Flashback: Samsung S8500 Wave, the first phone with Super AMOLED and first with Bada OS
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- 01 Nov 2021
my first smartphone i love it but Bada was limited
after that i switch for the Galaxy S2 and still with S generation (Now i got a S20)
love it
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- TLP
- 01 Nov 2021
Anonymous, 01 Nov 2021American protectionism. Samsung has guarded itself against ... more1. protectionism my a$$ lol go simp for the chinese government and their privacy invasion and ip theft more, as if huawei could ever compete with apple, at best they can kill off motorola and then other crappy low end phones like alcatel
2. qualcomm because USA has crappy CDMA alongside GSM, that only Qualcomm can make use of, its been like this since the beginning of samsung galaxy s
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- 01 Nov 2021
my first ''smartphone''. Was so excited about its looks...but it was only looks and really good camera etc at that time...But definitely not smart!
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Nov 2021
ah, bada os... one of the worst os of smartphone ...
samsung just king with android ...
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- 01 Nov 2021
I had the opportunity to buy the Galaxy Wave S8500 back in 2010. IIRC the Galaxy S was released around the same time. And, no, the S8500 GT was not like a smaller Galaxy S. The design, the back finish were IMHO much more attractive than the S's simpler design language. Howevr, Galaxy S was way ahead of the S8500 GT because of growing popularity and increasing number of apps. Although I liked my Wave more than the Galaxy S I have to admit the S was arguably the most popular Android phone phone back then. Custom ROMs were very essential and attractive stuffs to make those days. People could improve their Galaxy S/other droids as much as they could. With legendary modder's like Gokhamorale, AndreiLux, JK and such the scenery continued to get more in favor with Android which unfortunately could not be the case for the Wave/Bada community. And, no, streaming apps were not a thing those days, it was not even mandatory to have major social platform apps as the number of social media platforms were few (yet powerful) back then. It is the necessity of apps for various reasons that make life easier that made both the Galaxy S and the Android both massive success that made the Wave Series/Bada OS/Proprietory OS's went away.
I had my Wave for 2 years before I finally switched to Galaxy S3. Except for few hiccups (sometimes, when took out from pocket the touch screen would not respond) it was my sweet daily driver for all those days.
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- Anonymous
- RVf
- 01 Nov 2021
I think this was my first smartphone back in the day, and then the S8530 wave II.
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- Samar
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- 01 Nov 2021
really want manufacturers to try this design with a curve at the top & bottom. i m bored of flat top & bottoms
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- 01 Nov 2021
Anonymous, 31 Oct 2021Why samsung would be banned? Samsung has never been acc... moreAmerican protectionism. Samsung has guarded itself against that for the last ten years at least. Even now Samsung cannot sell phones with Exynos processors in the US and must sell phones with Qualcomm processors.
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- 01 Nov 2021
I have this phone. It was really bad. No OS updates and no security patches. Ditch it after 2 yrs of using. Other than that, it functions as a phone and texted fine.
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- 01 Nov 2021
Kangal, 31 Oct 2021I had both the Samsung Wave and the Samsung Galaxy S1. T... moreBeautifully put down. I would have loved to see Samsung working on their devices with almost everything they could call as 'their tech'. Even now, Android is the only thing they can't call theirs that they put on their devices. A perfect example of Tizen (erstwhile Bada) working in perfect synchrony with the hardware is the Samsung Galaxy Watch3. Battery life was amazing, it was intuitive and was very fast. Now, with WearOS by Samsung, in partnership with Google, the new Watch4s are in a ditch. But with every software, it takes time to optimize them. And with a few bad pieces of code put in by Google's overpaid techies, it'll take time to hunt them down and make them right. Even Google realized they're not in a position to create software that can rival watchOS, so they roped in Samsung, and I expect to see Tizen-level performance in the Watch5 series.
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- 01 Nov 2021
It's almost 10 years since I bought it at Xmas 2011, I still use my Samsung Wave S8500 for listening radio (Wolfson audio chip) and playing games on it. My 5 years old son, just yesterday, was playing "Spiderman: Total Mayhem" on it:-) Fantastic quality build, design, and lots of free (no ads) games from 2010s.
Only changed twice the battery in it. It's removable btw. No screen protector ever used on it, the Gorilla Glass I is of very high quality. For its time, this phone was far ahead of many models. Bada OS is ok, compared to earlier versions of Android (1.6 Donut, 2.1 Eclair, 2.2 Froyo, 2.3 Gingerbread) is smooth and energy-efficient.
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- 01 Nov 2021
On those days different mobiles had unique designs.
But nowadays all phones are looking almost similar like box.
If i put my phone beside my friends and relatives phone sometime it become hard to know which one is mine until i turn on the screen to know it or flip my phone to see the rearview.
Nowadays mobile phones designs are not good compared to those days.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 Nov 2021
AnonD-762416, 31 Oct 2021These are facts, there are multiple issues with the state r... moreWhat a crap article. Bloomberg journalism is pure trash. It really doesn't say what you think it does.
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- raderins
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- 01 Nov 2021
My first smartphone ever. It was also the first phone to record 720p videos at 30fps. Still own this little gem
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- 31 Oct 2021
I had a similar UK version, but it had a slide out mechanical keypad. We were going to develop a video game for it for Samsung but had to abandon project for personal reasons.
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- 31 Oct 2021
Ivo., 31 Oct 2021OLED is the best display technology! No wonder, all the bes... moreSamsung does not use oled on own TVs.
LOL ......
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- Anonymous
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- 31 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 31 Oct 2021Samsung will always develop an alternative to Android and t... moreWhy samsung would be banned?
Samsung has never been accused of being spy normgiving user data to chinese gov.
Samsung 5G network has never got label of " tool to spy on people".
People need to stop think the ban on huawei has to do with " to make sales,of iphone stronger".
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- 31 Oct 2021
SpiritWolf, 31 Oct 2021'That's a weird take on it. Samsung isn't Ch... moreOkay, Winnie. Of course a Korean company is leaving backdoors for a foreign government, to spite you.
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- 31 Oct 2021
Anonymous, 31 Oct 2021Huawei's prices were higher and are still higher than ... moreThese are facts, there are multiple issues with the state run spyware dispenser:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/huawei-face-eu-fines-google-071933583.html
They will get fined, that's unquestionable. They'll most likely get themselves permanently banned too as this is far from the first time Huawei is in the spotlight for illegal subsidies.
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- 31 Oct 2021
OLED is the best display technology! No wonder, all the best phones, TV's and tablets are all with OLED screens! Anything else is cheap crap!