Popular & 5 Top Windows Phone 8 Smart Phones

Windows Phone 8 OS is almost there – does it make you excited? You might or might not be but Microsoft is very much excited about it. It’s reported that Microsoft will spend $1 billion for marketing campaign across the globe for their highly anticipated Windows Phone 8 OS for mobile phone and tablet PCs. The Windows Phone OS was launched in early 2010 and since two and half years, Windows Phone 8 is expected to bring back the glory for Microsoft.

Windows Phone OS is currently been adopted by less than 2 % of the smart phones sold worldwide. Successor to Windows Phone 7.8 will certainly bring good result but it will be interesting to see how will this effect Android OS and iOS, the chart toppers.

Until now Windows Phone 8 OS has received a promising start thanks to Samsung, Nokia and HTC as they have planned atleast one or two devices gearing for go in Q4 this year. Microsoft hit a jackpot at IFA Berlin event as smart phone manufacturers showed keen interest in Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 OS platform and the following are the smart phone based on the WP 8 platform –

Top Windows Phone 8 Smart Phones

• Samsung ATIV S
• Nokia Lumia 920
• Nokia Lumia 820
• HTC Windows Phone 8X
• Huawei Ascend W1

Samsung ATIV S

Samsung was the first one to announce a Windows Phone 8 powered smart phone. Dubbed as Samsung ATIV S, it’s a featured rich to be available in November this year. With this device, Samsung will again look to occupy # 1 position in terms of devices sold in Windows platform as well and it all starts with ATIV S smart phone. Its right now among the best Windows Phone 8 and sales record are expected to do a good business.

Going through the smart phone, it looks to be the mix design of Galaxy Note II and Galaxy S III but altogether with a different mobile operating system. Ativ S has a slim design featuring 4.8 inches Super AMOLED HD display screen and powered with 1.5 Ghz dual core processor. It packs 8 mega pixel camera on rear side with LED Flash, Auto focus and 1.9 mega pixel front facing camera.

The Korean giant has powered it with 2300 mAh large capacity battery promising longer battery life, 1 GB of RAM and availability in 16 GB and 32 GB internal storage makes it interesting. It will include a micro SD card slot and supports NFC for single tap to share files and supports mobile payment. Ativ S will also feature host of Samsung apps like Media Hub, Entertainment Hub, Music Hub and ever growing Windows App Store.

Samsung ATIV S includes the following features –

• 4.8 inches Super AMOLED HD display
• 1.5 Ghz dual core processor
• 8 mega pixel camera with LED Flash, Auto focus
• 1.9 mega pixel front camera
• 2300 mAh battery
• 1 GB RAM
• 16 /32 GB internal storage capacity
• NFC Support
• Windows Phone 8 OS
• Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0, Wi Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz)

The Korean giant has priced this smart phone at $ 710 and it’s been currently available in Europe for pre order booking.

Nokia Lumia 920

Windows Phone 8 operating system will see a fresh look with flagship Nokia Lumia 920 been announced by the Finnish multinational company. Nokia expects that Lumia 920 included with host of features will turn the things around. Announced on September 5, 2012 at IFA event, it introduces wireless charging using the Qi technology. Lumia 920 is certainly among the top 5 Windows Phone 8 powered smart phone.

Going through the specifications it includes the 4.5 inches IPS LCD WXGA capacitive touchscreen display and it’s powered with 1.5 Ghz dual core Qualcomm Krait processor along with Adreno 225 acting for graphical acceleration. It includes 8.7 mega pixel PureView camera along with dual LED flash, auto focus, Carl Zeiss optics providing beautiful photos and video recording capabilities. On the front side it includes the 1.3 mega pixel camera as well.

It’s powered with 2,000 mAh battery providing 10 hours of talk time and includes the latest updates features like Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, USB on the Go, micro USB, GPS with A GPS and GLONASS.

Nokia Lumia 920 has the following specifications –

• 4.5 inches IPS LCD WXGA capacitive touchscreen display
• 1.5 Ghz dual core Qualcomm Krait processor
• Qualcomm Adreno 225 GPU
• 1 GB of RAM
• 32 GB internal memory
• 2,000 mAh Li-ion battery with Qi inductive charging
• 8.7 mega pixel camera with PureView
• Dual LED flash, Auto focus, Carl Zeiss optics
• 1.3 mega pixel front facing camera
• Bluetooth 4.0, micro USB, USB On The Go
• GPS with A GPS & GLONASS
• 10 hours of talk time

Going through the features, certainly Nokia is on the verge of comeback and it’s just waiting for its launch worldwide. Nokia Lumia 920 will be priced at $ 778 for the SIM free version and will be out with carrier plans in coming days. In China its available via China Mobile from September 13 this year, in Australia via Telstra using the 4G LTE network, in Italy from November 12 via TeliaSonera and lot more countries will get this handset.

Nokia Lumia 820

If Nokia Lumia 920 is the king, Lumia 820 is the small brother. Nokia Lumia 820 includes the 4.3 inches ClearBlack display screen with Carl Zeiss lens the best in the business. With wireless charging included you will never need to plug in the device for physical charging. Lumia 820 is designed for the complete entertainment and professional use as well. It’s the successor of Lumia 800 smart phone and it will be the one implement with Windows Phone 8.

It’s powered with 1.5 Ghz dual core processor and possess 8 mega pixel camera on the rear side. It will be seen with LTE connectivity and has 1 GB of RAM with 8 GB of internal memory storage capacity with a micro SD card slot as well. It includes 1650 mAh battery and you can find one front facing VGA camera as well. Connectivity options include the Bluetooth 4.0, Wi Fi, NFC for mobile payment and tap to share feature and it’s expected to release in Q4 2012.

The following are the features of Nokia Lumia 820 smart phone –

• 4.3 inches Super AMOLED ClearBlack touch screen
• 1.5 Ghz dual core Qualcomm Krait processor
• 8 mega pixel camera with Dual LED Flash, Auto focus feature
• 1650 mAh battery
• 8 GB internal memory
• 1 GB RAM
• Windows Phone 8 OS

Nokia Lumia 920 will be released in Q4 this year worldwide.

HTC Windows Phone 8X

Just after Samsung announced ATIV S and Nokia announcement of Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, HTC announced Windows Phone 8X along with 8S smart phone. HTC 8X resembles the HTC One X and features are almost interestingly same. HTC is struggling to make any impact in Android smart phones and it hopes 8X and 8S will turn the things around. Windows Phone 8X includes 4.3 inches S LCD2 capacitive touchscreen with Corning Gorilla Glass 2 display and includes the dual core 1.5 Ghz Qualcomm Krait processor along with Adreno 225 supporting the graphical processing unit.

HTC smart phone are best in camera features and 8X is no less as it includes the 8 mega pixel camera on the rear side along with auto focus, LED flash and host of features. On the front side you see a camera with 2.1 mega pixel range. It includes 1800 mAH battery providing 10 hours of battery life.

HTC Windows Phone 8X has the following specifications –

• 4.3 inches S LCD2 capacitive touchscreen display
• Corning Gorilla Glass 2 display
• Dual Core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Krait processor
• Adreno 225 GPU
• 8 mega pixel camera rear side with Auto focus, LED Flash
• 2.1 mega pixel front facing camera
• 1800 mAh battery

HTC Windows Phone 8X will be priced at $ 650 SIM free and it will be made available in Blue, Black, Flame Red, Limelight Yellow color variants.

HTC Windows Phone 8S

Along with Windows Phone 8X, HTC Corporation announced HTC Windows Phone 8S as well. HTC 8S spots similar specifications as that of the HTC One S smart phone and its the lower side variant of Windows Phone 8X smart phone.

Going through the specifications of HTC 8S it’s with 4 inches S LCD display with Corning Gorilla Glass display and its powered with 1 Ghz dual core Qualcomm Krait processor. The graphical processing is done by Adreno 225 and it includes the 5 mega pixel camera on the rear side allowing 720p HD video recording. It includes 4 GB internal memory storage capacity and has a micro SD card slot. It has 512 MB RAM sufficient enough to go with dual processing and has the Microsoft Windows Phone 8 mobile OS. This is one of the top 10 Windows Phone 8 smart phone.

HTC Windows Phone 8S has the following specifications –

• 4 inches S LCD capacitive touchscreen display
• 4 GB internal memory
• 512 MB of RAM
• 5 mega pixel rear camera
• Microsoft Windows Phone 8
• 1 Ghz Dual Core Qualcomm Krait processor
• Adreno 225 GPU
• 1700 mAH battery

HTC Windows Phone 8S will be launched earlier next year. It will be available in Domino, Fiesta Red, Atlantic Blue, High-Rise Gray color variants.

Huawei Ascend W1

Windows Phone 8 OS might be dominated by HTC, Samsung and Nokia but there are other upcoming handsets rearing to go. Just when high end smart phones based on the Windows Phone 8 platform are announced, Huawei Technologies announces cost saving affordable smart phone by announcing Ascend W1 and W2 smart phone. We have learn that W1 will arrive in November or December but nothing is official yet.

Ascend W1 will be out in China first and soon after it will be launching in other countries as well. It will be powered with 2,000 mAh battery packing up decent specifications for an affordable smart phone.

Huawei Ascend W1 features includes –

• 4 inches WVGA display screen
• 512 MB RAM
• 4 GB internal memory
• Windows Phone 8 OS
• Dual Core 1.2 GHz Krait processor
• Bluetooth 3.0, USB 2.0
• Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz)
• 2000 mAh battery

Huawei Ascend W1 will be priced in the range of affordability at $ 200.

So a let of expectations from Nokia and HTC and Samsung keeps it cool. Windows Phone 8 devices are yet to hit the market and we will keep a track on it in coming months.