The Wave By Samsung - An Impressively Versatile Smartphone

Jun 21
08:05

2010

Chris Westley

Chris Westley

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Combining the winning combination of stunning aesthetics with advanced levels of technology, the Samsung S8500 Wave has proven to be a popular handset since its release in February 2010.

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Despite its long list of features and specifications,The Wave By Samsung - An Impressively Versatile Smartphone Articles the Samsung Wave remains compact and lightweight, weighing 118 g with a slimline profile at just 10.9 mm.  This makes it a pocket friendly handset which is comfortable to hold and use on the move.

To view the contents of the screen in both portrait and landscape forms, the 3.3 inch super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen incorporates an accelerometer sensor, making it perfect for viewing both video files and photos.  Excellent levels of quality and clarity of the on screen imagery is achieved thanks to the screen boasting the capability to display up to 16M colours within a pixel layout of 480 and 800 pixels.

Thanks to an integrated speakerphone system and a 3.5 mm audio Jack, users can talk hands free on the move.  In order to alert users to incoming messages and phone calls, ringing (with the option of pre-installed ringtones and the ability to assign MP3 music files as ringtones) works alongside vibration.

The internal phonebook within the Samsung Wave can store a large number of contacts and boasts the ever popular Photocall feature which allows users to assign a photo to a particular contact within the phonebook, which is then in turn displayed on the screen whenever that person calls.  For storage of data, 1.5 GB internal storage is provided along with a micro SD card slot which can accommodate a memory card of up to 32 GB, this is sure to cater to the needs of most users as it is capable of storing a huge amount of data.

Users of the Samsung Wave can enjoy a super fast Internet connection if thanks to Wi-Fi Technology which utilises the signals provided by wireless Internet routers. In areas where this is not available, the handset relies on 3G coverage, if and utilises an HSDPA connection providing access to the Internet at speeds of up to 7.2 mega bytes per second half (off along with HSUPA available at speeds of up to 2 MB per second).  In order to stay connected to cellular networks on the move, if class 10 versions of both EDGE & GPRS are utilised.  In order to carry out a number of different tasks such as transferring and backing up contact information or media files etc, the handset can connect to a number of compatible hardware devices such as other phones and computers thanks to the inclusion of both Bluetooth and micro USB connections.

Operating at a pixel resolution of 2592x 1944 pixels, the stunning 5 mega pixel digital camera boasts extremely high quality still images which can be taken with the minimum of effort thanks to and raft of image enhancing features.  Of course the camera can also shoot video and this is in high definition 720p quality at up to 30 frames per second.

The combination of aesthetic appeal and versatile functionality makes it easy to see why the Samsung Wave ticks all the boxes.

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