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Editor-in-chief May 13, 2010 · 2 min read
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So I shared my first impressions of the upcoming Samsung Wave S8500 last week and gave a possible price-point. Turns out it’s cheaper than we’ve expected.

In a Developer Conference this afternoon, Samsung Philippines introduced their own home-grown operating system, Bada, and the first handset to run it — the Samsung Wave.

samsung s8500

Turns out my initial estimate was a bit off. The Wave will have a suggested retail price of Php19,900 (as opposed to the Php20k++ I posted before). The model will have a 2GB internal storage and comes with an additional 1GB via microSD card (max of 32GB).

samsung wave

The specs sheet looks pretty interesting:

Samsung Wave S8500
1.0GHz ARM Cortex A8 Processor
3.3″ Super AMOLED multi-touch display @ 480×800 pixels
2GB/8GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD
HSDPA 7.2Mbps, HSUPA 2Mbps
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n
Bluetooth 3.0 w/ A2DP
5MP autofocus camera w/ LED flash
720p vidoe recording @ 30fps
FM radio with RDS and FM recording
GPS w/ aGPS support
1500mAh Li-Ion battery
TouchWiz UI 3.0 on Bada OS

s8500

Launch date is tentatively on June 2 (or was it 2nd week of June?) according to the Samsung Product Manager. We took this video demo of the Samsung Wave running a car racing game:

So far, my initial impressions remained the same — that Super AMOLED screen looked impressive and the Samsung App Store should deliver the much needed applications for the phone. See my initial impressions of the Samsung Wave here.

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ariel · 16 years ago

@ shiela and sam
from the research i made, yes wave has a picsel file viewer for mobile office (doc,excel even pdf) but you cant edit them. Sana totoo coz its a deal breaker for me. I was so set in buying the galaxy s but i cant wait for the unlocked version anymore. i lost my omnia II last month and galaxy na sana preferred fon ko pero until now wla p din official release dito satin. Ive seen some wave specs saying there are units with 8g internal memory. Is it true? Can any1 confirm this. If true, sang outlets meron?


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Sheila · 16 years ago

How about the Picsel File Viewer? meron b talaga ang wave na ganito? This allows you daw to view MS Office files? To those who bought wave, kindly confirm this pls.

I was about to buy OMNIA II last week pero walang stock na 16g, they all recommended me sa WAVE. Looking at your posts, mukang ok nga ang WAVE, I just need to make sure it’s capabilities of viewing MS Office files.

Thanks!


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diane · 16 years ago

i bought yesterday..so nice…heheh..it’s like an iphone but much cheaper…


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mark · 16 years ago

guys sa mga naka bili na tawag kau sa samsung customercare 5805777 ang number mag request kau nang new firmware sa samsung wave..kasi may mga bugs pa din.. at wag nyong kakalimutan mag request nang paid appstore .. para mapadali un paid appstore sa bansa natin thx saka yung firmware na bagu mas bibilis daw phone natin kasu tagal mag release saatin


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sam · 16 years ago

hi sir yuga! i planning to buy one next week. but id like to ask first i can use my sun broadband sim? and is it possible for the wave to read or edit word or excel formats?? and also, possible ba talaga na maging wirless router ‘to? coz, ive serched for some portable 3g router it cost too much (mifi they called). please advise. mahina kase yung wi-fi sta lucia mall where i work. thanks in advance!!


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Raizo · 16 years ago

Just canvassed at SM Fairview Samsung Mobile Store and they tagged it for 18,490php. No micro SD included. So good.

Lowest so far is from this store and website pricelist, check it out: http://www.cmkcellphones.com/php18001-25000.html

for 18,390php.

I plan, hopefully, by the end of September.. but I’m so into this phone so it may be earlier. Fingers crossed.


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Gary · 16 years ago

Bought mine in Megamall yesterday. The price is 19,900 6 months to pay thru credit card. In greenhills viramall its P18,200 cash


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ben david · 16 years ago

canvassed price and location: trinoma the name of the store is 5th ave. the price is 18,500 with no memory cards but with shop warranty,. at SM baliuag [for bulacan area or near]i forgot the name of the store but they only sell it for 18,300 up to now,.


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don · 16 years ago

@yuga – thank you so much for confirming! more power to you! u’ve made my day :)


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don · 16 years ago

Hi Yuga, I just bought the Samsung wave and is very annoyed with the MENU button (diamond shape). It wobble – it feels like it was not fit in perfectly. Before I bought the phone, I’ve tested 5 units and they’re all the same. Did you experience also the same feeling/wobble to the unit you’ve tested? Please reply. I can’t sleep well because of this.lol :(


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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@don – yeah, it’s like that talaga. other similar Samsung handsets ganun din, like the Spica.


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dhonzkie · 16 years ago

@pokoy

Yeah, well that’s what the memo express lady told me yesterday. Maybe just scaring me to buy the wave outright. Hehehe…

Anyway, thanks for the help man, I’ve been reading a lot of reviews about the wave and the downsides to me are just minimal and not much of a concern. Will be buying this phone soon…

Really hope BADA developers start putting up more useful apps, and Samsung firmware updates fix the gliches. :)


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pokoy · 16 years ago

@dhonzkie

i recommend you read on to this thread. back read a few pages and you will see a list of people who bought their waves, from where they bought it and how much it is.. we’ve waited there at that thread for the wave to come here at the Philippines.. hehe..

will they really bring up the SRP to P21,900? Samsung did not expect the demand for this phone, 1 million units in 1 month, so now they are doing opportunistic move? hehehe..

http://tipidcp.com/viewtopic.php?tid=13248


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dhonzkie · 16 years ago

@pokoy

Thanks for the tip. Yeah, the P19,900 is from the bigger shops, and I think it’s only up to July 25. Then, they’ll ramp up the price to P21,900. I’ll go for the better deals, maybe Greenhills or try the online sellers… Does trinoma have good deals for Samsung wave too?


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pokoy · 16 years ago

@dhonzkie

well i’ve bought mine at P18,300 from an online seller, cash.. if you’re not comfortable buying on small shops or online seller, then you may buy it at P19,900 (cash) at Samsung concept store with freebies i think.. you may also look for stores at Cyberzone, i’ve heard some are also selling it below 18.5k.. the 19,9k are for installment basis i think..


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dhonzkie · 16 years ago

@pokoy
Thanks for the reply. I’m not that quite into the SamsungApps thing as well, but it’s something to look forward to once it’s App numbers pick up. Been really thinking of buying the wave for me and my wife to finally retire our 3 year old (SE) phones. I do think it’s a great buy. For P19,900 a piece, it’s really something…


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pokoy · 16 years ago

@dhonzkie

i’ve already bought this phone and after two weeks of using it, i could say this is one of the best phone in the world.. even better than iphone 3gs for a cheap price.. i’m not an app geek or nerd, but i admit the available applications for Bada is the current downside for this phone, but i’ve checked their appstore, and there are already more than 300 apps, but i think its just useless apps..
some are even comparing this phone to iphone 4, but that’s too much.. hehe..

what i love about this phone is it’s built in wifi tethering, and it’s file sharing.. i can view and save photo’s, videos, music, etc., from my laptop to my phone, phone to laptop, and from other devices via wifi network.. i’ve tried 720p video of Avatar with size of 4 gig via streaming and plays nicely.. for me, it feels like it’s a media device and not a phone.. lol..

if you buy this phone, i assure you, you won’t regret it..


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sphynx · 16 years ago

hello yugatech, I would like to buy a new phone. my friend refer me to buy an android phone because it has the capability to remote on linux OS via VPN connection. samsung wave has a bada OS, is this capable for a linux remote connection?


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dhonzkie · 16 years ago

Hey Guys, any comments, reviews, violent reactions from those who’ve bought Samsung Wave? I’m thinking of getting this phone. Super AMOLED screen looks great, and the OS feels superb. I just want to hear from those who’ve actually bought the unit if its a good buy. Thanks in advance.


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neptune · 16 years ago

18,500? is that with one year warranty? where in trinoma is that? what store?

i know in planet gadget they sell it with memory card at 19k+ not so sure though what kind of memory card is that.


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ben david · 16 years ago

I would like to know were i could buy this phone, i mean the cheapest place and with additional memory card. i was at trinoma today, the price there is 18,500 but without add memory card, i heard one of the buyer that in munoz the price is much lower with free 8GB memory card…


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Chris · 16 years ago

@miamiko

good for you, i was waiting for this phone for 2 months to come to here.. it was supposed to be here at 2nd week of June (dealers where committed for pre orders on May 28), but it was moved to 3rd week, and then now it will be moved to the 4th week.. Let’s see next week if it will be moved again..


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miamiko · 16 years ago

I was in trinoma yesterday and was able to talk to a samsung rep. he was delivering dummies. I asked him when will the wave be release sa mga stores. sabi nya june 18 daw deliveries ng mga dummies and on june 25 the real unit na. kahit daw mag ikot ako wala pa talagang live unit akong makikita pero tumingin pa din ako baka makatisod. true enough wala pa talaga. pinagod ko lang sarili ko…..


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Leo · 16 years ago

been to samsung concept store in sm north (annex), and they said that the wave is an upcoming model, telling that it will be available either at the last week of june or early july, my phone is not doing good anymore and I need to replace it,


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miamiko · 16 years ago

@Chris

thanks for the info.. if ever you know of a legit store please let me know. i really have to buy a new phone coz my phone is giving up on me now…


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Chris · 16 years ago

@miamiko

On greenhills, some stores are selling it on small volumes and with no warranty (black market) for PHP 18,800 with 8 gig SD card.. The same store that i’ve tried the demo unit on was one of the stores that are selling it. Do note that this is not Samsung dealers. I’ve emailed samsung if when will wave be available on the market, and they said that within this month, but no actual date. Some dealers said that there where some delays on the stocks for the Philippines..


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miamiko · 16 years ago

@Chris

is it already available in greenhills?


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Chris · 16 years ago

@rona

i suggest you buy Samsung wave, it’s cheap and have great features, cheaper than X10..

i’ve tried the demo unit of this at greenhills and i could say that it has the best screen i’ve ever seen from a phone, even my gf who’s totally discouraging me from buying it is now a believer lol.. You must see it by yourself..

it also has a very nice video capturing capabilities.. do some research about it and i’m sure, you’ll buy it instead of X10..


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joy · 16 years ago

It’s on youtube. I like it.


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rona · 16 years ago

hi sir yuga, im choosing between these 2 phones, Xperia X10 and the samsung wave S8500

can u help me po to decide between these 2,im planning to buy a new phone by july, need your opinions (techie people also welcome to message me)

thanks a lot po :)


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Leo · 16 years ago

is this phone available now??? i will check this out maybe tomorrow at samsung mobile concept shop in sm north… that is, if i have the time..


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jay · 16 years ago

Wow, I want to have this. I am about to buy OMNIA II but when I saw this, this sounds promising. I will definitely wait for this. ^_^


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Chris · 16 years ago

@Ebengt0t

uhhmm.. i think it’s samsung wave.. it has the ability to turn into a wifi router.. but limited only for 3 other connections.. and since it is hspda, it’s like a globe tattoo wifi (if you use a globe sim card)..

anyway that’s what the reviews on youtube are saying..

going to buy this phone on june, but i hope the 20k tag price was official..


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Ebengt0t · 16 years ago

@chris
i think its n0t the samsung wave that y0u are talking ab0ut. Ph0nes with th0se features are htc mini and htc hd2. Galaxy s is better but a l0t m0re expensive 0f c0urse.

I d0nt care ab0ut the screen, whats imp0rtant is the 0s f0r the applicati0ns t0 make the ph0ne m0re useful.


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Nemo Trinidad · 16 years ago

I hope it’s not killed by a poorly-written OS and crappy touch interface like what happened to Omnia. This Bada OS seems to be promising


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Joe · 16 years ago

How about the galaxy S?

at least in android, you can change the interface.. =o


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Dan · 16 years ago

Looking forward to your review sir! I drool yet again now that it’s below 20k.


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Chris · 16 years ago

hello, is the 19k tag price final? also, i’ve heard that you can turn this phone into a wifi router or something like that? is it true? any phones do the same thing?


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Miguel · 16 years ago

The Bada also supports BONDI widgets –
http://bondi.omtp.org

Build apps just like web programming.


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kesterbt · 16 years ago

http://www.bada.com/badadevices/#apps


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berkano · 16 years ago

Hey Yuga, any ideas when the Samsung Galaxy S will be released?


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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@berkano – i wrote an entry about this earlier: http://bit.ly/bwEVeu


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jhonwags · 16 years ago

Yeah this is better, especially if samsung will launch their app store.. Hoping that they will have a beautiful aps like istore has, but I know for sure it will for the simple reason that it is just new in app developmnt..

-Sent via YugaTech Mobile Ap


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Calvin · 16 years ago

abe, 1st week of june ang release. i think june 2 is the app developer contest.


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MobilePinas · 16 years ago

looks nice and the pictures are clear.

http://www.wowhaxor.com


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Gar · 16 years ago

Oops I meant home brewed OS. Btw what would you think would be better a Samsung Wave or a HTC Legend? I haven’t seen the Legend yet in stores although it has been launched almost 2 weeks ago.


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Gar · 16 years ago

Wow. Below 20k? That’s really something. I wonder why the Omnias have a higher price than this one? Is it because of their home brewed UI?


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mcast · 16 years ago

that price point is interesting. very appealing value!


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snpklsdmbldr · 16 years ago

but the galaxy s looks like an iphone ripoff hehehe. i even heard someone saying that its a china phone LOL. anyway, no news about HTC Desire? i heard they will release it locally this month :D


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Calvin · 16 years ago

don’t discount Bada. initial impression looks really promising. not your typical winmo with a Touch UI on top of it. of course if you’re after apps then android has the advantage being ahead of the game than bada.


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snpklsdmbldr · 16 years ago

i would buy this if this is Android.


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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 16 years ago

@snpklsdmbldr – Samsung has an Android version called Galaxy S.


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abeolandres · 16 years ago

Samsung Wave S8500 to be priced at Php19,900 and coming out this June: http://www.yugatech.com/blog/mobile/sams…


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enuhski · 16 years ago

Any word on the possible ipad 3G pricing in the philippines? thanks! :) @abeolandres


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abeolandres · 16 years ago

@enuhski local pricing or gray market? It’s already being sold here for around 37k.


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enuhski · 16 years ago

Gray market – 37k for the 16GB 3G iPad? wow, that’s not bad! where? :D @abeolandres


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