Samsung Ativ S Sale

Just got a reply back from Amazon:




Dear Customer

We are definitely interested in an attractive pricing policy for you. This means that we always try to offer items in our shop at very special prices. Please note that once the order has been confirmed you have accepted the shown amount and therefore have agreed on the price offered by us.

However, under the circumstances, I have changed the price of the item manually to EUR 216.64 as an exception.

Sir Oxman wrote: »

Mine is now status shipped via UPS supposed to be delivery tomorrow!

I swear to God if it's a reurb I'll go nuts! It's from Amazon and states clearly NEW.

PS mad muffin, hit that crowd hard!

Mine seems to be the same as yours. Seems like an age to start processing the order, then a couple of days shipping soon, then boom ships over from Italy in a day.

It arrive in Dublin just after 6am.

mad muffin wrote: »

Phone arrived @12:30

Definitely new unlike the price-guard one :rolleyes:

Just updating it to GDR2 as I type. Can't believe it took only 24hrs to arrive from Italy.

Just check the price on Amazon.de and its gone down to €201 :eek:

I have an 8x, but this temps me!

I ordered an Ativ S from Amazon.de on Tuesday and it was delivered today

I paid a total of €226 inc. delivery which was a very good price for such a powerful phone

The phone was £219 on Amazon.co.uk, which is actually around €30 more than then German site. The only difference seems to be the power adaptor is, obviously on a phone from mainland Europe, a European plug

I have had a number of Windows Mobiles\Phones over the years inc. the HD7 and the 8S and have always been pleased with the phones.

I have also had a number of Android phones which have been a bit of a disappointment inc. the HTC One X (gets unbelievably hot), Sony Xperia P (very slow) ,Sony Xperia Mini (crap) ,Samsung Galaxy S , S2 and Note 2 (far too big and heavy).

Windows Phone 8 is very nice and I especially like the way that it is linked to the cloud through your Microsoft Passport

I have just turned the phone on for the first time, with no SIM in it, and all the text messages from my 8S have appeared on it. This is a very handy feature if you lose your phone as you can just pick up a new phone and all the information is there

Overall, I believe that I'm going to be very happy with my Ativ S and that it was a very good purchase

I had actually planned on getting this phone when my contract was last up for renewal, but it was actually quite difficult to find and was more expensive than the Galaxy Note 2

I see the stupid artist background not showing for all artists is still there.

Except now its a grey background...

xtal191 wrote: »

I this available on the Ativ S? Or is it just for Nokia phones?

http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-adds-call-and-text-blocking-to-wp8-lumia-phones-running-on-gdr2-update/

That's just for Nokia.

The Samsung does have a block call setting but not for SMS.


Does anyone know if there is a web text app available?

xtal191 wrote: »

Any idea what other apps work on Nokias but not the Ativ S?

That one was made by Nokia for Nokia phones, you won't find it in the app store.

I've been using the Ativ S for just over a week and am very impressed with it

Windows Phone 8 is really fast and just works , unlike Android.

The battery is very good, I was streaming an internet radio station to a Bluetooth speaker in a poor reception area and the battery lasted for over 5 hours, that's after a full day of light web browsing and calling in the same poor signal area

The huge number of useful apps in the app store is also quite surprising as most people say that there are very few apps available for the platform.

A great feature of the OS is that it saves text messages to your Microsoft account which means that they are backed up properly and just appear on any Windows Phone that you log-in to. I have a HTC 8S with another SIM in it and any texts that are sent to either phone, show up in both

The integration with your Windows desktop is obviously very good and works a lot better than any of the desktop apps for Android phones eg Kies etc.. It also integrates a lot better than the bloated iTunes software for iPhones

The fact that the body of the phone is based on the Galaxy S3 is also handy as it means that you can buy screen protectors etc for the S3 and use them on the Ativ S

kaizersoze wrote: »

Anyone else noticing the odd unexpected reboot?

Not me. Are you using a class 10 micro SD by any chance or in a low signal area?

kaizersoze wrote: »

No SD card at all in it. I do live in and frequent bad signal areas alright.
Is there a known issue with either?

I have read reports of either one causing problems on wpcentral. I might have read that GDR2 fixes the reboot issues.

I have GDR2 but I'm using a class 4 micro SD and haven't been in any low signal areas yet. When I'm in a low signal area I'll keep an eye out and report back.

Just got one of these delivered for 215 from Amazon.de.

I was using a HTC Sensation, which was a top of the line phone when it was released, but this is light years ahead of that.

I had been considering getting a Jiayu G4, but I'm delighted I went for this instead.

The Windows OS just works better than Android too, I way prefer it. Sure there are issues with some apps not being available, but it's worth it for such a lovely phone with a brilliant OS

Can you download country maps on the Ativ like the Nokia WP8 phones?
To use offline so to speak?

TBi wrote: »

You might be able to get Nokia Here maps but it's a Nokia specific product so chances are what you want may not be available for Samsung.

Thanks, but I'm looking for a definitive answer from an owner!

xtal191 wrote: »

Well I think I'm going to give up on the Nexus 4, google are constantly cancelling my orders absolute pain.

Will this be getting future updates gdr3, win 8.1 etc?

It will indeed.

Personally, wp8 is a big jump from 7.8, not only is there more apps available but it is a more finished product, along with future update such as gdr3, 8.1 etc.

For €205, it is an absolute bargain.

Tinie wrote: »

How long was delivery for you guys from day of order on amazon.de, not despatch.

I ordered at 11pm on a Friday. Phone was shipped on the following Wednesday. Delivered the next day. So four business days.

LIGHTNING wrote: »

With the rumours flying around of Win 9 devices coming out so I am stuck really. Although at least this time round win 8 phone will be upgraded to win 9.

Windows Phone 9 isn't coming in a hurry. We'll be getting GDR3 update for Windows Phone 8 before the end of the year, this seems mainly to be for BIG screen phones.

After that, Windows Phone 'Blue' / 8.1 will be out early 2014, but as you mention Win 8 handsets look likely to be able to upgrade to this.

GDR2 was there for me to download when I got the phone last month. Be sure to install it before setting up the phone.

If data sense doesn't appear in the app list, you'll need to do a factory reset.