Samsung To Launch Windows Phone 8 In India

Samsung is going to release its first Windows Phone 8 smartphone called Ativ S. Launching of this device will be headed from India and then worldwide.

Samsung Ativ S has a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED touch screen, same as the Galaxy S III, and runs on the Windows Phone 8 mobile operating system. The South Korean manufacturer has used a 1.5GHz dual-core Krait processor with 1GB RAM in the phone.

Ativ S will be available in 16 and 32GB variants, and will support micro SD card of up to 32GB capacity. The smartphone has an 8MP rear camera with flash and a 1.9MP front camera. It comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0, 2G, 3G and micro USB 2.0 as connectivity options. The world's first Windows Phone 8 smartphone will be powered by a 2,300mAh battery.

Samsung has always given priority to India while launching its mobile devices, such as Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Note 10.1. Therefore, it is possible that the official launch of Ativ S in India may not be too far away, though the Windows Phone platform has not exactly picked up in the country.