It looks like the world’s first Windows Phone 8 phone, the Samsung ATIV S is expected to have touch competition from the HTC and Nokia made Windows Phone 8 handsets. We already reported that teh Finnish mobile maker is expected to bring the Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView and Nokia Lumia 820 handsets. A member over at XDA Developers Forums, has managed to bring a press shot and along with some possible specs of the upcoming HTC Accord Windows Phone 8 handset.
As you can see in the above image, the Accord is purple, colorful device, which is expected to be featuring the following features:
# Windows Phone 8 OS
# 72op display; According to the previous leak, it could be 4.3″ Super LCD 2 screen
# Dual-core Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 krait processor clocked at 1.5Ghz
# 8MP camera with 1080p video capture
# 8GB or 16GB built-in storage options
# Memory expandable support for up to 32GB via microSD card slot
# NFC support
# 42Mbps HSDPA connectivity
According to a reliable source, HTC Accord is also expected to ship with Beats Audio integration. According to the courtesy of The Verge, there will be an exclusive app carrying usual Beats Audio controls, to manage the volume from the phone’s settings option.
Don’t be confused with the Windows Phone 7.5 ‘UI on the press shot of the device. Tiles on start screen can be resizable on Windows Phone 8 platform.
Source: FootBall4PDA @ XDA, The Verge