***Official Samsung Wave & Galaxy S Android***

[Azza]

Coming soon exclusively from Vodafone.


S8500 Wave


Samsung product release page & Official website

1-3 months time.

Specs


Bada OS
TouchWiz 3.0 interface
3.3 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen 800x480
720p HD video decoding and recording
5.0 Megapixel camera w/ LED Flash
ARM Cortex A8 1GHz processor
Reportedly more than 512MB of RAM
Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi 802.11n
Multi codec support including HD DivX and Xvid support & 5.1 surround sound
3.5mm Ear Jack
FM Radio
2GB internal memory & microSD (Up to 32GB)


From

Wave @ Vodafone

Sim fee ~£350 @ Amazon (pre-order 1-3 months)


Hands on @ Engadget @ techradar with videos.


Galaxy S

Galaxy S @ Vodafone


Early June release rumoured

Specs

Android 2.1
4 inch Super AMOLED touchscreen 800x480
ARM Cortex A8 1 Ghz processor (reportedly four times more polygon power than 1Ghz Snapdragon @ Engadget)
5.0 Megapixel camera w/ LED Flash
720p HD video decoding and recording
Bluetooth 3.0 and WiFi 802.11n
Multi codec support including HD DivX and Xvid support & 5.1 surround sound
3.5mm Ear Jack
FM Radio
Integrated document viewer Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF
16GB internal memory & microSD (Up to 32GB)


From

Galaxy S @ Vodafone

~£450 @ Play


Hands on @ Engadget @ Mobile Crunch with video

I'm more interested in the Galaxy S because of Android and how fast it is meant to be.

 

[b0rn2sk8]

I've not touched a Samsung in years, how do their recent high end offerings fair up in the terms of build quality?

Looks so thin.

 

[reflux]

They look great, but the iPhone-a-like menu really bugs me. I'd rather see some originality tbh.

 

[Azza]

I've not touched a Samsung in years, how do their recent high end offerings fair up in the terms of build quality?

Looks so thin.

No idea, I have never owned a Samsung mobile.

They look great, but the iPhone-a-like menu really bugs me. I'd rather see some originality tbh.

Indeed this TouchWiz 3.0 interface looks very iPhone esque.

I have not read much into this Bada OS, but a little light reading it doesn't seem too great. Closed App service, no proper multitasking. See this Register article.


Android is defiantly the way forward, I'm more interested in the Galaxy S than the Wave. Hopefully more info will come out closer to the time about both phones, but they shouldn't be too long since Vodafone have now put them up.

 

[Richie]

oof 4" screen... I found getting used to the 3.7" Desire strange and still feel it is big... Is there such a thing as too big for a phone screen ??

Had a Samsung Pixon before. I like Samsung but their phone support is/was pants with firmware updates and the like pretty non-existant. Still, at least with Android it should be better ??

 

[Begbie]

Desire is still for me, after the farse of the Omnia. I am staying away from Samsung phones.

 

[GeX]

Looking forward to the Galaxy S, that CPU with the SGX540 in it is going to kick some serious bottom. Def need to use one first before buying, as i'm very fond of HTC Sense UI

 

[Robbo]

Review of the Wave prototype here (it's pretty much the finished thing) - http://www.techradar.com/news/phone...hands-on-samsung-wave-review-691921?artc_pg=1

Looks alright but I dont see anything there to better the current phone market.

 

[Gaijin]

No real need for the Galaxy S side of things. Richdog's thread has it covered despite not being "official".

Wave looks interesting though.

 

[cymatty]

Like the look of the S, why have they gone backwards with the camera. My onmnia HD has a higher spec'd camera.

 

[El Gringo]

But Samsung have behaved appallingly with regard to firmware adn mac support. There was uproar following the release of the HD due to the pathetic audio codec employed during video recording. I'm just hoping the 5mp cam is good.