Samsung Wave S8500 : Hello world ^_^ !!!

Just bought a brand new samsung wave s8500 online. So i guess i’ll make a brief review about the device. This particular device has become an internet sensation for the last couple of weeks, Samsung has made the somewhat leftfield decision to launch its own OS and with the new Samsung Wave it gets a phone with top-notch hardware to debut it on.

It packs an explosive specs such as HD video recording, a 1GHz Samsung-own Hummingbird processor, a super-slim chassis, the latest Super AMOLED screen and multi-touch support right out of the box.

The phone is very slim at less than 11mm thick and the metallic build quality is apparent the second you hold it in your hand. Given a startling number of purchases are made in store based on how a phone feels this will be head and shoulders above the rest to that demographic.

The front is sparse in terms of buttons, with call, terminate and menu keys the only things apparent other than the 3.3-inch capacitive screen. The menu key is sculpted and nicely tactile, although perhaps a little large.

The rest of the phone is pretty simple: volume up/down keys on the left-hand side, lock and camera shutter keys on the right-hand side and the top sees a 3.5mm headphone jack and a microUSB connector with sliding cover.

Other than that, there’s only the diamond-shaped 5MP camera on the back with accompanying LED flash, which all together gives the Wave a very refined look indeed.

And if you’re impressed by the chassis, then you’ll be amazed by the SuperAMOLED screen, with its high-res 480×800 WVGA screen with great viewing angles and jaw dropping contrast.

Overall, i’ll give a solid 8/10 for the hardware, but am kinda dissatisfied by it’s software, especially it’s apps, because there’s no voip apps out of the box so i’m not sure what’s the front facing camera is for. Let’s just hope that Samsung do something fast to the get voip apps available on the samsung owns apps store.

So i guess that’s all for now.