The Samsung Wave 2 : A Short Guide

The Samsung Wave 2 : A Short Guide

The original Samsung Wave was a flagship for Samsung’s own Bada operating platform, and to make sure it showed it off in all its glory, it was jam packed full of features and the best technology. The successor to the Wave, the aptly named Samsung Wave 2, has a slightly different aim, and that’s to make the Bada platform appeal to a much wider audience. So what does pitching the Wave 2 as a mid-market smartphone mean for users?

On the face of it, there’s no doubting that the Wave 2 has inherited the original’s good looks. With a sleek and polished design, the phone might not be iPhone beautiful, but it is pretty stunning. When you switch it on, the 3.2 inch screen is clear and bright, even though it doesn’t share the same AMOLED technology that went into the first Wave. The essential touchscreen that all smartphones seem to need these days is responsive and automatically changes the display to suit the phone’s orientation, thanks to the inbuilt accelerometer.

The Wave 2 doesn’t offer the 3G connectivity that was included in the original Wave, but a host of other options, including EDGE and GPRS for data, Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS, means users should never find themselves out of reach. An FM radio is also included, which comes complete with the additional feature of being able to record any of the radio programs you are listening to.

The Wave 2 continues to use the Bada operating platform that has been developed by Samsung, even with the challenges of generating enough demand so that developers will want to create content for one more operating system. Aiming the Wave 2 at the larger, mid-market, as well as building a host of other features around Bada, will hopefully help accomplish this.

Using Bada gives the Wave 2 the opportunity to benefit from a host of Samsung-created software and features, including the easy to use Touchwiz interface, as well as the popular Social Hub that puts all your networking in one place, and a range of Samsung Apps. The 3.2 megapixel camera works well, if it’s maybe not as impressive as the original Wave’s 5 megapixel version, but it does have the ability to record video as well as take still good quality photos.

All in all, the Samsung Wave 2 is less a successor to the original Wave, but more of a slimmed down version to appeal to the much bigger market of consumers who want smartphone capabilities without the price tag – which is exactly what the Wave 2 offers. The unique operating system, and other features based on it, offer users an attractive alternative, and making the Wave accessible to more people will hopefully give Samsung the Bada converts they need to ensure its success.