Windows Phone 8 Device Round-Up

Sep 19, 2012 by Josh Pollard

Today HTC officially announced their two entrants into the Windows Phone 8 game which we believe wraps up all of phones that will be available at the launch of Microsoft’s next mobile operating system. HTC’s flagship phone will be the HTC 8X and their low-end offering is the 8S. The 8X matches up pretty well to the Nokia Lumia 920 and Samsung Ativ S, but the 8S has specs that put it pretty considerably below the other four phones, even the Nokia Lumia 820.

The specs that we’ve laid out below do tell most of the story, but there are still some pieces of information that we don’t yet know. We don’t know for sure* which carriers will offer these phones, and we only have a strongly rumored price on the 8X. We expect all of these phones to launch in early November. So spend time with the specs, because you only have a little over a month to decide which phone you’ll get. As always, we’ll keep this post updated as we learn new details.

	Lumia 920	Lumia 820	Samsung Ativ S	HTC 8S	HTC 8X
Thickness	10.7mm	9.9mm	8.7mm	10.28	10.12mm
Dimmensions	130.3mm x 70.8mm	123.8mm x 68.5mm	137.2mm x 70.5mm	120.5mm x 63mm	132.35mm x 66.2mm
Display size	4.5″	4.3″	4.8″	4″	4.3″
Resolution	1280 x 768	800 x 480	1280×720	800×480	1280×720
Weight	185g	160g	135g	113g	130g
Colors	B/W/G/R/Y/C	B/W/G/R/Y/B/P	Aluminium	Black & White/R/B/G	B/R/Y/K

Battery Size	2000mAh	1650mAh	2300mAh	1700mAh	1800mAh
Talk time	10h	8h	?	?	?
Audio playback	67h	55h	?	?	?

Sensor	8.7MP	8MP	8MP	5MP	8MP
Aperature	f/2.0	f/2.2	?	f/2.8	f/2.0
Resolution	3264 x 2448	3264 x 2448	3264 x 2448		3264 x 2448
Stabilization	Optical	Electronic	Electronic	Electronic	Electronic
Front Camera	1280×960	VGA	1.9MP
Video	1080p	1080p	1080p	720p	1080p

Bands	LTE/GSM/CDMA	LTE/GSM/CDMA	LTE/GSM	GSM/CDMA	LTE/GSM/CDMA
Wi-Fi	802.11 a/b/g/n	802.11 a/b/g/n	802.11 a/b/g/n	802.11 b/g/n	802.11 a/b/g/n
Bluetooth	3.1	3.1	3.0	2.1	2.1
Processor	1.5GHz Dual Core	1.5GHz Dual Core	1.5GHz Dual Core	1GHz Dual Core	1.5GHz Dual Core
Memory	32GB	8GB	16/32GB	4GB	16GB
MicroSD	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
RAM	1GB	1GB	1GB	512MB	1GB
NFC	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Wireless charging	Built-in	Available	N/A	N/A	N/A

Extras	Optical Image Stabilization, wireless charging, extensive suite of custom apps	Wireless charging, extensive suite of custom apps		Beats audio	Beats audio with amplifier

Cost	?	?	?	?	$199
Release date	November	November	November?	November	November
Carriers	AT&T Exclusive	AT&T	?	AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile*	AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile