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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  • 12 Nov 2012

Nokia lumia 920 is obviously way better than this lol, some girl who cant life 50g more would buy this :P

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    • 11 Nov 2012

    Samsung is copying Nokia

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      • jyde
      • r$S
      • 11 Nov 2012

      PPl please try out the phones at your local carrier or retail store first before posting comments all the phones are feature rich. Each with its own pros & cons but all in all add more phones into the mix for the consumer to pick from.

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        • 08 Nov 2012

        We all know the apps catalog falls short of Android/IOS, however, they are on the move so that must count for something.

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          • 07 Nov 2012

          Maria, 01 Nov 2012Is it worth buying or shud i prefer lumia 920?Lumia 920 is clearly better!

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            • 05 Nov 2012

            26, 04 Nov 20121.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU Qualcomm, why? have samsung r... moreMicrosoft set the standars.

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              • 04 Nov 2012

              Maria, 01 Nov 2012Is it worth buying or shud i prefer lumia 920?Yes, you should!!!

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                • 04 Nov 2012

                1.5GHz dual-core Krait CPU Qualcomm, why?

                have samsung realized that "LG was better using this CPU?"

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                  • 03 Nov 2012

                  Why no smart dialing? My old 6.0 Windows Mobile phone had it. It just seems flat out silly that a modern phone OS can't have a feature as simple as that.

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                    • 01 Nov 2012

                    jay, 01 Nov 2012Still Nokia lumia 920 is in the lead with pureview an' pure... moreactualy 920 is second best after iphone5

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                      • 01 Nov 2012

                      Anonymous, 31 Oct 2012OMG you WP fanboys! Can't you see that WP is a total mess i... moreMaybe its only you who cant understand the UI haha

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                        • PSx
                        • 01 Nov 2012

                        Anonymous, 01 Nov 2012As a focus s user I will definitely by this its twice as fa... moreAtivs is not 4g device :P

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                          • 01 Nov 2012

                          Anonymous, 01 Nov 2012There is no such "pureview an' pure HD + display"... moreMost likely made by LG. Both screen technologies have advantages and disadvantages.

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                            • 01 Nov 2012

                            As a focus s user I will definitely by this its twice as fast and I never had lag problem on my focus s . I DONT use FM radio on a phone so that missing feature not a prob to me and the 4g HSPA+ here is blasing fast for what I use it for so bring it on samsung with a good price tag though

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                              • 01 Nov 2012

                              yeip, 31 Oct 2012I used WP and couldn't simply stand it. I know I'm falling ... morelike what trying out 20 launcher app because the default one get boring. Its a matter of preference you prefer android others wp, IOS etc.

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                                • 01 Nov 2012

                                Nokian, 01 Nov 2012This phone is only made for the sake of launching wp8 by sa... moreya u r right samsung is just playing safe. They have not tried anything to bring a fresh feel about wp8 phone

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                                  • 01 Nov 2012

                                  Anonymous, 01 Nov 2012"Boring"? You mean the design is more professiona... moreThen can you explain why the Lumias get hailed by critics for their design, why the Sony XPERIA series is considered beautiful by the majority, but almost everyone at least says "it could have been better" about Samsung flagships?

                                  If by "professional" you mean uninspired, cheap looking and repetitive no one really likes that kind of "professional" phone, sorry.

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                                    • 01 Nov 2012

                                    hmmmm, i thought samsung and HTC would release a navigation app (powered by tomtom maps f.ex.) and other apps to compete with nokia maps, but seems samsung is playing on the slimmer body and hardware superiority (well in some areas at least!) to compete,, at 10.7 thickness nokia 920 seems ok for me, and i can live with 32gb with no micro-SD, so samsung should offer this device for 100-200 cheaper thn nokia's so that i can consider getting ativ S!

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                                      • 01 Nov 2012

                                      Is it worth buying or shud i prefer lumia 920?

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                                        • 01 Nov 2012

                                        Anonymous, 01 Nov 2012After I read through the review, I realize that ATIV S is o... moreDid you even read the review? It's not aluminium, it's all plastic.