From the good folks at The Verge, here’s a great review of the Samsung Ativ S, running Windows Phone 8. It has the same 4.8 inch display as the Samsung Galaxy S3 and a 1.9-megapixel forward facing camera.
Samsung used a 1280 x 720 PenTile AMOLED display, which is not as good as those of the Lumia 920 and HTC 8X LCD 2 displays. Still, this is a powerful new competitor in the Windows Phone 8 space. Enjoy the review.
Here are the specs for the Ativ S.
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 | |
| SIM | Micro-SIM | |
| Announced | 2012, August | |
| Status | Available. Released 2012, December | |
| BODY | Dimensions | 137.2 x 70.5 x 8.7 mm (5.40 x 2.78 x 0.34 in) |
| Weight | 135 g (4.76 oz) | |
| DISPLAY | Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.8 inches (~306 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes | |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass 2 | |
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration, MP3 ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal | 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM | |
| DATA | GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v3.0 with A2DP | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 | |
| CAMERA | Primary | 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality |
| Features | Geo-tagging, image stabilization | |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps, check quality | |
| Secondary | Yes, 1.9 MP | |
| FEATURES | OS | Microsoft Windows Phone 8 |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon | |
| CPU | Dual-core Krait 1.5 GHz | |
| GPU | Adreno 225 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Radio | No | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | |
| Java | No | |
| Colors | Gray | |
| – SNS integration | ||
| – Document viewer/editor | ||
| – MP4/DivX/XviD/WMV/H.264/H.263 player | ||
| – MP3/WMA/eAAC+ player | ||
| – Organizer | ||
| – Voice memo/dial | ||
| – Predictive text input | ||
| BATTERY | Li-Ion 2300 mAh battery | |
| Stand-by | Up to 168 h (2G) / Up to 218 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 8 h (2G) / Up to 14 h 50 min (3G) |
