PocketNow - It was the first Windows Phone 8 device to officially break cover, but in a strange twist of circumstance, it’s turned out to be (presumably) the last major Windows Phone release of 2012. Coming in behind the HTC Windows Phones and Nokia’s Lumia family, we recently asked whether the ATIV S was still worth waiting for. That’s a question we won’t be able to answer in full until the completion of our review process, but that’s a procedure we can get started on right now. That’s because, thanks to the fine folks at Samsung, an ATIV S just showed up at our door.
Total Revue: The choice of smartphones are ever-growing, fighting for the most advanced smartphone crown. With many devices to choose from, the breadth suddenly gets smaller when the operating system of most phones consist of just 2 – Android and iOS. But there's another in the form of a revitalised Windows Phone 8 OS from Microsoft and it's back to try and get things right.
PocketNow - “The next big thing is already here.”
The slogan, emblazoned on billboards and tee-shirts across the globe, was Samsung’s go-to-market buzzphrase for the launch of its 2012 superphone, the Galaxy S III. It reflects the scope of that massive rollout, perhaps the largest in Android history, and the ambitious aspirations of the company behind it. The buzz and bombast of that device’s unveiling -and, more recently, that of the Galaxy Note II- underscored the cocksure attitude of a company that knew it had a hit on its hands. Samsung, the globe’s leading handset vendor, was on top of the world, and it wanted everyone to know it.
MobileSyrup - Samsung’s ATIV S was the first Windows Phone 8 device to be announced. Since then the hype for Microsoft’s overhauled mobile OS has subsided, but the battle rages on. Apps are beginning to be updated; users are starting to take notice. Despite impressive showings from Nokia and HTC, Samsung is a trusted name in smartphones today, and could be the very thing the ecosystem needs to thrive.
