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Samsung Wave
  • Operating system

    Bada 1.0

  • Screen size

    3.3 in

  • Processor frequency

    1 GHz

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Key points

Weight

117 oz

Battery life on stand by

600 h

Battery life on 2G talk time

15 h

Weak points

SAR

0.988 W/kg

Thickness

10.9 in

Screen size

3.3 in

Processor frequency

1 GHz

RAM

512 MB

Internal storage

2 GB

Video resolution

720 p

Capacity

1500 mAh

HSPA+

No

4G LTE

No

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  • US

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Expert reviews

GSMArena

Enter a new platform. With a boom. With a bang. A Bada kind of bang. Another of the big guns wants to play by their own rules. Samsung?s second spot...

3G.co.uk

The Samsung Wave is full of contradictions. As the flagship smartphone for the manufacturer's bada open-source operating system it has a few teething...

GSMArena

Smartphone for the masses or feature phone of the future? Samsung would gladly have it either way. The question rather is, will the Bada OS keep up...

phoneArena

Samsung's first bada phone - the Samsung Wave S8500 - is finally here. A few months ago we reviewed a prototype unit, which left us with rather high...

SlashGear

From its confusing launch back in December 2009, to its feature-packed handset debut at Mobile World Congress and then all the way to the SlashGear...

TechRadar

We've finally managed to get our hands on a final release unit of the Samsung Wave - and the good news is it's a darn sight better than the...

DigitalVersus

The Wave is its handset to run Bada, and is a high-end touchsreen smartphone which, if its spec is anything to go by, is cut out with social...

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Technical specifications

General
Operating system Bada 1.0
Available Yes
Released (US) April 2010
Released (FR) June 2010
Design Candybar
Color
Black
SAR 0.988 W/kg
Rugged No
Display
Screen type Super AMOLED
Resolution 800x480 pixels
Screen size 3.3 in
Touchscreen Yes
Touchscreen type Capacitive
Multitouch Yes
Colors 16 777 216
3D No
PPI 283
Network
GSM Yes
GSM frequencies 850
900
1800
1900
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
UMTS Yes
UMTS Frequencies 900
2100
HSPA Yes
HSPA+ No
CDMA No
4G LTE No
WiMAX No
Digital Camera / Video
Back camera Yes
Photo resolution 5 MP
Video resolution 720 p
Flash Yes
Flash type LED
Features Auto focus
Blink shot
Face detection
Smile detection
Geo tagging
Panorama
Front camera Yes
Front Flash No
Sensor
Accelerometer Yes
Gyroscope No
Proximity sensor Yes
Compass Yes
Barometer No
Ambient light sensor Yes
Size and weight
56 in
10.9 in
118 in
117 oz
Samsung Wave
Height 118 in
Width 56 in
Thickness 10.9 in
Weight 117 oz
Hardware
CPU ARM Cortex A8
Processor frequency 1 GHz
Core number Single Core
RAM 512 MB
Internal storage 2 GB
Removable storage Yes
Memory card microSD
microSDHC
Connectivity
Wi-Fi Yes
Wi-Fi Standard 802.11b
802.11g
802.11n
Wi-Fi hotspot Yes
Bluetooth Yes
Bluetooth version 3.0
Profiles Advanced Audio Distribution (A2DP)
Audio/Video Control Transport Protocol (AVCTP)
Audio/Video Distribution Transport Protocol (AVDTP)
Audio/Visual Remote Control Profile (AVRCP)
Basic Printing (BPP)
Dial-up networking (DUN)
File Transfer (FTP)
Generic Access (GAP)
Generic Audio/Video Distribution (GAVDP)
Handsfree (HFP)
Headset (HSP)
Object Push (OPP)
Phone Book Access (PBAP)
Serial Port (SPP)
Service Discovery Protocol (SDP)
SIM Access (SAP)
GPS Yes
GPS type A-GPS
USB Yes
USB version 2.0
USB connector type microUSB
Audio Yes
Headset jack 3.5mm
HDMI No
DLNA No
NFC No
Dual SIM No
Infrared No
Multimedia
Music player Yes
Supported formats eAAC+
MP3
WAV
WMA
Video player Yes
Supports DivX
H.263
H.264
MPEG4
Xvid
WMV
Radio Yes
FM Transmitter No
Battery
Battery type Lithium-ion
Capacity 1500 mAh
Battery life on stand by 600 h
Battery life on 2G talk time 15 h
Battery life on UMTS/LTE talk time 7 h
Battery life on music playback 35 h
Qi wireless charging No



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