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Samsung S8500 Wave Overview

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Key Features
Sophisticated Touch Screen Design 3G Smartphone
Bada Operating System
Casing Size 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
3.3 Inch 16 Million Colour Super AMOLED Capacitive Touch Screen (480 x 800 Pixels)
TouchWiz 3.0 User Interface
Instant Messaging
Push Email Support
2GB or 8GB Memory Option plus Memory Card Option up to 32GB
Music Player & FM Radio RDS
5 Megapixel Camera with Auto Focus & Geo Tagging
Video Player (MPEG4, H263, H264, DivX & Xvid)
WiFi® Technology
A GPS Navigation with Google Maps

Design

68%

Usability

56%

Features

65%

The above ratings are average figures, which have been generated from submitted mobile phone reviews.

Our Samsung S8500 Wave Review

Overview
This 3G Smartphone comes with a Bada operating system & a stunning TouchWiz touch user interface. The Samsung S8500 Wave comes with a variety of communication features & high speed technologies to suit today's mobile phone user. It has a stylishly designed casing & is compact for carrying purposes. It has a 5 megapixel camera complete with video capabilities, music player, Web browser & supports technologies such as 3G HSDPA, WiFi® & A GPS navigation. It is a great addition to the already popular Samsung Smartphone family.

Appearance & Size
The Samsung S8500 Wave has a solid & compact casing with its overall dimensions measuring 11.8cm by 5.6cm by 1.09cm. It is an ideal shape & size for both carrying & usability purposes. The Samsung S8500 Wave has a sophisticated brushed effect casing which feels good to hold in the users hand as well as looking incredibly elegant. Its touch screen design allows the user to view information on the screen as well as input menu & data selections using touch activated touch controls. The touch screen displays up to 16 million colours on a high resolution AMOLED capacitive display which measures 3.3inches in size when measured from corner to corner. It comes with a built in automatic rotation function allowing the user to turn their handset & the touch screen display will respond to the users movements. The screen is scratch resistant which will avoid it becoming damaged whilst carrying. The user can view & operate an onscreen keypad & keyboard when inputting new contact details or creating a message. The touch screen keypad & keyboard provides the user with an easy to use numeric & alphabetic input method.

Samsung S8500 Wave 3G Smartphone front view

Samsung S8500 Wave 3G Smartphone back view

Samsung S8500 Wave 3G Smartphone side view

Imaging, Media & Entertainment
On the back of the casing is a discrete diamond shaped camera lens which provides the user with 5 megapixel digital camera feature. There is also a front facing camera lens which is positioned at the top right hand side of the touch screen & is ideal for video calling purposes. The main 5 megapixel camera supports still photo capturing & video recording capabilities. The user can enjoy capturing the perfect photo using all the phones built in imaging features which include a smile detection feature, automatic focus, face detection feature & a flash. The S8500 Wave supports AGPS navigation which allows the user to use a photo geo tagging feature when capturing their snaps, & the photo will be stored with information on where it was taken. The Samsung S8500 Wave comes with an integrated video player which supports playback in many formats, plus a music player which supports MP3, WMA & eAAC+ music playing formats. There is a built in FM radio with a radio data system feature which provides onscreen information which is relevant to the music or radio station the user has tuned into. It comes with Java™ support which allows the user to download Java™ games onto their phone to enjoy fun gaming.

Communication & Messaging
Its communication features include easy to use messaging services & user friendly call features. The user can enjoy an instant messaging service when the user is online & have a text communication with others that are online & available. The S8500 Wave comes with an email service which provides a direct service allowing the user to communicate with their email contacts on the move. When the user wishes to share photos or video recordings with others they can create a multimedia message which can then be sent to any compatible MMS contact, providing a quick photo or video sharing service. This gorgeous touch screen handset comes with a SMS message service allowing the user to share text messages with others, which is ideal when the user hasn't got time for a lengthy call. A phone book feature stores all the user contacts names & numbers which is easily managed by the user as their contacts information can be edited or deleted if required. There is a selection of call features which allow the user to make a call from their phone book, by dialling a call using the onscreen keypad or even by accessing the call log to view recently received, dialled or missed calls.

Technology & Internet
The user can use their Smartphone over a GSM quad band network or over a 3G HSDPA network depending on the users networking requirements. Its built in WiFi® support allows the user to access the Web via a WLAN WiFi® connection, which means no cables are required. The Samsung S8500 Wave is a 3G HSDPA capable Smartphone which provides high speed connectivity as well as it 3G video calling support. This sophisticated handset comes in two memory options which include a 2 gigabyte or an 8 gigabyte internal memory version. The user can also expand their memory further by adding a memory card as the S8500 Wave can hold up to 32 gigabytes of external memory via the memory card slot. The user can connect their S8500 Wave to other compatible devices by using a Bluetooth® wireless connection or by using a USB cable to connect the two devices. When the user wishes to transfer data between these two devices they can experience high speed transfer rates thanks to the handsets built in GPRS & EDGE technology. Its A GPS navigation feature allows the user to find out directions on their Smartphone which comes complete with Google Maps supports for a map display. There is a WAP Web browser complete with XHTML & HTML support allowing the user to surf the Web for entertainment as well as information purposes.

Samsung S8500 Wave Specifications & Features

Screen
3.3 Inch 16 Million Colour Super AMOLED Capacitive Touch Screen (480 x 800 Pixels)

Imaging
5 Megapixel Camera
Auto Focus
Flash
Smile Detection
Face Detection
Photo Geo Tagging
Photo Editor
Video Record
Video Light
Video Player (MPEG4, H263, H264, DivX & Xvid)
Second Camera
Video Calling
Screensavers
Picture Wallpaper

Messaging
SMS (Text Messaging)
MMS (Multimedia Messaging)
Email
Push Email
Instant Messaging
Predictive Text

Sound
Music Player (MP3, WMA & eAAC+)
FM Radio RDS
MP3 Ringtones

Entertainment
Java™ Games
Downloadable Games

Organiser
Phonebook
Organiser
Calendar
Clock
Alarm Clock
Calculator
Speakerphone
Smart Unlock
A GPS Navigation
Google Maps
Auto Rotate Touch Screen
Scratch Resistant Screen
Bada Operating System
TouchWiz 3.0 User Interface

Connectivity
3G HSDPA
Bluetooth® A2DP
USB
WiFi®
EDGE
GPRS

Network
Quad Band (GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 & GSM 1900)
HSDPA 900 & 2100

Internet
WAP 2.0 XHTML
HTML

Memory & Talk Time
2GB or 8GB Memory Option plus MicroSD™ Memory Card Option up to 32GB
8.5 Hours Talk Time
450 Hours Standby

Weight & Size
118 g
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm

Your Samsung S8500 Wave Reviews

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Reviewer: Bob Lamoon - Faversham, UK
Date: 27th Dec 2010

I really hate this phone. It is the worst phone I have ever used. Touch screen is a nightmare. Battery life is absolutely appalling, lucky to get a day out of it if I don't use the phone. But now I am stuck in a contract with Orange for another 18 months. The phone will be lucky to get to the end of this time as I am sure I will take a hammer to it.

Design

Usability

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Reviewer: Karen - UK
Date: 8th Nov 2010

I love this phone! So much better than my old Nokia's & BlackBerry! It has everything & more! I have even got one for my 13 year old son too & he loves it aswell! Great for emails, facebook, Wi-Fi etc. Brilliant!

Design

100%

Usability

100%

Features

100%

Reviewer: Ntinos - Greece
Date: 14th Aug 2010

They have installed the best of the market, but there is no use if you can take advantage of it. Excellent hardware poor software.

Cons.
- Has weak reception compare to my previous phone (Moto A1200).
- Wi-Fi reception is weak as well.
- You cannot change the main screen widgets.
- Kies software is malfunctioning, so far is installed in 2 deferent PC without any connection success.
- Screen is getting scratched so have in mind a screen protector.
- When you have a left a program open you have to go back through the menu & reopen it. You can only choose to close the running apps by long pressing the menu button.

Pros.
- It is very thin & you nearly filling it in your pocket.
- Battery life is good.
- CPU is very fast.
- Camera is good.
- Video recording is even better (the best I have seen in phone).

Design

80%

Usability

60%

Features

90%

Reviewer: Mark - UK
Date: 15th Jul 2010

Screen on the phone is out of this world but as for very poor FaceBook app always tell you have posted something an hour ago when really it was a few seconds ago, waste of time always not right when updating no notifications to when you have got emails I have to keep downloading them to find out if I have got mail or not the screen & battery are the only good point to this phone widgets on the home screen take up most of the screen so what the pint in having a wallpapers set.

Design

90%

Usability

60%

Features

70%

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