The Wave is a lot like a baby Galaxy S. What you lose in screen size and CPU power, you gain with better materials, build quality, battery life, and camera features. Bada, surprisingly, behaves a lot like a baby Android. It arguably provides the best feature phone experience currently available, but...
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Smartphone for the masses or feature phone of the future? Samsung would gladly have it either way. The question rather is, will the Bada OS keep up the pace of its debut device?
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Michaelcz
The Samsung Wave could be the killer phone when pitched against any other model of the same range and even some higher end models. Pulling it out of my pocket has caused more commotion than when I was on an iPhone. How´s that for trend setting? :-)
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logman123
Other then the lack of Apps and accessories this phone rocks, the OS is on par with iOS and, I feel more refined then Android OS. The widgets are a cool feature that allows you to put what you need on the mainpage for quick access, I have the appointment calendar, digital clock, and global...
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