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First there was a Jet, it was speeding too fast and gone out of control and plunges to the sea. It creates Waves strong enough to make everyone on board of the Jet swept across the sea and landing them on an island. They were abandoned by the Jet and the next thing they can do was to look at the Wave, hoping one day there might be someone came to the rescue. This isn’t the LOST series. This is what happened to Samsung Jet owners. A series of mis-promises that Samsung gave to Jet owners. Jet owners were lost, the only saviour is the Jetdroid. Worst of all, Samsung is urging Jet users to upgrade to their new handset Samsung Wave. Well, this is reality, this is business. Anyway, enough of some history lessons. Let’s move on to the real deal here. Samsung Wave S8500, the new handset from Samsung which bundled with loads of new tech never seen before in other phones. The most marketed ones are the Bada OS and Super AMOLED screen. Does it lives up to the hype?

Before the content goes on, pictures first:

And here are the hardware specifications for Samsung Wave S8500:

• 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird Arm Cortex processor
• 512MB of available RAM
• 1.5GB phone storage, with 400MB available only
• 480×800 Super AMOLED capacitive touchsreen @ 3.3inches
• 5MP camera with autofocus and LED flash
• HD video record at 720p @ 30FPS
• Bada OS(Operating System)
• Bluetooth 3.0
• Connectivity – EDGE, 3G, WiFi(supports Wireless-n,802.11n), HSDPA 7.2Mbps, GPS, A-GPS
• Video and audio playability – DivX, WMV, Xvid, h.263, h.264, mp3, WMA, ACC+
• 1500mAh Li-Ion battery

From the specifications above, Samsung Wave S8500 is indeed a very powerful gadget device. Being the most notable one is the 1GHz Samsung Hummingbird Arm Cortex CPU. This CPU is tested to be faster than the 1GHz Snapdragon processor which was found in most high end Android phones like the Google Nexus One, HTC Desire and Sony Ericsson Experia X10. Apart from that, having a fast brain a.k.a processor means nothing if the brain capacity doesn’t have enough space for fast data processing, thus Samsung bundled as much as 512MB of RAM which is quite generous indeed.

As far as the design is concern, the phone was wrapped in a aluminium build with an exception on the top and bottom which is consist of some high quality plastic build. And as for the screen, Samsung decided to upgrade its much touted AMOLED screen for this Wave. It is now Super AMOLED. I won’t go into a technical detail of the difference between Super AMOLED and AMOLED. From a general user perspective, minus out the higher contrast ratio, there weren’t much difference if you compare it side by side in an indoor environment. But taking out to a full blast of sunshine, you might started to note the difference. Super AMOLED is able to produce some readable visual on the screen while AMOLED is completely washed out. Don’t get too excited though, Super AMOLED is only comparable to the standard TFT screen right now, I mean under the sunshine. Don’t expect to get a clear clarity of the screen like what you get back during monochrome days.

The next big thing from this phone is the Bluetooth 3.0 and wireless-n connectivity. These two are pretty new, and you might not find it in your computer right now.

Bluetooth 3.0 is an upgrade over the previous Bluetooth generation, it provides transfer rate of 24Mbps. One thing about Bluetooth 3.0, the faster transfer rate is not done by the Bluetooth chip itself. The Bluetooth hardware only manages the connection establishment, while the data transfer is done via the 802.11 protocol. So, technically, any phones with Bluetooth and a 802.11 build-in is capable of having a Bluetooh 3.0 upgrade. nextpage–>

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