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Samsung Wave S8500
5.9 out of 10

Samsung Wave S8500

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Overall 8
7.5

Samsung Wave S8500 Review

phonearena.com
11 December 2012
  • Conclusion: Using the Samsung Wave S8500 to place and receive phone calls is a terrific experience! Voices are almost crystal clear, while the loudness hits just the sweet spot.
  • Pros: Incredibly vivid Super AMOLED screen, Superb build quality, Fast overall performance, Beautiful HD video recording, Plays DivX and Xvid at high resolutions, Great call...
  • Cons: Not very intuitive interface, bada OS needs more improvement and fine tuning, Samsung Apps has a very poor catalog, Heavy 3D games might overwhelm the 1GHz CPU, Photos...
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Overall 8
8.0

Samsung Wave Review

recombu.com
17 June 2011
  • Conclusion: For a Samsung phone, this one is excellent. It's worlds apart from the deluge of mediocre mid-range handsets we've seen from them of late.
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Overall 8
8.4
Design 8
8.0

Samsung Wave S8500 Review

Bright Hub
2 November 2010
  • Excerpt: The Samsung Wave S8500 is the world's first smartphone powered by the new Bada OS. This is a very capable smartphone - is it the one for you?
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Overall 7
7.0

Samsung Wave

MacNN
14 August 2010
  • Excerpt: The Good High build quality. Outstanding Super AMOLED display. Good camera for photos and videos. Bada has good UI, multi-touch and web. Fast processor.
  • Pros: High build quality., Outstanding Super AMOLED display., Good camera for photos and videos., Bada has good UI, multi-touch and web., Fast processor., Cheap with at leas...
  • Cons: Very limited app and widget selection., Poor built-in Facebook, media, navigation and Twitter apps., Little reason to buy over Samsung's own Android phones., No text a...
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Overall 8
7.6

Samsung Wave bada OS smartphone review - beautiful and powerful

MobileBurn
23 June 2010
  • Summary: The Samsung S8500 Wave is the first bada OS powered smartphone to hit the market. It takes Samsung's TouchWiz user interface and slaps it on a new, more open version of...
  • Pros: Beautiful design, gorgeous display, great camera with top notch 720p HD recording, friendly UI, nice browser, data sharing over Wi-Fi
  • Cons: Memory management issues, few available apps, text input needs improvement
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Overall 8
8.0

Samsung Wave review

T3
26 December 2012
  • Excerpt: The Samsung Wave is the first smartphone created by the Koreans using its own Bada OS. With super-slim dimensions and a powerful processor chugging under the hood, can...
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Overall 8
8.0

Samsung Wave

TrustedReviews
16 January 2012
  • Summary: Samsung's Bada OS makes an impressive debut on this touchscreen smartphone.
  • Pros: Competitive price, Good build quality
  • Cons: OS lacks polish in some areas
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Overall 8
8.0

Editor's Review of the Wave

somobile.uk.com
14 November 2010
  • Conclusion: Also, despite of being the first Bada phone, the Samsung Wave does not really make quite a splash in the looks department.
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Overall 8
8.0
Features 10
10
Ease of use 8
8.0
Performance 8
8.0
Battery performance 6
6.0

Samsung Wave S8500

3g.co.uk
3 November 2010
  • Summary: The attractive looks and excellent social networking features may be enough to overlook the flaws in usage.
  • Pros: The social networking functionality is fantastic, as is contacts syncing, the camera and the gorgeous super-AMOLED touch-screen.
  • Cons: The user interface is fairly restrictive, and there isn’t much choice at the Apps download store.
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Overall 8
8.0

Samsung Wave

TechRadar UK
23 October 2010
  • Excerpt: We've finally managed to get our hands on a final release unit of the Samsung Wave - and the good news is it's a darn sight better than the pre-production version we
  • Pros: Superb screen, Sleek design, Fast operation, Huge number of home screens, top end camera, Long battery life
  • Cons: Poor navigation experience, HD video recording slightly grainy, On-board keyboard a little slow, Poor predictive text, Lightweight internet experience
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