Is The Samsung Wave 2 Worth Buying?

Samsung first launched the Wave as a feature-packed, technology-rich smartphone based on their own Bada operating platform. There wasn’t much you couldn’t love about the original Wave, and even if it was trying to compete at the top end of the market, it still proved popular. With the Wave 2, Samsung is trying to achieve something different for its Bada platform, but what does this mean for the next generation of Wave users?

One of the big things going for the original Wave was its amazing AMOLED screen, which has been replaced with a more standard TFT version in the Wave 2; but the display is still as good as you would expect from a quality, mid-market smartphone. As well as a clear and bright display, the Wave also offers the much in demand touchscreen capability, which is simple and enjoyable to use, and benefits from the viewing flexibility provided by an accelerometer that’s built in to the phone.

Unlike the original Wave which was a 3G smartphone, data is managed through the Wave 2′s EDGE and GPRS connectivity. However, the newer version of the Wave does get the latest Bluetooth, WiFi and GPS, that you will find in many of the top smartphones. You also get a clever feature that records directly from the FM radio that’s included in the Wave 2.

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.

The Wave 2 complements its Bada platform with Samsung’s own Touchwiz user interface, which is simple and enjoyable to use. Social Hub helps the most active networkers keep in touch with all their contacts, and Samsung even has its very own app store. The original Wave’s 5 megapixel camera has been replaced with a reduced 3.2 megapixel version, which still performs well and also offers video capture capability.

On the face of it, the features and spec of the Samsung Wave 2 might leave some of the original Wave fans feeling a little short-changed. However, the reality is that Samsung wants to ensure Bada’s growth by taking it to the masses; and by creating a more affordable smartphone for the mid-market, that has the look and feel of a much more expensive phone, and unique functionality that many will enjoy, they seem to have got it just right.

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