Samsung announces S8530 Wave II, meet the big-screen edition

04 October, 2010
You thought the Samsung Wave 2 was the successor to the Wave, didn't you? We too - but it's not, the Samsung S8530 Wave II is the real deal. The screen has grown to 3.7-inches and all the great features...

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  • 05 Oct 2010

Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010I wonder, why Samsung says they're in shortage of AMOLED an... moresimple, they don't want to say oled is worse (battery life)

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    • Rbp
    • 05 Oct 2010

    Android, 05 Oct 2010super amoled is better than tft lcd, but tft lcd is better ... morecbd amoled is superior.

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      • Anonymous
      • 0Fe
      • 05 Oct 2010

      Samsung you really rock.... Wave was super, i hope wave 2 will be superb.....

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        • Anonymous
        • t7K
        • 05 Oct 2010

        From SuperAmoled to ClearLCD...even giant companies can't sustain their own produce. Does this mean Wave will be coming in ClearLCD, too?

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          • 05 Oct 2010

          Anonymous, 05 Oct 2010I wonder, why Samsung says they're in shortage of AMOLED an... moresuper amoled is better than tft lcd, but tft lcd is better than amoled. super amoled> tft lcd> amoled.

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            • 05 Oct 2010

            oh.. only the screen change to bigger size but change to slcd (it downgrade i believe)..others remain same.
            not advice to buy if the price is more.what we need is the upgrade of bada os. The application sometime cannot clear the memory when i play game on wave.i refer to bruce lee game that i download free at samsung apps.need to switch off the phone and on it back. anyone else have this problem.
            one more is anybody know where the notification at the fcebook social hub.not a complete apps..dissappointed at this point.

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              • Iy0
              • 05 Oct 2010

              I wonder, why Samsung says they're in shortage of AMOLED and changes back to LCD while Nokia provides 4 new different types of phones with AMOLED???

              can someone clear that mysterious thing out?

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                • sn3
                • 04 Oct 2010

                the bada version 1.2 included on the wave II is already inofficially out and available for manual flashing of the first wave ... and it includes the "swype" functionality apart from other improvements

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                  • Anonymous
                  • srp
                  • 04 Oct 2010

                  ANt, 04 Oct 2010i want super amoled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and more cpu, more ram,... moreYES!
                  all is outdated!!!

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                    • 04 Oct 2010

                    Anonymous, 04 Oct 2010So, you actually want to say "touchscreen fails"?... moreI am in full agreement,cannot get on with pure touchscreens,buttons rule when ur out in real world..

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                      • Mtr
                      • 04 Oct 2010

                      Anonymous, 04 Oct 2010samsung fails i sold my wave and bought a nokia e5 instead ... moreSo, you actually want to say "touchscreen fails"? I agree. Tried a few, went back to a phone with proper keys where I can properly type messages.

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                        • 04 Oct 2010

                        i want super amoled!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
                        and more cpu, more ram, better gpu
                        i want super amoled!!!!!!!!!!!

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                          • 04 Oct 2010

                          Very good

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                            • 04 Oct 2010

                            THE ULTIMATE MIND, 04 Oct 2010Hi i Think the First WAVE was Awesome only thing that was m... more
                            There is no way the 5mp camera from samsung is even close to the amazing quality of the vivaz or x10's camera? Are you high or something ?

                            Maybe if you compare them in the phone, the pics will look better because of the samoled screen. But in reality the pics truly sucks, just send them to the pc, and you will be so disappointed with the quality of your wave. Speically in low light conditions, the wave pics are simply a joke, they remind me of nokia's quality before 5 years maybe.

                            And what's with samsung degrading from samoled so slcd? I though samsung used to lead the technology but it seems I was wrong.

                            I think you should change your nick to simple minded, instead of ultimate mind, because you only speak rubbish.

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                              • 04 Oct 2010

                              just a 0.4 inch bigger screen,that to a DOWNGRADE to S-LCD with the same hardware as the normal wave?EPIC FAIL on this one samsung..stick with the S8500..

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                                • Anonymous
                                • PBH
                                • 04 Oct 2010

                                Bada sucks :(.
                                samsung might close it anytime like what they did for symbian now.
                                if Bada doesnt progress,t hen the same fate to Wave owners

                                better go with galaxy

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                                  • 04 Oct 2010

                                  S8500 Wave was released in stores less than 6 months ago. And now owners who has paid around 400 euros will have discontinued phone on hands... If it goes like this after 2-3 years manufacturers will release "new" model every month... And in fact if you check the specs, there is no difference between Wave I and Wave II, except sizes (screen and body) and display type. Plus, many people may prefer more compact size and supposedly longer battery life of Wave I.
                                  According to rumors Samsung has sold all Super AMOLED displays to one of other manufacturers (they say Apple). If it's really true, I believe that Samsung did a big mistake helping Apple to popularize their already very popular products... But we will see...

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • Sby
                                    • 04 Oct 2010

                                    samsung fails i sold my wave and bought a nokia e5 instead touchscreen sucks


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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • nCh
                                      • 04 Oct 2010

                                      Samsung im sorry but the Bada platform i tried is a no go for me, it cant be updated only by KIES, and when i tried it it didnt work :S, lots of errors and i tried fixing it with the command prompt but still it gave me another error so i just quit, it just felt like fake and the Bada OS feels young and somehow fake, its like its just made to be sold and make profit out of.

                                      Sorry Samsung but u just produce to make profit, not to make the user happy.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • vp1
                                        • 04 Oct 2010

                                        First its Super AMOLED, then AMOLED Plus, and now Super Clear LCD besides regular SLCD. :roll eyes: