meron ding WP8 na counterpart ang note 2…
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simplynice93 says:

12 years ago

25k! Too expensive! Does a WP8 need to use dual core processor? I think its too much processing power.
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fireice2 says:

12 years ago

Grabe! Ang bagal pa rin ng Nokia magrelease ng kanilang bagong phones!
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troll says:

12 years ago

kung marami lng sanang apps and games windows.. solve na solve nako..windows phones are so boring!
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Ymhon says:

12 years ago

Im a wp 7.5 user and yes somehow its boring because i cant do more because the lack of premium, quality apps. Kung katulad siya ng android, ill love it more. Pero performamce wise mabilis talaga siya. I hope more developers create apps for wp (sana pati sa windows 8).
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Moonshines says:

12 years ago

Its not about the $100 registration fee why developers are shying away from developing apps for windows phone, its about the programming language. In fact there are alternative to the $100 developer account, theres yallapps and the likes. its because Native code is not supported. Now that windows phone 8’s kernel is shared with that of windows 8 most likely the developer community will build numbers. proprietary code is the reason why developers are holding back to developing for windows phone 7.xx not the registration fee.
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