Active Blogs | Popular Blogs | Recent Blogs While Samsung has put an end to the suspense by revealing its Galaxy S4, the Korean company released its first smartphone with Windows Phone 8. A high-end device, which is placed in direct competition with the Nokia Lumia 920. Can he make weight?
The announcement of the Galaxy S4 does you will certainly not escaped, as its most classic design, very much in the spirit of what Samsung offers last year. For Ativ S, Windows Phone 8 is pretty much the same thing, and that is even more striking: the look is so close to the HP Pavilion DV4 that if II is almost embarrassing. Outside a rear silver and format obviously smaller, the resemblance is striking.
Dimensions for their almost identical to those of a Galaxy S III: 137.2 x 70.5 x 8.7 mm, 135 g. In summary, we can clearly say that the Ativ S is a Galaxy Note II have the same dimensions as the S III, and turn out Windows Phone.
This test could almost stop there, simply summarizing the first mixed feeling on this phone. Finally, mixed, exag¨¨rerons do nothing. It seems clear that the original design enthusiasts will be disappointed and will certainly continue to prefer the Compaq Presario CQ60, although thicker and heavier, but with a more assertive look. However, no complaints about the finish, always impeccable Samsung. The rear plastic, detachable, is still not a solid feel absolute, but has the merit of being pleasant to the touch. Very smooth coating of Ativ S also seems particularly slippery. Watch out for falling so.
The radius of aesthetic criticism, also talk about the location of the power button and waking far from practical as placed a little higher than the thumb. So, we spend our time to reposition his hand to reach it. A detail, of course, but annoying in the long run. The other buttons are well placed, however: the key to access the camera falls well under the fingers, as well as volume control.
Very (too?) Near the Galaxy SIII
Connectivity, it is the classic jack is located on the upper left side and the micro-USB port is on the lower side countered. Again, this is exactly the same configuration as the Latitude E6500 , as well as the button (physical) core, which allows just "fantasy" to be stamped with the Windows Phone logo. The supplied accessories are proving as a surprise to them, including side-ear headphones. They restore power and good sound relatively clean, in any case than the majority of headphones available basis.
With its Super AMOLED technology, the definition of 1280 x 720, 306 ppi density of the diagonal and 4.8'' screen Ativ S looks just like that already offers the Galaxy SIII and is a bit larger than that of Lumia 920 (4.5''). If you have used the latest Galaxy S (well, penultimate now), so you will be familiar ground. The viewing angles are excellent, deep blacks and colors always slightly saturated Super AMOLED oblige. Which can sometimes be annoying Android finds its way to Windows Toshiba PA3465U-1BRS, the interface of the OS that are better suited to this riot of colors. In short, both by its generous size as readability, screen Ativ S remains impeccable.
Autonomy and performance: a faultless
Another point that surprised us in the right direction autonomy is very satisfactory: our video playback test ran for 8:26 straight (maximum brightness, wifi enabled) while the phone is almost two days using conventional . A result greater than that offer Lumia 920 or Galaxy SIII, largely due to its battery Li-Ion 2300 mAh. On this point, the Ativ S is simply excellent and competes with the Galaxy Note II. A point on which the Windows Phone Samsung could hardly compete with the Lumia 920 is a camera, so the camera Nokia has shown great qualities. Again, the surprise is good, because the pictures taken with the 8 megapixel sensor quality are again very close to that proposed by the Galaxy SIII. Compared to the HP DV5 battery , there are a little less bright colors, but better sharpness, while flash shots with low brightness give the advantage to the smartphone from Nokia, still unbeatable on this aspect. Video capture - 1080p - is itself in the middle, although it regrets the lack of manual focus.
As for performance, the S Ativ shows quite convincing and that, on this point, on a par with the Lumia 920. Logic says that the hardware of both devices are very similar: S4 Snapdragon processor 1.5 GHz dual heart, 1GB of RAM and GPU Adreno 225. On our benchmarks, the results are very close, with a slight advantage for Samsung: 907ms 912ms cons on SunSpider, 613 against 596 of Octane, 231 against 225 on WP Bench. In use, there is nothing to complain about: Dell Inspiron 1525 battery works flawlessly, fluidity has always answering the phone and not heating, or very little (only when playing a video). In the range of devices Windows Phone 8, Ativ S is one that displays the best performance.
Apps home unattractive
Unlike Nokia, Samsung does not have the same support from Microsoft. Resulting in-house applications, one of the great strengths of the Lumia range, fairly anecdotal: Kitten is a unified messaging service, Now an app, combining weather, news and stock quotes, Mini Diary evolved a notebook ( to add images and geolocation) Live Wallpaper allows you to create animated wallpapers and finally Photos Editor is a very traditional editing tool, but complete. In short, if these Dell Inspiron 6000 applications are far from being ashamed, they are struggling to keep the comparison face that offers the Lumia 920, especially on the side of geolocation. Anyway, the Ativ S Samsung Windows Phone is a very powerful, with a quality screen and excellent battery life. Some regret a design that takes little risk and merely repeats the proven recipe of the Galaxy, but the fact is that it offers a quality / price very interesting for those who want to acquire a high-end Windows Phone.
Tags: HP 484170-001 , Pavilion DV2000, Dell laptop batteries
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