Samsung Wave II

After a market success by Samsung Wave, Samsung has now launched a newer version of their SmartPhone- Wave II. Samsung Certainly wanted a strong start for their own OS - BADA and they certainly have it. Wave is one smartphone which has been sold in millions and was a huge success and following its success now comes Wave II.
It is certainly better,bigger and faster as compared to Wave so as to reach the high end customers. But there is no Super AMOLED Screen this time.
Here’s a quick recap of its specs:

Samsung Wave 2 S8530 key features / Specs :

• 3.7-inch SUPER Clear LCD Touchscreen Display
• Slim and solid metal body
• Samsung Bada OS v1.2 with Samsung Apps
• TouchWIZ v3 User Interface – Multiple home screens , hybrid widgets
• ARM Cortex A8 based 1GHz CPU
• Quad-band GSM support with dual-band HSPA
• Wireless LAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity with WPS support, Wi-Fi tethering
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, digital compass, Samsung LBS powered by ROUTE 66
• 5 Mega-pixel autofocus camera with LED flash
• HD video recording at 30fps
• 2GB internal storage, Expandable memory
• Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• TV out
• Stereo FM radio with RDS and FM recording
• Social Hub – Integrated information from Emails,IM,SNS
• Quicktype – fast typing using T9 trace on virtual keypad
• Social network Service (SNS) Widgets to stay connected with friends
• Quick panel for frequently used settings
• 1GHz processor with smooth 3D gaming experience
• HD video player – multi-format
• Mosaic search – quickly finds the desired part of a video

• Design
  • Form Factor : Full Touch Bar
• Platform
  • GSM&EDGE Band Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
  • 3G Band 8500 / 2100
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • 3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps
  • Operation System Samsung bada OS
  • Browser Dolfin Browser 2.0
  • Java MIDP2.1
• Size
  • Dimensions : 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm
  • Weight 135g
• Display
  • Internal Technology SUPER Clear TFT
  • Internal Resolution WVGA 480×800
  • Internal Size 3.7 inches
• Battery
  • Capacity : 1500mAh
  • Talk time : Up to 13.5 hours
  • Standby : Up to 600 hours
• Camera
  • Camera Resolution : 5 Megapixel
  • Digital / Optical Zoom Digital x4
  • Flash LED
  • Auto Focus
  • Shot Mode
  • Photo Effects
  • ISO
• Video
  • Video player HD video 1280×720
  • Video recording HD video 1280×720@30fps
  • Video messaging
  • Video streaming
  • Video telephony
• Music & Sound
  • Music Player MP3 / AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA / AMR / MIDI / SP-MIDI / i-melody / WAV / MMF
  • Poly Ringtones
  • MP3 Ringtones
  • DRM OMA DRM v.2.0 / WMDRM / DivX DRM
  • 3D sound technology SoundAlive
  • Music Library
• Fun & Entertainment
  • Embedded JAVA™ games
  • Embedded Wallpaper
  • FM Radio
  • FM Radio Recoding
  • FM Radio RDS
• Business & Office
  • Document Viewer
  • Mobile Printing
  • Offline Mode
  • Voice Memo & Voice Mail
• Messaging
  • SMS
  • MMS
  • Predictive Text Input T9
  • Email
  • Cell Broadcast
  • vCard / vCalendar
  • Instant Messaging
• Connectivity
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • USB 2.0
  • WAP 2.0
  • USB mass storage
  • Internet HTML Browser
  • SyncML(DS) 1.2
  • SyncML(DM) 1.2
  • WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
  • AGPS
  • TV-output
  • PC Sync Application
• Memory
  • User Memory 2GB
  • SMS Memory 1000
  • External Memory microSD (Up to 32GB)
• Personal Information Management
  • Calendar
  • Scheduler
  • Clock
  • vWorldtime
  • Alarm
  • Calculator
  • Stopwatch
  • Countdown Timer
• Call Functions
  • Speakerphone
  • Caller ID
  • Call Cost
  • Call Time
  • Call forwarding / barring / waiting / holding
  • Multiparty
• Further Informations
  • Mobile Tracker
  • Touch Screen

Main disadvantages

• Limited number of available applications
• Super Clear LCD can’t match SuperAMOLED
• Card slot under the battery
• No lens protection
• SatNav software only a 30-day trial
• No ambient light sensor to adjust screen brightness automatically
• Poor loudspeaker performance

Wave II over original Wave

• Latest Bada OS 1.2
• Swype-like T9 Trace text input
• Over-the-Air software updates
• Larger 3.7" touchscreen

Although the advantages of Wave II over wave seems to be quite less and will even vanish once Wave is upgraded to Bada OS -1.2 but one thing that is missing in Wave II has been The SuperAMOLED screen. Super AMOLED screen was one of the major driving factor for Samsung Wave, which is missing in Wave II but samsung promises that this 3.7 inch screen is not an ordinary LCD Screen


Samsung Wave 2 Price in India

Samsung Wave 2 Price in India : The new Samsung Wave 2 Price in India is Rs.16,399 . It is available now in the market.

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