Samsung Ativ S review: A fresh start

30 October 2012
Their Ativ S was the first Windows Phone 8 flagship announced and, respectful of chronology, the first we're about to properly review. The Nokia Lumia 920, the HTC Windows Phone 8X and the Ativ S are often painted as allies - but that's mostly rhetoric...

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  • Frankie
  • N7$
  • 22 Mar 2015

I recently bored thi samsung window phone every time I want to add an application it keeps on asking for location then I must create the Microsoft account then my email address then for some reason it is unable to do what Ian looking for pls help because iam already feeling that I have wasted my money in buying this.

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    • Anja
    • SX@
    • 26 Jul 2014

    Please can you tell me, I have samsung Ativ S, how to set up a camera for panorama shoot or shooting with postponement? Seems that there is no that option, or...
    thank you

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      • Anonymous
      • xii
      • 11 Feb 2014

      smiley, 20 Aug 2013Ativ s is giving me hard time i can't log in to Microsoft a... moretry setting date and time correctly

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        • AnonD-232067
        • RLq
        • 10 Feb 2014

        Brilliant phone. Never going back to Android. Love WP8

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          • Alessio
          • n}W
          • 22 Dec 2013

          can you push video that are posted on facebook directly to the telly like on the s3 s4 and other phones ?

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            • smiley
            • N7$
            • 20 Aug 2013

            Ativ s is giving me hard time i can't log in to Microsoft account. I've been to vodashop twice but no success. What must i do?

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              • Anonymous
              • n2G
              • 28 Apr 2013

              Does it have turn to mute?

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                • Ram
                • t7X
                • 14 Apr 2013

                So far, I think this is the Best WP8 that can compete seriously with Lumia 920, plus it didn't copy the aesthetic look of Nokia, still a Samsung Trademark. Great job!

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                  • MisterCats
                  • j8L
                  • 05 Mar 2013

                  Maaaaaybe. I have some interest in Windows Phone 8, so I might dive into this device and see what it's like.

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                    • flavor
                    • tA$
                    • 01 Mar 2013

                    FYI,here in Indonesia Samsung Ativ S would cost almost $90 less than HTC Windows Phone 8X and $160 less than Nokia Lumia 920, as its excatly the same price with Nokia Lumia 820.

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                      • slappy001.ms
                      • Hkq
                      • 28 Jan 2013

                      I wanted to starts my phones vedio, music help me


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                        • Anonymous
                        • m1P
                        • 29 Nov 2012

                        dsantacruz, 07 Nov 2012Lumia 920 is clearly better!I think not. No one needs the optical image stabilization, unless they have shaky hands. The display sounds cool. The satnav stuff is kinda useful, but most people I know use their car satnav, or buy something like a Garmin or a TomTom. The replaceable battery solves any issues with battery life. The sd slot is very useful. The weight of the Nokia meant that you needed to hold it with two hands (and I mean it, as when I held my friend's 920, it felt like it weighed a lot, being close to 200g).

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                          • Anonymous
                          • tDx
                          • 29 Nov 2012

                          TheAgent, 31 Oct 2012I wonder what phone you had before the Radar. I suspect it ... moreWell my phone OS before i'm using Lumia 710 is Android, and i'm totally in love with WP and don't want to go back to use Android. So i think it's just a matter of personal preference.

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                            • ryo9502
                            • 6c7
                            • 29 Nov 2012

                            The reason why ativ s is more expensive than galaxy s 3 ia the expensive windows 8 license. Hope the masters of xdadev could do a miracle giving the htc or samsung wp8 dual booting ability so I can use both amdroid and wp8 on such wonderful hardware

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                              • Galaxy S3 LTE
                              • 6uK
                              • 24 Nov 2012

                              Where is really 4G. LTE support???.(WAKE UP,Samsung!!). ;(

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                                • AnonD-80750
                                • JEu
                                • 24 Nov 2012

                                A gr8 phone !!! Windows have done a great job

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                                  • AnonD-79209
                                  • t}t
                                  • 21 Nov 2012

                                  Nokia lumia 920 is better the ativ s .....

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                                    • AEu
                                    • 19 Nov 2012

                                    Where is this phone and why won't they bring it to the US? This phone would have done quite well.

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                                      • AnonD-78156
                                      • BN8
                                      • 18 Nov 2012

                                      photu, 01 Nov 2012actualy 920 is second best after iphone5on what?

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                                        • AnonD-78156
                                        • BN8
                                        • 18 Nov 2012

                                        Lenny, 08 Nov 2012We all know the apps catalog falls short of Android/IOS, ho... moreother than the sheer number of apps there is little to complain about