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HTC Windows Phone 8S

HTC Windows Phone 8S is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand HTC Windows Phone 8S rather than just read about it. In short: The Windows Phone 8S by HTC was announced by HTC Corporation on September 19, 2012 and released on December 7, 2012 in Canada. It is a cheaper, lower-end version of the Windows Phone 8X by HTC.

Key takeaways

HTC Windows Phone 8S belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect HTC Windows Phone 8S to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of HTC Windows Phone 8S from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The Windows Phone 8S by HTC was announced by HTC Corporation on September 19, 2012 and released on December 7, 2012 in Canada. It is a cheaper, lower-end version of the Windows Phone 8X by HTC. Despite its availability in Canada, HTC announced that the 8S will not be sold in the United States because the company plans to focus instead on the 8X, which is considered its signature phone on the Windows operating system. Because of the limited memory available on this phone, certain applications and features will not be able to run.

Availability In Canada, the HTC 8S was first available released for Virgin Mobile Canada on December 7, 2012. HTC plans to make the 8S available at Koodo Mobile, Mobilicity and Wind Mobile in 2013.

Reception One week after launching the device, Virgin Mobile Canada reported that the phone has been "flying off the shelves". At that time, the Mobile Syrup blog stated that the 8S was "the best deal on a no-contract phone at the moment" The blog also praised the device's size and design, and claimed that the phone "makes a number of compromises […] but it’s still able to perform […] well". Ewan Spence from All About Windows Phone wrote: "While there are clear use cases for the 8S (and I can think of a few people in my family that would get by easily with the 8S) it feels like a missed opportunity. It's going to fall seriously short with anyone who is looking to really push the Windows Phone 8 platform."

OS updates The HTC Windows Phone 8S has received the Windows Phone 8.1 update, but has not been updated officially further to Windows Phone 8.1 Update 1 (however, the latest 8.1 updates can be obtained via Microsoft's "Preview for Developers" app), despite its relatively better counterpart, the Windows Phone 8X, having received this latest update. As such, it has become highly unlikely that there will an update to Windows 10 Mobile for the 8S.

See also HTC HTC Windows Phone 8X Windows Phone 8

References

External links Official website

Illustrations

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with HTC Windows Phone 8S

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what HTC Windows Phone 8S claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to HTC Windows Phone 8S before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about HTC Windows Phone 8S ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of HTC Windows Phone 8S

In research: HTC Windows Phone 8S appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses HTC Windows Phone 8S in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: HTC Windows Phone 8S is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Discontinued smartphones, HTC smartphones, Mobile phones introduced in 2012, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for HTC Windows Phone 8S outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study HTC Windows Phone 8S in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what HTC Windows Phone 8S means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
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Frequently asked questions

What is HTC Windows Phone 8S in simple terms?

The Windows Phone 8S by HTC was announced by HTC Corporation on September 19, 2012 and released on December 7, 2012 in Canada. It is a cheaper, lower-end version of the Windows Phone 8X by HTC.

Why does HTC Windows Phone 8S matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study HTC Windows Phone 8S?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on HTC Windows Phone 8S.