Samsung S8530 Wave II

S8530 Wave II

Price (Rs.)  (on 1st Mar, 2011)

16,250.00

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GOOD:Excellent design and build, superb display quality, simple, easy to use interface, great audio quality, good camera performance, well priced
BAD:Poor choice of third party applications, no ambient light sensor, memory card under the battery, choppy video playback, minor annoyances in web browser persist
VERDICT:Find out if this phone is worth your moolah

Product Specifications

CPU ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
Additional features Digital compass / TV-Out / Music recognition / Picsel document viewer
Infrared Port No
OS Bada OS 1.2
Speakerphone 3.5 mm audio jack
Card slot microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB card included
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator
Phone Type Quadband
Networks GSM 850, 900, 1800 , 1900
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes
WLAN Yes
Wireless Internet Technology GPRS
Height (mm) 123.9
Width (mm) 59.8
Depth (mm) 11.8
Weight (g) 135 g
Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh
IrDA No
SMS Yes
Email Yes
MMS Yes
Bluetooth Yes
Java Yes
Radio Yes
Camera Yes
Camera resolution 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Colour display Yes
Number of colours 16M
Video recording Yes
Memory Internal - 1.5 GB system storage, 390 MB user available storage
Ringtones Vibration, MP3 ringtones
MP3 Yes
Games Yes
WAP version WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
WAP Yes
Display width (pixel) 480
Display height (pixel) 800
LCD Size (pixel) 480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
Voicememo Yes
Touchscreen Yes
Vibrate Yes
Discussion Board
(11) Comments
, kurnool, on Jul 30, 2011 06:17 PM
Hai good evening pl send my solution's i have already samsung wave ii 8530 but not more application Ex Nimbuzz , Google Talk , lot of application is not available in the soft ware in bada what happen sir pl request say idea new application os anroide is download are connect or working not working say pl send mail ok
, Iran, on Jul 13, 2011 02:02 AM
Need a motor serch enternet
, Bhimavaram, on Jun 15, 2011 11:14 PM
I Could not view live TV with samsung wave2 mobile .When try to access it a message shows that adobe Flash player to be downloaded. while trying to download that flash player again one message shows that Bada os is not compatible to download. I have bought this the very purpose to see the live TV. Being BSNL customer I have downloaded the necessary settings and link. Even though. I can not view the LIVE TV(Mobile TV).Kindly tell me the solution.
, Delhi, on May 12, 2011 05:02 PM
No Doubt, at first look it will definitely stole your heart. 3.7 inch super clear LCD screen, 5 mp camera, HD video recording, Play HD videos, HD gaming ( even TV ads promoting it as gaming console), 1 GHz processor, 512 mb RAM, 1500 MAH battery and price is only Rs.13500 - 15000. If you still think you are going to buy a "phone" then you are wrong. Even in this price range no phone with these unique features is available. These are the features that company highlights to sell the product and no doubt they succeeded but now let's come to user experience. I am using it from last 5 months. It's touch is really butter. Watching HD videos on this phone is really a new experience. Head phone give sound sound DJ effects. HD video recording/ Camera is really good. But that not all, the very big issue that laid down all its feature is it's hanging problem. It hanged any time, while watching videos, playing games, listening music and even view pictures. Battery, although it has 1500 mah battery but I have recharge on daily basis. Maximum it run 2 days. Apps, not much free apps available on Bada store. Most applications that are useful are paid. Although, company has filled this phone with many unique features but they didn't mentioned it anywhere even not in manual. It's all about how you are curious to know your phone. Wifi, however this phone supports wifi and after using wifi it's browsing experience goes on next level but if you keep your phone idle for 5-10 minutes, you wifi stop working and you have to turn off and turn on again wifi for browsing. Software, No software(PC suite) available for wave II to connect with PC so that I can use my phone using PC. The only software CD that came with pack is samsung kies and using this you can use only samsung app store and object transfer and nothing else. Internet Sharing, however company says that this phone has feature to share phone internet but till date I am not able to do. My phone successfully detected by my laptop, signal strength showing excellent but not able to browse. Front camera is only avilable for video calling. You cannot use it to click pictures. Heating problem, when I plug my phone to charge, sometime it heats too much. Even when you play games it heats up. These are my observation till date about the phone.
, , on May 02, 2011 10:48 AM
Hwz d product. I'v heard it hangs a lot.
, Bengalure, on Mar 18, 2011 05:34 PM
Hi want to know what is the difference in Wave and Wave 2, was there any problem in Wave coz i want to buy wave with Amoled screen since Wave 2 has LCD screen...Plz let me know is there any application problem in Wave
, New Delhi, on Apr 27, 2011 10:51 PM
Wave is better than Wave II..Wave is compatible for 3G connectivity...coz this device is HSPA ready but Wave II is not suitable for 3G coz this is WCDMA..I face thousand time hanging problem in Wave II..
, New Delhi, on Apr 27, 2011 10:43 PM
My advice to buyers of Wave II, once the get advice for 3G connectivity from Mobile Operator..I am very sorry to say with the reading that it is not suitable for 3G connectivity..Airtel and Vodafone told me that your divice is 3G enabled but based on WCDMA technology, they recommend me to upgrade to my device in HSPA to enjoy higher 3G speed..HSPA speeds to be up to 14.4 mbps or 21.6 mbps depending upon the device..I am very depressed buy Wave II S 8530..The HD video is very good but Still Camera quality is not good..
, Mumbai, on Nov 30, 2010 12:59 PM
The hardware of this phone is the best we can get, but no one has any clue about how the BADA OS fares.This phone is the first or may be second phone having BADA OS which is a Samsung propriety. BADA apps are very limited. Its interface, browser need to be looked into once this phone is available
, Bangalore, on Feb 03, 2011 11:19 AM
This phone is neither the 1st nor the 2nd Bada phone. Its actually the 5th phone from samsung running Bada. Samsung has already sold over 5 million phones running Bada and they are getting a major firmware upgrade in Bada 2.0 on feb 13th at the world mobile congress at barcelona. So the platform definitely has a lot of potential, fewer bugs as compared to android. So give the Bada platform a chance, as a matter of fact google android was a much slower starter but see where it is now. Definitely Bada will become a force to reckon with time to come.
, delhi, on Jan 08, 2011 12:23 PM
very good phone...feels sturdy in hand. Bada OS is quite a light one..though its lacks apps as of now but new apps are being added a pretty good pace...at a price of Rs. 17000- Rs. 17500 this phone is a must buy...

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