Samsung S8530 Wave II review: Riding the wave
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- Roby
- 7tA
- 17 Jan 2011
Fox, 14 Jan 2011I have failed to find in this phone how to change the verti... moreBrother press some time
"EN" button on keyboard after it opan a menu for diffrent type of keybord.......
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- Roby
- bJ7
- 17 Jan 2011
browser of this phone is soo bad
Where i am downlod internet browser for my phone..........
any one help me friend
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- Saravanan
- MuS
- 17 Jan 2011
what is the difference between Samsung wave S8500 & Samsung wave 2 S8530 and Samsung wave2 GT-S8530.
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- guru
- utb
- 15 Jan 2011
Streaming videos like youtube and internet images are very poor. Poor antialiasing.
Hope this is updated in Bada 2.
Applications are very less and those few which are available too is chargable in Samsngapp store.
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- Fox
- 0xy
- 14 Jan 2011
I have failed to find in this phone how to change the vertical QWERTY keybord to ordinary numpad - I need it to be able to write SMS with one hand. The rewiev on gsmarena says the numpad keyboard is present - where is it? Anyone can help?
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- oo7
- utt
- 11 Jan 2011
Hey guys i bought a samsung wave 2 gts-8530 couple of days before, iam sorry to say that iam not at all satisfied with this moblie. This mobile own limited features only, and the most intresting part is that iam not able to use WiFi, the device and Modem is getting connected but iam not able to access internet :( tottali worried, dont know what to do, guys if you could help me out with WiFi connection then it will be Thankfull.
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- t7y
- 29 Dec 2010
Anonymous, 29 Nov 2010Nah, I'll skip this one and wait for the next one with the ... morehaha you're funny.. me too i'll skip on this one.. will wait for the real next samsung wave..
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- RejZoR
- 3pu
- 25 Dec 2010
As fasr as "unprotected lens" goes, i think they are using the same scratch resistant glass as on the front screen. Haven't tried scratching it but it just feels like that.
Wave's are really good phones hardware wise, but Samsung has the worst:
- support (doesn't really exist)
- bugs reporting (it's impossible to do)
- firmware/BadaOS changelogs (there aren't any)
- and slowest software developement and support cycle
I have the original GT-S8500 and just like all the other users of this device, we are blindly waiting for a BadaOS 1.2 to happen and then just find out nothing got fixed because you can't report bugs, you can't establish a contact with anyone from Samsung and since there aren't any changelogs you have no freakin idea what they improved or fixed. I also get the feeling that since the Wave II announcement, original Wave was left to rott. When Wave III will arrive, i'm prety sure the same will happen with Wave II. Samsung seems to be a neverending monster that's churning out new phones and doesn't give a damn about existing customers. I'm sure anyone who pays 400+ EUR for a phone feels the same. I'd understand such level of support for something that costs 50 EUR, but certainly not for something that is this expensive. Makes me wonder how those Samsung users with 700+ EUR worth phones feel...
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- Anonymous
- 2SQ
- 25 Dec 2010
guys..whether i should go for c7 or wave 2..am totally confused..c7 has amoled wch is better than slcd.but wave has 1ghz procesor whereas c7 only 680mhhz..screen is bigger in wave & even the battery capacity.symbian 3 or bada..?buys please help..
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- Dharm
- DQn
- 24 Dec 2010
Just got my new Samsung Wave (II) 8530. This phone is superb on the first look and it's just what I have been wanting for. Waiting to explore more this weekend. Happy holidays
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- manish
- utE
- 23 Dec 2010
rahul480, 20 Nov 2010I know that its confusing when both SAMOLED and SLCD are co... morehey rahul.. this phone is available on flipkart.com.. :D :D it cost 19k.. :D :D
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- Anonymous
- uH{
- 23 Dec 2010
1200 msg i already considered good,my samsung jet only can store around 200++ msg,it sux!!!!!!!!!!!!!!DUN BUY SAMSUNG PHONE EVER AGAIN
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- Anonymous
- iIg
- 18 Dec 2010
Thanks for the great in-depth review, best one on this phone I found so far!
A few more questions though:
- Does the built-in browser have Flash 10 or older version? Are there alternative browsers available for bada OS?
- Have you tried syncing the device with Google (calendar, contatcs, tasks?). Does it work? Can you give more details about the PIM applications (especially calendar) and how they work?
- How about updates for bada? Will future versions of bada run on the latest devices like wave 2?
Thanks, Ben
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- Cpt-Future
- L7h
- 11 Dec 2010
Hi GSM-Arena,
I read in a comment that the BADA OS (even in V1.2) is only capable of handling 1300 messages max. Is that true? I cant believe because my old Touch HD with that old WM6.1 currently handles 8300 messages (SMS) without any problem. Why should a manufacturer like Samsung bundle such a nice hardware with such a loosing software?
Thanks for clearing that up!
Cpt-Future
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- wavemi
- 0}V
- 04 Dec 2010
Hi,
has anyone experien ce or know, that there is an antenna prob on the wave II?
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- wavemi
- 0}V
- 04 Dec 2010
Hi,
has anyone experience (with a test model or else) about syncing PIM data (mainly contacts and calender) to Win / compi or a Debian client? Or has a product sheet stating that that works??
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- wavemi
- 0}V
- 04 Dec 2010
Anonymous, 21 Nov 2010The major selling point of the Wave was it's SuperAMOLED di... moreSuperAmoled consumes high energy capacity, there fore this screen seem sto be ok for me and prserves accu runtime.
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- bobby
- ut3
- 01 Dec 2010
Sails, 23 Nov 2010Its Clear Black Display. A new tech that is debuted on C6-0... moreman,where u were,didnt u read the gsmarena review on screens,samoled is better than cbd.
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- Anonymous
- FJR
- 29 Nov 2010
Nah, I'll skip this one and wait for the next one with the super duper lcd screen that will be released a couple of months after. Or the one with the extra super amoled screen. Or maybe the next one with the extra super duper lcd screen. Or maybe the next one with the super above super among super duper amoled screen. Or maybe that other one that I've heard that will be called the greatest super great extra super ever highest level ever super amoled screen, hahahahaha.
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- Anonymous
- Kg%
- 25 Nov 2010
Clear black display will not reach 800x480 display on 3.7"
because the density of the pixel is to large, its using 3 subpixel per pixel, unlike Pentile RGBG uses only 2 subpixel