Samsung S8530 Wave II review: Riding the wave

19 November 2010
They shall come in wave upon wave. Or so it seemed in the beginning. Samsung certainly wanted a strong start for their own Bada OS and they had it. It is usual for sequels to be questioned and belittled. That’s one thing the Wave II doesn’t have to worry about. Update: Samsung Dive overview added...

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  • 10 May 2011

hey guys...i bought this wave 2....simply stunning!!!!...and can be said unique also since its a white one :)...now what am i worried about is that...shall i have to take more care since it's a white coloured??

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    • raj thakor
    • vwe
    • 20 Apr 2011

    good

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      • Wave Surfer
      • 2ST
      • 05 Apr 2011

      RejZoR, 25 Dec 2010As fasr as "unprotected lens" goes, i think they ... moreVery true. I owned a wave phone which had some issues with touch response. I gave it to the service center and they told that motherboard has to be replaced. Now after waiting for 10 days, these guys say that the phone is under observation as they are not able to fix the problem and if they are not successful, they will return me all my money because they cant give a new phone either as it is out of stock. I felt sick. I want my wave; not the money damn it.
      Samsung service and support sucks.

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        • Anonymous
        • 2@t
        • 28 Mar 2011

        hey guyz should i go for this fone or c7..............plz help

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          • Rahul Sharma
          • v15
          • 17 Mar 2011

          Hi i am a wave users and i face speaker sound problem
          can wave 2 overrule this prolem

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            • Sony
            • pU3
            • 16 Mar 2011

            Hello i had this mobil some days a go and just i conect with my computer and all is finest now just see one simbal that mobil conect with computer and other nothing to do i don`t know about new tecnology and i was orange company to ask they don`t have any solution of my probleam just sell and finest story looks like maybe need extra money to fix thank you for all that cheeter companys,

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              • anglechen
              • v3x
              • 13 Mar 2011

              im use samsung s8500 wave now i want know how to upgrade my bada1.0 to bada1.2.thanks

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                • nandu
                • 2SE
                • 08 Mar 2011

                dear user
                i want to lock my image folder hw can i lock it pls help

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                  • JVM
                  • utt
                  • 24 Feb 2011

                  does this phone has step counter.or speedometer

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Tr0
                    • 15 Feb 2011

                    josh, 19 Nov 2010I've seen N8's GPU in action, and it lags, lags, lags, so n... moreIt's VR-540 GPU equal to Dual core CPU! The iPhone has the same GPU VR-535 a bit less than wave and galaxy s but IOS asmyou know the best OS in the market excllent ompitzed made by apple the best company in technology field in 2010.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • Tr0
                      • 15 Feb 2011

                      oo7, 11 Jan 2011Hey guys i bought a samsung wave 2 gts-8530 couple of days ... moreGo to setting and check the wifi setting I thing you have to enter the password and save it first

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                        • Goodjob
                        • Tr0
                        • 15 Feb 2011

                        I'm iPhone user but I admit that samsung doing excllent job with wave/bada and I think bada it's going to be the replacement of Symbian wither Nokia like it or dosent like it cuz symian it's already officially DEAD I know that Bada looks like mixed of all Os's in one phone like IOS,Andriod and Symbain and still not mature enough OS but samsung suprised me with this phone more than galaxy s spically with super LCD screen cuz I think superAMOLED excllent display but with non unreal color with pixels issue. This just my choise Super LCD and IPS LCD in iPhone 4 and LG optiumos 2x better displays with vivd real colors for my opinion.

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                          • Rigs
                          • wrv
                          • 05 Feb 2011

                          @guru
                          My Wave II just great to run youtube. If you are streaming by fast internet it will switch to HD automatically, I cannot find the different between my wave II and my Iphone 3gs. Poor antialiasing thats seems in you wave II perhaps because of poor internet connections.

                          @lanmx
                          - Amoled in C7 still cannot compare to Super LCD in Wave II (Try your self.. not by reading article). The only secreen thats better than Super LCD is Retina in Iphone 4 and Super Amoeled.

                          - Bigger number of megapixel in c7 is not guarantee it will be better than smaller mp in Wave II. Just look at the sample of picture that taken by C7 and Wave II in gsmarena.. see the different your self. Wave II still better. My friend thats has C7 are jealous of the quality of my wave II camera.
                          - usb plug on go are now run in Wave II. just upgrade your firmware
                          - If you're some kind of antisocial guy, why don't you bring couple of huge speaker anywhere you go. Me my self never increase the volume of my speaker phone more than 4 bar.

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                            • Ankit
                            • 2@c
                            • 27 Jan 2011

                            cosmic, 27 Jan 2011is wave2 a good buy at 15k INR ?? or should i wait for gala... moreOmg man!wt r u sayin,galaxy ace...,no cmparision between these 2!!!,
                            waveII is the best phone in the whole 25K range,trust me buddy.

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                              • cosmic
                              • utc
                              • 27 Jan 2011

                              is wave2 a good buy at 15k INR ?? or should i wait for galaxy ace.?

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                                • chait
                                • PxB
                                • 26 Jan 2011

                                Hi guys,
                                I have purchased this phone a weel ago, Its simply great..!!
                                No issues till now, Video Recording is awesome (HD).
                                If amyone thinking of a smart phone, This is the phone.!

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                                  • kk
                                  • N7$
                                  • 23 Jan 2011

                                  brilliant smart phone, one major problem i am having is "camera failed", everytime u try use the camera. have to take battery out to reset. took the first one back within 3 days and they swopped it out. now second one has the same problem. anyone having this problem or now if software upgrade will rectify?

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                                    • lanmx
                                    • vGv
                                    • 23 Jan 2011

                                    Sails, 23 Nov 2010Its Clear Black Display. A new tech that is debuted on C6-0... moretotally agree with you brother.
                                    the black on CBD enabled handset is really black. but are basically amoled too. what bothers me though is that i would prefer the screen to be as close as the screen glass like wave or galaxy s. it feel incredibly cool like an LED 3D screen,..looool!

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                                      • lanmx
                                      • vGv
                                      • 23 Jan 2011

                                      Anonymous, 25 Dec 2010guys..whether i should go for c7 or wave 2..am totally conf... morehi my friend, i think there is a bit of dilemma here.
                                      c7 has a lower processor speed than the wave. but the simbian3 has more experience than bada. the screen of c7 might be smaller, but has an amoled which is quite remarquable in terms of display and the material used for amoled is far stronger than super lcd.the c7 screen resist sunlight better than wave screen. becoz of harware specs, wave is faster in use. but his camera is only about 5mp compared to 8mp of c7. the wave has a tethering options that allows u to transform your handset into a wifi spot which a great idea. they are having almost the same price.
                                      if you are looking at hardware speed. i suggest u go for wave. if u are looking at phone apps availability and usb plug on the go, go for c7. ovi has a huge amount of apps and u wont get bored of trying a couple of them. the c7 has the ability to read your usb pendrive. unfortunately u might have to buy the connector separetely.
                                      finaly, the c7 has a dual speaker and the sound output is quite amazing comparing to the wave which is a little bit underpowered as it produces a kind of low frequency sound at high volume.

                                      i hope this will help u to make up your mind about which phone you should go for.
                                      LANMX

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • utY
                                        • 18 Jan 2011

                                        i am having this mobile it was really super .........no problem...........