In the Smartphone market iOS and Android are competing with each other. But Windows Phone is walking on a totally different path. For years they had Windows Mobile and at a certain point they decided to do a major path change. It gave birth to famous Windows phone mobile OS with lots of unique features.
They introduced amazing series of Smartphone with Nokia and many other manufactures. They went viral but could not attract a significant proportion of the market share. However with all the past experiences, they introduce Windows Phone 8 and the very first device to run with it is Samsung ATIV S. Today It’s under NOG spot light.
Features Highlight
Design
Device is having 8.7 mm think and 135 g weight candy bar design. In front panel there is a 4.8 inch display, capacitive buttons, front facing camera and proximity sensor. In brushed aluminum rear panel there is a primary shooter and its LED flash. In upper left edge you can find volume rocker and right edge is having power button and dedicated shutter button for camera.
Display
Display is 4.8 inch Super AMOLED screen behind Corning Gorilla Glass 2 with resolution 720 x 1280 px which will give it 306 ppi of pixel density. It’s a huge screen, AMOLED will give it good contrast level and color saturation. This will be a perfect display to go with famous Metro UI (Windows 8 UI).
Processor and Storage
The processor is 1.5 GHz Dual Core Krait running on Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon chipset. GPU is Adreno 225. The device comes with 1GB RAM and 16/32 GB internal storage expandable up to 32 GB via microSD slot.
Camera
Main shooter is 8 MP one with auto focus, LED flash and other standard features. It’s capable of recording 1080p video @30fps. Front facing camera is 1.9 MP which you can use for video calling.
Connectivity
Device supports all major connectivity features such as GSM, HSDPA up to 42 Mbps, Dual band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, NFC and microUSB 2.0. As a rare and attractive feature there is an in-built FM radio.
Battery Life
The Samsung ATIV S is wrapped with 2300 mAh Li-ion battery. I could not find any official record for battery life. But judging by the capacity of battery, it should be decent.
Wrapping Up
Few years ago Samsung introduced the Galaxy brand for Android Smartphone. Today it’s one of the top brands. With ATIV they are launching a new brand for Windows Phone. When you take a closer look at hardware it’s pretty similar to powerful Samsung Galaxy S III. I see that as a good start.
This device is having a great potential to be the very first member of a new line of Windows Phone. It’s having smooth design, great hardware in it, running best software on top of it and it’s ready to rock the Smartphone market.
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