Samsung phones Ativ S price at 710 USD

Samsung has officially announced the price of their first smartphone Windows Phone 8 - Ativ S with price up to 710USD.

When performed at the IFA exhibition in late August, Samsung said, Ativ S for the mid-range segment. Products with a thin design, Super AMOLED HD touch screen 4.8-inch and 1.5-GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM. It also supports HSPA +42 connectivity for mobile web surfing speed faster.

Ativ S also has a 8MP camera on the back capable of autofocus, LED and a 1.9 MP front camera for video calling function.

Ativ S take full advantage of the capabilities of the new operating system - Windows Phone 8 and has a microSD card slot and supports NFC technology (the first devoted to file-sharing and the latter will be used to pay replace cash and credit cards).

Samsung also added battery capacity for is 2.300mAh. Device has two 16GB and 32GB version and will contain applications like Music Hub and Samsung Media Hub.

There Ativ S, also two rival products work on Windows Phone 8 operating system coming to market is HTC 8X and Nokia Lumia 920.

After the price of the smartphone Windows Phone 8 HTC 8X and HTC 8S, Nokia's Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 was revealed, the price of Ativ S also revealed.

A retailer in Belgium quotes Ativ S with SIM free is 710USD. The price is not too high compared to other Windows Phone 8 smartphone was announced as the HTC 8X price 641USD, Lumia 920 priced at 770USD. However, the Windows Phone 8 will need to be wiser price strategy to attract users to the platform.

Currently, Samsung has not officially confirmed the price of Ativ S that Belgian retailer has launched.