Samsung has released the Samsung Wave II S8530 in India. We know how well the Samsung Wave has done in the market and now its successor is here and you have reasons to upgrade. The phone comes with a 3.7″ display with 800*480 pixels, 5Mp camera with HD video capability, 1GHZ processor a 1500mAh battery and runs on Bada 1.2 with TouchWiz 3.0 on top. The display is the Super Clear LCD type and Samsung says its brighter with better outdoor visibility and wider viewing angles. You get 2GB of internal memory, a free 2GB memory card in the box and a microSD slot that takes cards upto 32GB. Wifi b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0, 3G, A-GPS and FM radio are all there as usual. Samsung says the battery should last about 15 hours of talk time on 2G and 8 hours on 3G, which isnt bad at all.
Ranjit Yadav, Country Head of Samsung Mobile & IT, called bada “a fully integrated platform that supports cutting-edge applications and services”. Samsung Apps store access and the Social Hub that ties SNS, IM and email together are there too.
The Wave II is priced at Rs 20,990. If thats too steep, Samsung’s smaller Wave phones start from around Rs 8,800. We will try to get our hands on one soon, so stay tuned!!
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