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-based personal computers and

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devices produced by Samsung Electronics. The word ''Ativ'' is the word ''vita'', meaning "life", written backwards. The brand was originally used for Samsung's Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8-based

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s and smartphones, including one device running Windows RT. In April 2013, Samsung announced that it would extend the brand to all of its future PC products (including conventional laptops and desktop computers, such as its newly introduced Ativ Book 5 and Ativ Book 6), and re-branded some of its existing product lines and models under the Ativ name, including "Ativ Book" (for laptops), and "Ativ One" (for

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s). Although all of Samsung's Windows products had been branded under the Ativ name, this changed in January 2016 when Samsung released the Galaxy TabPro S, its first Windows 10 device under the

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brand, which had traditionally been reserved only for Samsung devices running the rival

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operating system.

Smartphones

* Samsung Ativ S * Samsung Ativ Odyssey * Samsung Ativ SE *

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Tablets and convertibles

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(Windows RT) *

Samsung Ativ Tab 5 The Samsung Ativ Tab 5, previously known as the ''Samsung Ativ Smart PC'', is a tablet manufactured by Samsung. The Ativ Tab 5 was announced on August 29, 2012 at IFA 2012 in Berlin, incorporates a dual-core 1.8 GHz Intel Atom Z2760 proc ...

''(Smart PC)'' (Windows 8) *

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''(Smart PC Pro)'' (Windows 8) *

Samsung Ativ Tab 3 The Samsung Ativ Tab 3 is a tablet manufactured by Samsung. The Ativ Tab 3 was announced on June 20, 2013 at the Samsung Premier 2013 event in London, incorporates a dual-core 1.8 GHz Intel Atom Z2760 processor, and runs the Windows 8 op ...

(Windows 8) *

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(Windows 8 and Android 4.2.2 Jellybean)

Personal computers

Laptops

*Samsung Ativ Book 2 *Samsung Ativ Book 4 370 *Samsung Ativ Book 4 510 *Samsung Ativ Book 5 *Samsung Ativ Book 6 *Samsung Ativ Book 7 *Samsung Ativ Book 8 * Samsung Ativ Book 9 Plus (Black) (Windows 8) * Samsung Ativ Book 9 Lite (White) (Windows 8/ Pro)

Desktops

*Samsung Ativ One 3 *Samsung Ativ One 5 *Samsung Ativ One 7 *Samsung Ativ One 7 Curved

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