Samsung Wave 3

Samsung Wave 3 Specifications

General

• Announced
  2011, August
• Status
  Available. Released 2011, October
• 2G Network
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network
  HSDPA 900 / 2100

Size

• Height
  125.9
• Length
  64.2
• Width
  9.9
• Weight
  122

Display

• Type
  Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
• Resolution
  480 x 800 pixels
• Display Size
  4.0
• Display Color
  16M colors

Sound

• Loudspeaker
  
• Alert types
  Vibration, MP3 ringtones

Memory

• Internal Memory
  4
• Call records
  
• Card Type
  microSD
• External Memory
  32

Data

• Infrared port
  
• 3G
  HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
• USB
  microUSB v2.0
• GPRS
  
• EDGE
  
• WLAN
  Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, UMA, Wi-Fi hotspot
• Bluetooth
  v3.0 with A2DP, EDR

Camera

• flash
  LED flash
• Geo-tagging
  
• Video
  720p@30fps, Video Light
• Camera Resolution
  2592 x 1944 pixels
• Face Detection
  
• Secondary Camera
  VGA
• Mega Pixel
  5
• focus
  autofocus

Features

• Games
  Downloadable
• Radio
  Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
• Java
  MIDP 2.1
• GPS
  with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator
• CPU
  1.4 GHz Scorpion
• OS
  bada OS, v2.0
• Colors
  Black
• Browser
  WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

Messaging

• SMS
  
• MMS
  
• Email
  
• Push Email
  
• IM
  

Battery

• Battery type
  Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
• Stand By Time 3G
  Up to 517 h
• Stand By Time 2G
  Up to 535 h
• Talk time 3G
  Up to 8 h 40 min
• Talk time 2G
  Up to 14 h 15 min

Music

• Video Format
  MP4/MKV/H.263/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX video player
• Video player
  Video Formats : MP4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD, MKV
• Music Format
  MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/Flac player

Additional Features

• Zoom
  Digital Zoom
• Headset
  
• Camera
  Rear Camera : 5.0 MP Camera (2592x1944 Pixels) with Auto Focus and LED Flash, Front Camera : 0.3 MP, VGA Camera (640x480 Pixels)
• Display Features
  Gorilla Glass display, Multi-touch input method, TouchWiz UI, Handwriting recognition, Smart unlock
• Salespack
  Handset, Battery, Charger, Earphone, USB Cable, User Manual, Warranty Card
• Phone Book
  Photocall
• DNSe Digital Natural Sound Engine
  
• Speed
  HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
• Samsung ChatON
  
• TouchWiz UI
  
• Protection
  Corning Gorilla Glass
• Predictive text input T9 Trace
  
• Document viewer
  
• Music recognition
  
• Music
  yes
• Form Factor
  Touch Bar
• Camera Features
  Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stablilization, touch focus, Image Editor
• DNSe Digital Natural Sound Engine
  
• Stand By Time
  Up to 480 hours
• Multitouch
  
• Smile Detection
  
• Sensors
  Accelerometer, proximity, compass
• Predictive text input T9 Trace
  
• Organizer
  
• TV Out
  
• Photo editor
  
• Voice memo
  
• Handwriting recognition
  

Samsung Wave 3 Review

Leaving behind the influence of Android operating system Samsung’s new piece of art is based on latest Bada operating system . Samsung Wave 3 is one of the three handsets launched by Samsung mounted Bada 2.0 operating system. Enriched by 4 inches super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with picture resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, Samsung Wave 3 has inbuilt memory of 4GB that is followed by external memory support through micro SD flash card slot capable of storing card upto 32 GB. Based on Bada 2.0 operating system, it is supported by 1.4 GHz processor.

The USP of Samsung Wave 3 is its camera of 5 mega pixel that ensures the user with high defined photo experience is stalked by secondary VGA camera for video calling with other users. Connectivity with Bluetooth and USB cord ensures data transfer to other devices with help of these ports, whereas connectivity with Wi-Fi enables the user with feature of internet surfing without internet modem in Wi-Fi zone. Whereas connectivity with other options for instance GPRS supports to get connected with operator’s internet option to download any data by payment of necessary operating charges, whereas connectivity with 3G supports the internet surfing at instant speed and also supports video chat with other user. To enrich the user with facility of accessing their mails any where any time Samsung Wave 3 has integrated inbuilt WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML web browser, connectivity with web browser ensures the user to also get connected with various social networking websites for staying connected with friends and relatives whenever they like.  Besides these features Samsung Wave 3 ensures the user to enjoy experience of accessing various common and multimedia features for instance inbuilt FM radio, MP3 audio system, inbuilt games, SMS, MMS, email, push mail etc.  It also entertains the user with integration of wide array of various inbuilt games besides this it also ensures the user to download games of their choice from different websites and other devices via connectivity ports.

To perform wide array of various activities without being any threat of discharging due to low battery back up, Samsung Wave 3 is powered by Li-ion battery. Besides all these noteworthy features, Samsung Wave 3 enables the user to get mobile handset connected with TV output to view contents of personal video recording on wide screen to access their acting skills. 

Enriched with all these features Samsung Wave 3 carries features to grab attention of users and make place in their heart.

Overall Review

Now-a-days, Mango and Droid phones are being launched at cruising speed and thus a new smartphone on a developing platform is going to struggle to get noticed. Perhaps, Samsung is in a mood to do so. The company’s latest Bada flagship smartphone, Samsung Wave 3, will soon hit the markets in countries around the world. Initially, the Wave 3 was supposed to be released in October, but it’s only now that Samsung has announced its availability. The third generation of the Samsung Wave is all set to make a difference. Running completely redesigned Bada OS version 2.0, the Samsung Wave 3 comes in a 9.9-mm thin metal case with anodized brushed aluminum. The Samsung S8600 Wave 3 flaunts a bigger and better screen. It's blazing fast, thanks to its 1.4 GHz Snapdragon single core CPU processor. The other key features are the unhitched multitasking and presence of one of the best video players in this smartphone.

Samsung Wave 3 has a 4-inch WVGA super AMOLED display, HSPA 14.4 Mbps connectivity, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, ChatON service, 512MB of RAM, 5 MP autofocus rear photo snapper, and a VGA front-facing camera.

The Samsung S8600 Wave 3 has a good build and appeal and looks of a true flagship device. The brushed metal case of the device is very impressive and the unibody slider design is also a novelty.  Samsung S86000 Wave 3 measures 125.9 mm x 64.2 mm x 9.9 mm. The phone weighs 122 gm and it is impressively slim and lightweight.

There are some disheartening issues also with this otherwise very talented gadget. First and foremost is with the Bada OS. This revamped OS still has comparatively limited number of available applications. Besides, the card slot of the device is not hot-swappable and the phone has no proper smart dialing feature. Even the “SatNav” software pre-loaded on Wave 3 is available only on a 30-day trial.