The Samsung Wave 2 – Is It Worth Buying?
Samsung has recently released the Wave 2, the less costly offspring of Samsung’s popular Wave phone. Though the Wave garnered a large following, its higher cost kept many buyers away. With the Wave 2, Samsung is hoping to capture a larger slice of the smartphone market, particularly those who may not have as much money to spend on a new phone. The Wave 2 is priced to attract students and young adults, who represent the majority of social networkers, but typically do not have a great deal of income to spend. To keep the price down, Samsung did make some changes to the Wave 2, but it still has many of the original Wave’s great features.
Among the most popular of the Samsung features that have been included with the Samsung Wave 2 is the soft key QWERTY keypad and predictive text input. This can be a real time-saver for anyone who sends lots of text messages or updates, not to mention the fact that you will not have to keep pecking at the keypad. There is also an accelerometer, so your Wave 2 includes the auto-rotate function, allowing you to move quickly between landscape or portrait modes when viewing pictures or documents. Just turn the phone on its side and it adapts the image to fit the screen. Also included is the TouchWiz 3.0 UI for simple, easy to understand navigation. Even those unfamiliar with smartphone technology will be able to quickly find their way around this system.
The Samsung Wave 2 can do much more than send messages or receive phone calls though. The 3-megapixel camera can take snaps, record in SD video and even let you edit your images with a few personal touches. Enjoy your favorite music or video with the mp4 playback capability as well. All of this can be stored safely on the Wave 2′s 80 MB of internal storage or, if you prefer, you can use the 16 GB of expansion memory available with the microSD slot. Pick your favorite card before you head out in the morning and enjoy your favorite songs, movies or shows all day.
Like most major smartphone manufacturers, Samsung offers its own social networking aggregator, similar to HTC’s Friend Stream, Sony Ericsson’s Timescape of Motorola’s Motoblur. Samsung’s Social Hub maintains all your contact details, email accounts and social networking services in one location for easy access. With just your Wave 2 in hand, you will be able to share a favorite joke with all your friends, manage your account information or see what everyone else is talking about. Social Hub means you can now view and respond to messages, check your social networks and send emails from multiple service providers without having to access each individual network.
The Wave 2′s display is a respectable 3.2″ screen for video and picture viewing; the 240×400 TFT LCD is capable of showing up to 256,000 colors. Most users will appreciate the built-in FM stereo to catch up on the latest music. However, if nothing is on the radio, the integrated music player can store and playback a variety of audio formats, including wav, MP3, and eAAC+.
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