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Samsung Wave II S8530 – The Big Screen Edition

This is not the already launched Wave 2 smartphone S5220. But this is rather the new smartphone running under Samsung's own mobile operating system Bada OS v1.2 - the new Samsung Wave II S8530. It will be the successor to the very popular Samsung Wave S8500 - both sporting almost similar hardware specifications but will have a bigger 3.7 inch display.

The larger touchscreen display boasts of a 800 x 480 pixels resolution. Compared to the 3.3-inch Super AMOLED screen of the original Wave, the new Wave II display would be a Super clear LCD one. This new Bada smartphone also comes with enhanced software inside, such as the T9 input method Trace, which is said to be some sort of a Swype for Bada.

The rest of the specifications should be the same as with the first Bada handset - an ARM Cortex A8 1 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM and comes with a 5 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. The camera can handle 720p video recording at 30 FPS. It will also have all the connectivity options: GPRS, EDGE, 3G HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and GPS.

It will also have a 1.5 GB internal ROM with 390 MB user available memory and supports up to 32 GB microSD cards.

There is also the redesigned center key. The larger screen has lead to a larger body with the Wave II measuring 124 x 60 x 11.8 mm and weighs good 135 grams.

Samsung Wave II S8530 will be released November 2010 featuring a price tag of $590.