Samsung Wave II S8530
| Industry | Consumer electronics |
|---|---|
| Founded | January 13, 1969 in Suwon, South Korea |
| Headquarters | Suwon , South Korea |
| Products | Smartphones, tablets, consumer electronics |
| Website | www |
The Samsung Wave II (model GT-S8530) is a discontinued smartphone created and manufactured by Samsung Electronics. It succeeds the Samsung Wave S8500 model and operates on Samsung’s proprietary bada version 1.2, which was officially launched in October 2010. The device features a touchscreen interface powered by a custom-built ARM Cortex-A8 processor clocked at 1 GHz alongside an integrated PowerVR SGX540 GPU. It utilizes a Super LCD display and includes a camera capable of recording in 720p resolution.
Due to its use of an LCD panel instead of AMOLED technology, industry observers such as SlashGear suggested that the device might have been influenced by rumored shortages of AMOLED screens at the time.
Design
The device's casing is constructed from a metal alloy measuring 10.9 mm in thickness, featuring a classic slate-style design. Positioned beneath the display are three physical keys: one for answering calls, another for rejecting or powering off, and a central button for accessing the main menu.
Display
Equipped with an 800x480 WVGA resolution, the screen spans 3.7-inch (94 mm) and utilizes a Super LCD capacitive touchscreen. The surface is treated with an oleophobic coating to resist fingerprints and smudges, layered over a durable tempered-glass panel with scratch-resistant properties (Gorilla Glass Display).
Processor
Powered by a 1 GHz SoC, the handset incorporates an ARM Cortex-A8 CPU core — the same architecture found in Apple's A4 SoC — alongside a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU core. The integrated chip includes a combined 256 MB and 128 MB of RAM, matching the memory configuration of the Samsung Wave S8500.
Camera
The smartphone is equipped with a 5 megapixel camera capable of capturing images at 2592x1944 pixels. It offers features such as autofocus, an LED flash, geotagging, face and blink detection, image stabilization, and touch-to-focus functionality. Video recording supports 720p HD (1280x720) at 30 frames per second with flash, as well as slow-motion capture at 320x240 resolution running at 120 frames per second with flash enabled.
Connectivity
The Samsung Wave II provides connectivity options including Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, HSDPA with speeds up to 3.2 Mbit/s, and HSUPA at 2 Mbit/s. Notably, it was among the earliest mobile devices to incorporate Bluetooth version 3.0 support.
Additional Features
The device also incorporates Assisted GPS (A-GPS) along with internal memory options of 2 GB or 8 GB, expandable via a microSDHC card slot supporting up to 32 GB. It is equipped with a magnetometer, proximity sensor, and accelerometer. Audio capabilities include a 5.1-channel surround sound Mobile Theater system. Additional functionalities consist of music recognition, a fake call feature, smart search, and the Social Hub integration.
This model was released with support for 3G bands across Europe, Asia, and North America. However, the North American variant with 3G bands had limited distribution and was not officially sold within the United States.
Interface Design
Operating on the Samsung Bada platform, the handset utilizes the TouchWiz 3.0 user interface, which emphasizes widget usage. Among the preloaded widgets are Daily Briefing—offering updates on weather, finance, AP Mobile news, and schedules—Feeds and Updates, and Buddies Now, which enables calling, texting, and accessing Facebook or Twitter feeds linked to contacts. Users can customize up to ten home screens by adding widgets.
Preinstalled Applications
The Samsung Wave comes with Dolphin Browser version 2.0, which is built on WebKit technology. Although Flash support is present, it is disabled by default to enhance webpage loading speeds.
Included by default is Picsel Viewer, capable of opening PDF files and Microsoft Office documents. In select regions, users have the option to purchase and download Picsel Office Editor through Samsung Apps.
Additional downloadable applications and widgets can be accessed via the device’s app store.
Other notable software features encompass LBS Route 66 navigation, Palringo instant messaging, Facebook, Twitter integration, Social Hub, Mini Diary, Daily Briefing widget, Memo application, Video Player, FM Radio tuner, Media Browser, Voice Recorder functionality, Email client, and the game Asphalt 5.
Supported Media Formats
The device supports a wide range of multimedia file formats including MP3, AAC variants (AAC+, e-AAC+), WMA, AMR, WAV for audio; MP4, FLAC for media; and video formats such as MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, AVI, DivX, XviD, and MKV.
Android OS Adaptation
Due to dissatisfaction among some users with the Bada operating system, efforts have been made by the community to port various versions of Android OS onto the Wave 2 handset. Known adapted versions include Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean, and KitKat. These ports remain under development; certain functionalities like GPS may be partially supported or non-functional at this stage.
See also
References
External links
Samsung official sites:
- Samsung Wave official webpage (archived)
- Samsung Mobile UK Wave pageTemplate:Fix/category[permanent dead link]
Review sources:
Community Support Forums:
- bada-world.pl
- Samsung Wave user support forum Archived 2014-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- Bada Forums at Badaforums.net Archived 2015-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
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