Testseek.com have collected 128 expert reviews of the Samsung GT-S8500 Wave and the average rating is 80%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Samsung GT-S8500 Wave.
June 2010
(80%)
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The editors liked
Looks
Build quality
Display
UI
Processor
Camera
720p recording
Sound
Comfortable
Lightweight design
UI is user friendly and extremely smooth flowing
Superb audio quality
Plays 720p files without a hitch
Camera comes with plenty of features
Great battery life
Excellent design
Build and finish
Stunning display
Smooth interface
Good quality camera
720p video recording
HD video playback (including MKV)
Multitasking support
Terrific value for money
Solid build quality
Gorgeous Super AMOLED touchscreen
Snappy 1GHz processor
Good audio quality
5-megapixel camera with 720p video capture.
Vibrant Super AMOLED Display
Responsive Touch UI
WiFi
3G and GPS Support
Good Camera
Very Good Music Playback
The editors didn't like
Placement of speaker grill on top
30 day navigation app
Limited apps in app store
Memory card not hot swappable
Couldn't integrate phone book with Social networking accounts except MySpace and MS Exchange
Couldn't use another handsfree or earphones
Clumsy web browser interface
No lens cover
No ambient light adjustment
Too few apps on the Samsung store as of now
TouchWiz 3.0 user interface not as intuitive as competition
Vibrant Super AMOLED Display, Responsive Touch UI, WiFi, 3G and GPS Support, Good Camera, Very Good Music Playback
OS Still Has Some Niggles, Apps Store Doesn't Have Many Apps
At its Indian price of Rs. 18,000, the closest competition that the Samsung Wave has is from Nokia’s N97mini, another touchscreen phone with good multimedia features. However, irrespective of a hardware QWERTY keyboard and a more mature OS with app su...
Comfortable, lightweight design, UI is user friendly and extremely smooth flowing, Superb audio quality, Plays 720p files without a hitch, Camera comes with plenty of features, Great battery life
Couldn't integrate phone book with Social networking accounts except MySpace and MS Exchange, Couldn't use another handsfree or earphones
ConnectivityThe Wave is equipped to handle 3G connectivity so EDGE/GPRS fit right in. It also supports Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and USB 2.0. It’s got all you need for social networking with Facebook and Twitter apps, a shortcut widget for Orkut (...
Excellent design, build and finish, stunning display, smooth interface, good quality camera, 720p video recording, HD video playback (including MKV), superb audio quality, multitasking support, terrific value for money
Clumsy web browser interface, no lens cover, no ambient light adjustment, too few apps on the Samsung store as of now
The Samsung Wave is priced at Rs. 18,000. Samsung Wave is hands down the best phone you can buy under Rs. 20,000 in India today. It looks great, has an incredible hardware, a gorgeous display, 1GHz processor, smooth fluid interface, good quality camera...
The Samsung S8500 Wave is the first phone to run a brand new OS and this may look great on its resume but isn't what makes it worthwhile. The potential is all there and the UI user-friendliness is at its peak so even if Bada OS never takes off, the Wave w...
Abstract: The Samsung Wave capitalises on the current interest in smartphones by providing means and applications for social media environments. The Wave is the first device from Samsung with the Bada operating system in connection with an Apps Store. Behind the...
S amsung makes a daring move with the Samsung Bada operating system, considering the already established operating systems. It could be a smart move that they have their own system next to the other famous systems. With a good Internet browser, the ...
Abstract: This is one of two recently launched phones from Samsung. The other the Galaxy S was launched in a swathe of who's who at a London nightspot. This unit, the Samsung Wave S8500, offers you the chance to do most things from a Smart Phone....
Abstract: With the Samsung Wave, the Korean consumer electronics giant brings to the smartphone market something everyone agrees we don’t really need -- a device running Samsung’s own smartphone OS -- Bada. This means that with Samsung using Android on all its ...
