Samsung spills details on Odyssey and Marco Windows Phone 8 devices

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/07/samsungwin8.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/samsung-windows-phone-8-dual-core-odyssey-marco/)If you thought the Apple and Samsung legal tussles weren't getting interesting enough (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/apple-purple-phone-prototype/), another filing has revealed that the father of all smartphones Galaxy (http://www.engadget.com/tag/samsung,galaxy) has at least two Windows Phone 8 devices in the pipeline. According to the filing that's been unearthed by The Verge, both are running on a dual-core 1.5Ghz Qualcomm MSM8960 (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/qualcomm-windows-phone-8-devices-msm-8960/) chipset -- which is currently Samsung's chip of choice for LTE regions. The Odyssey looks set to be Samsung's high-end Windows Phone, with a 4.65-inch high-definition Super AMOLED display and NFC ready for Microsoft's own mobile payment plans (http://www.engadget.com/2012/06/20/microsoft-brings-nfc-payments-and-loyalty-cards-to-windows-phone/). Meanwhile, the Marco will apparently forego the near-field delights and house a humbler 4-inch WVGA Super AMOLED screen, for a presumably gentler price. According to the legal documents, both devices are gearing up to launch in Q4 of this year -- after we've seen Windows Phone 8 in its entirety (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/28/screenshot-confirmed-in-windows-phone-8/).

http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/30/samsung-windows-phone-8-dual-core-odyssey-marco/