The Samsung ATIV S was a
touchscreen
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,
slate
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smartphone
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manufactured by
Samsung Electronics
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running the
Windows Phone 8
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operating system
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Time-sharing operating systems schedule tasks for efficient use of the system and may also in ...
, upgradeable to
Windows Phone 8.1
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. The ATIV S was Samsung's first Windows Phone 8 device, and one of the first devices under its
ATIV series of
Microsoft Windows
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-based products. It was shown at the
IFA 2012 in
Berlin
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and was the first Windows Phone 8 device to be officially unveiled,
ahead of the
Nokia Lumia 920
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.
There were three variants of the ATIV S. All feature a 4.8-inch 1280x720 HD
Super AMOLED
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display with a pixel density of 306ppi, a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 1 GB of RAM, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera,
near field communication
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s, and support for
HSPA+ networks. Specific variants include:
* GT-I8750 - the globalized version of the ATIV S, with a 1.9MP front-facing camera
* GT-I8370 - a version specific to the UK, Canada and Singapore but with a 1.2MP front camera instead of 1.9MP
* SGH-T899M - sold in Canada, equipped with 700 MHz
LTE and Bluetooth 2.1 (downgraded from 3.0)
The ATIV S was available with 16 or 32 GB of internal storage with micro SDXC expansion
[ for up to an additional 128 GB or more. It further featured a 2300mAh removable battery and a brushed-metal look of the battery door. Overall, the hardware was very similar to the Android-based Galaxy S III.
A variant of the Samsung ATIV S, called the Samsung ATIV S Neo, was announced by Sprint on 26 June 2013 for a summer 2013 release, alongside the HTC 8XT. This phone's appearance is similar to the ATIV S, though has notable differences spec-wise, having 1.4 GHz processor speed, a 2000mAh battery, TFT LCD screen, and LTE connectivity.]
Languages
Depending on the region where the device was purchased from, the following languages are available, some not being made available until later updates were released.
* Azərbaycan
* Bahasa Indonesia
* Bahasa Malaysia
* Català
* Čeština
* Dansk
* Deutsch (Deutschland)
* Deutsch (Österreich)
* Deutsch (Schweiz)
* Eesti
* English (Australia)
* English (Canada)
* English (Ireland)
* English (New Zealand)
* English (Philippines)
* English (South Africa)
* English (United Kingdom)
* English (United States)
* Español (España)
* Español (Estados Unidos)
* Euskara
* Filipino
* Français (Belgique)
* Français (Canada)
* Français (France)
* Français (Suisse)
* Galego
* Hrvatski
* Íslenska
* Italiano
* Latviešu
* Lietuvių
* Magyar
* Nederlands (België)
* Nederlands (Nederland)
* Norsk bokmål
* O‘zbek
* Polski
* Português (Brasil)
* Português (Portugal)
* Română
* Shqip
* Slovenčina
* Slovenščina
* Srpski
* Suomi
* Svenska
* Tiếng Việt
* Türkçe
* Ελληνικά
* Беларуская
* Български
* Қазақ тілі
* Македонски
* Русский
* Українська
* עברית
* العربية (إسرائيل)
* العربية (الإمارات العربية المتحدة)
* فارسی
* हिन्दी
* ไทย
* 한국어
* 中文 (中華人民共和國香港特別行政區)
* 中文 (新加坡)
* 中文 (简体)
* 中文 (繁體)
* 日本語
See also
* List of Windows Phone devices
List of Windows phones may refer to:
2010 and earlier phone devices
* List of Windows Mobile devices (Windows Mobile 2003, Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition (SE), Windows Mobile 5.0, 6.0, 6.1, 6.5)
2010-2015 phone devices
* List of Windows Phone ...
* Windows Phone 8
Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system from Microsoft. It was released on October 29, 2012, and, like its predecessor, it features a flat user interface based on the Metro design language. It was su ...
* Windows Phone 8.1
Windows Phone 8.1 is the discontinued third generation of Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system, succeeding Windows Phone 8. Rolled out at Microsoft's Build Conference in San Francisco, California, on April 2, 2014, it was released ...
* Windows Phone
Windows Phone (WP) is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones as the replacement successor to Windows Mobile and Zune. Windows Phone featured a new user interface derived from the Metro design la ...
* Samsung Ativ Odyssey
References
External links
*
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