Verizon to Launch Samsung ATIV Odyssey Windows Phone 8 Smartphone on Thursday

Humberto Saabedra

Samsung ATIV OdysseyVerizon has announced that it will launch its third Windows Phone 8 smartphone in the Samsung ATIV Odyssey on Thursday January 24th for $99.99 after a new 2 year agreement before an additional $50 mail-in rebate bringing the total to $49.99.

The ATIV Odyssey features a 4-inch AMOLED display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 5.0 megapixel camera with LED flash, and LTE along with Samsung’s own built-in apps in the Now app, which provides easy access to weather, news, stocks and more, a built-in Photo Editor app  with filters, frames and stickers in addition to resizing, rotating and cropping photos; and a Mini Diary app where diary entries can include pictures, drawings, location and audio.

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Journalist since 2006, initially covering the retail wireless sector before pivoting to anime and manga trade reporting in 2008. Founder and publisher of AnimeNews.biz (2008–2017), followed by a 13-year tenure at Crunchyroll News (2011–2024) and launching K-Comics Beat with Comics Beat in 2024. Now stripping away consumer noise to build independent, data-backed intelligence desks focused on cross-border licensing telemetry, production committee balance sheets, and industrial supply-chain forensics.

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