The Samsung Focus S is a
slate
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smartphone
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that runs Microsoft's
Windows Phone
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7.5 (code-named "Mango") operating system. It is the successor to the
Samsung Focus
The Samsung Focus (also known as the SGH-i917 and Samsung Cetus) is a slate smartphone which runs Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system. It features a 1 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ processor, a 4.0-inch Super AMOLED screen, and 8 ...
, and was released on November 6, 2011, in the United States. Currently, the Focus S is available exclusively through
AT&T
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.
Review: Samsung Focus S Windows Phone
Hardware and Display
The display is a 4.3-inch, WVGA (480 x 800 pixel) display. Unlike some former models, it uses a standard RGB layout instead of PenTile. The display has a high viewing angle. Below the display are three capacitive buttons for back, Start, and search, as seen on most Windows Phones. Above it is the earpiece, light sensors, and afront-facing camera. The sides of the phone are home to a dual-stage camera key, power/sleep/unlock key (right side), and volume rocker (left side).
The Samsung Focus S is powered by a 1.4 GHz Qualcomm processor.
Software
The device ships with Windows Phone 7.5 and can be upgraded to Windows Phone Tango (build 8773).
Languages
Unlike its Android counterpart, the Samsung Galaxy S II
The Samsung Galaxy S II (also unofficially known as the Samsung Galaxy S2) is a touchscreen-enabled, Slate phone, slate-format Android (operating system), Android smartphone developed and marketed by Samsung Electronics, as the second smartphon ...
, the Focus S supports more languages out of the box.
* Czech
* Danish
* German (Germany)
* German (Austria)
* German (Switzerland)
* English (Australia)
* English (Ireland)
* English (New Zealand)
* English (South Africa)
* English (United Kingdom)
* English (United States)
* Spanish (Spain)
* Spanish (United States)
* French (France)
* French (Switzerland)
* Italian
* Hungarian
* Dutch (Belgium)
* Dutch (Netherlands)
* Norwegian Bokmål
* Polish
* Portuguese (Brazil)
* Portuguese (Portugal)
* Finnish
* Swedish
* Greek
* Russian
* Korean
* Chinese (Simplified)
* Chinese (Traditional)
* Japanese
References
External links
Official Samsung Focus S homepage
Windows Phone devices
Focus S
Mobile phones introduced in 2011
Mobile phones with user-replaceable battery
Discontinued smartphones
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