Samsung Wave II GT-S8530 Mobile Phone

**Humberto** · 30-01-2011

Introduction

The unadorned form presented in the Samsung GT-S 8530 Wave II in ebony-gray color, which starting at just under 280 € (without contract, shipping and depending on the provider) is now available in the market. And it's even cheaper at launch than the previous Samsung GT-S8500 Wave. Samsung has, however, omitted the brilliant but expensive super AMOLED displays by the red pen set. Now a "Super Clear LCD" is used, and the screen size also grew to 3.7 inches (480 x 800 pixels). Whether this move proves to be clever, to clarify our test, because the "old" Wave mobile was highly recommended, just by its display. The Wave II has a powerful 1 GHz processor and an improved bada operating system (version 1.2 with new input method, T9 trace, firmware update, etc

to enable the move to be a reliable companion. A memory expansion via Micro SD cards supports up to 32 GB. Built-in is a 5 MP camera, which does not exceed the average of the price range corresponds now. After all - many expensive Windows Phone 7 models have also only a 5 MP camera on it. In addition, video recordings are available in more than 720p resolution. Thanks to Bluetooth 3.0, HSDPA 3.6 Mbps and wireless-n, the Samsung S8530 can be used for fast data connections, and also it can be used in longer-term with its powerful 1500 mAh battery on board. Not quite so perfect is the navigation feature of the Samsung. While true, thanks to A-GPS receiver, at the base, but you can use navigation tool only at a particular costs. Now, we are going to check whether the Wave II proposes well as the successful predecessor in our test or not.

Samsung Wave II GT-S8530 Mobile Phone With Bada OS

Processing Features

1. First optical impression / special features to support the design - Samsung Wave II GT-S8530 smartphone is mirror-gloss plastic and metal combination mixed.

2. Housing material / surface quality - Smooth plastic surface with cool metal at back.

3. Housing dimensions - With a weight of 137g and dimensions of 124 x 60 x 11.8 mm, it sits quite well in the hand.

4. Quality (sharpness / resolution) of the display - Screen size: 9.4 cm, 3.7 inch LCD screen with 16 million colors and a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. Good representation of color, great sharpness, but a step backwards compared to its predecessor, which mustered more brilliant colors and a deeper black level.

5. Implementation of the folding or sliding mechanism - NA.

6. Quality of the battery compartment cover - The battery compartment cover is made up of metal and can be opened easily, closed, and fits perfectly.

7. Quality and scope of the supplied items - Manual, headset, battery, USB cable, charger, 1GB micro SD card with adapter; We point out the included accessories may vary by service provider. Our accessories collection is based on the contract-free cell phone.

8. Processing Result - The elegant smartphone comes with a mix of high-gloss, matte plastic and a cool metal at back. With its compact form and acceptable weight, it sits good in your hand. The 3.7 inch LCD screen presents clear and sharp colors and shapes are well represented, but is not as inspiring as the display of its predecessor. The accurately fitting battery compartment lid made of metal scores for the Samsung Wave II and the included accessories are not to be criticized.

Back of the Samsung Wave II GT-S8530 Mobile Phone

The battery compartment cover is made up of metal

Loud-soft key

USB - Headset connector for standard 3.5 mm jack plug and speaker

**Humberto** · 30-01-2011

Business Features

1. Supported networks - Quad band GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900, UMTS (WCDMA 850/2100).

2. Data transmission - Bluetooth ® 3.0, WLAN 802.11 b / g / n AllShare ™, EDGE, GPRS, HSDPA up to 3.6 Mbps. UMTS.

3. Reception and voice quality - The Samsung GT-S8530 has a good reception quality, even if the network coverage sometimes is not so perfect. The voice playback sounds good at medium level and at high volume faithfully only minimally covered.

4. Voice quality of the speaker - At medium volume, it is yet well understood. If the volume is increased, it must be expected with a slight scratch, which is still acceptable.

5. Battery life (with normal use) - 3 days.

6. Storage capabilities of Contacts - Phone book, groups, favorites, add names: first name, last name, contact store: phone, SIM card, phone number to add: mobile - mobile (private), mobile (work), telephone (home), telephone (work), telephone (others), Video call (home), Video Call (work), Video Call (Others), Fax (Home), Fax (work), fax (Other), Car Phone, Other, Pager, DTMF, add e-mail address: home, work, Other, Add-IN ID: Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo Messenger, Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, Skype, Jabber, QQ, groups: office, family, friends, create;; ringtone add additional fields: address (private), address (work), address (other), Second first name, nickname, title, suffix, name, occupation, Internet phone (private), Internet phone (office), Internet phone (More), Push to Talk, Web address (private), address (work) , Web address (other), department, name of the wizard, number of assistants, spouses, children, birthday, anniversary, memo.

7. Profiles - Normal, Silent, Car, Meeting, Outdoor, the profiles are set and can easily be modified to meet individual requirements.

8. Calendar settings - View: List, Day, Month, Now, create: title, date and time: From / To, All day: on / off, event type: date, anniversary, local (digital cartography): Participants (no, contacts, manual input) Alarm: Off, On time, 5 min before, 15 minutes before, 1 hour before, 1 day before 2 days before, 1 week in advance, adapt, Repeat: Off, daily, weekly, every 2 weeks, every month, Each year, Memo; settings: Calendar: own calendar; synchronize calendar: add Web accounts (Exchange ActiveSync and Social Networks: Facebook, etc; display: month, day, start of the week: Monday, Sunday, open, delete.

9. Notes feature - Create, Delete, Maximize / Minimize, Save, Send via: Message, Email, Bluetooth, background color change, keyboard settings: Text detection: on / off, T9 ™ Trace; Keyboard Type: QWERTY keyboard.

10. Built-in voice recorder (Dictaphone) - Settings: Memory: Phone, Memory Card, Standard name (voice memo, or your own text) shooting mode: Limit for MMS, Normal, The Voice surprises with an almost very good result. Recorded voices output minimal metallic sound, but is quite real and not distorted. Also in the background, noise is hardly heard.

11. E-mail functionality - Connection Type: POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Setting an email account requires no skill and is done in a few steps. Retrieving emails are done pretty fast. Attachments are also shown very well but after a short download time. However, it all depends on the size of the attachment, how much time is required. Connection Type: POP3, IMAP4 and SMTP. Pre-programmed provider for entering the email address. Entrance, posted, source, designs, My folders, deleted, spam folder, account list, e-mail accounts: delete new; sending options: Standard Account, From, Priority: Normal, High, Low, reserve copy, reply with text, forward with files, Read report retrieve, transfer report to retrieve your own business card, I always put cc, Add Signature: on / off; Signature mobile from Samsung sent; receiving options: Receiving Options: Email Size: 100 KB, 300 KB, 500 KB, 1 MB, 3 MB , 5 MB, 10 MB; Send read report to load remote images: on / off, Delete Options: Only phone, telephone, server, e-mails blocked: by address, by subject, e-mail profiles, delete options: Phone only, phone and server.

12. Internet functionality - The Samsung Wave II needs little time to load the web pages. Also quite complex designed pages do not cause any sort of problems, the view is presented perfectly and very well read as well. If one uses the two-finger zoom function, then these are easier to read. Depending on the website (pictures size, banners, etc.) it needs only minimal time delays, which are taken into account.

13. PC synchronization - The required USB cable is included. If installed, start the Samsung Sync platform gravel immediately after connecting the phone, that can also be used with Outlook data to be exchanged.

14. Other features - Protocols. Social Hub, Samsung Apps, Search, Clock (alarm, world clock, timer, stopwatch), Social Networking: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube. (Must be enabled cost) computer, Navigation: Also on board.

15. Business Result - This quad-band mobile phone provides HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s, wireless-n and Bluetooth 3.0 for a fairly rapid data transfer. Up to 3 days battery life for the Samsung Wave II is still acceptable. Calendar and contacts are to the usual standard, and are not to be complained. The pre-programmed profiles can be easily adapted to their own needs. The voice recorder also surprised with excellent results. An email account is very easy to set and retrieving the mail is done very fast. Even web pages are displayed fairly quickly from the Wave II. Uncompromising and perfect synchronization with Outlook is also done from the PC. The Wave II has several features that can also be enhanced and additionally be extended by a visit to the Samsung App Store.

The Micro SD card slot is unfortunately under the battery compartment

Video telephony

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Multimedia Features

1. Camera Equipment - 5 MP camera with digital zoom; mode: camera, video camera recording mode: Retail, beauty, smile, series, Panorama, Classical, Scene modes: SCN Without, Portrait, Landscape, Night, Sports, Party / indoor, beach / snow, sunset, dawn, autumn color, fireworks, text, candlelight, backlight, settings: Visibility outside: on / off, Self-timer: Off, 2 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec; Resolution: 5M (2560x1920), 3.2 M (2048x1536), 2M (1600x1200), 0.3M (640x480), W4M (2560x1536), W2, 4M (2048x1232), W1, 5M (1600x960), W0, 4M (800x480), White Balance: Auto, Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy; effects: None, Black & White, Sepia, Negative, water colors, ISO: Auto, 50, 100, 200, 400, 800; Exposure Metering Matrix, Center, Spot, Image Stabilizer: On / Off, Automatic contrast: a on / off, blink detection: on / off, image quality: Very Fine, Fine, Normal, Customize: Contrast, Saturation and Sharpness: -2 to +2; guides: on / off, check: a, 2 seconds, out; GPS connection: on / off, shutter sound: Sound 1, 2, 3, out; memory: phone, memory card, reset settings, Flash: Auto, On, Off, Focus Mode: Auto Focus, macro, face detection, post-processing options: send via: Message , Email, Bluetooth, Allshare; Upload: Lists update) Blog List (; Set as: wallpaper, caller picture, edit tag, edit: Customize: Automatically adjust brightness / contrast, color, effects (antique, backlight always on filters, black & white, blur, color enhancement, fog, Milky, moonlight, negative, color separation, sepia, sharpness, solarization, stamp); Style: Cartoon, embossing, lights, magic pen, mirror, noise, oil painting, color, markings, Spotlight, water color; Warp Effect: Distortion downward bias overall picture, mouth shrunken, mouth, raised face, raised balloon head, balloon head (light), distortion lower half, the distortion center, distortion rate effect; Partial blur, Transform: Resize: 256x192, 512x384, 768x576, 1024x768, 1280x960, 1536x1152, 1792x1344, 2048x1536, 2304x1728, 2560x1920, while turning: horizontal, vertical, right, left, the picture; Add: text, clip art, Bluetooth printing from, Make Movie, The important details: name, format, resolution, size, distribution, created on / around, place, media information: name, model, date.

2. Camera quality - Under normal light conditions (indoors), the camera of the Samsung Wave II gives very good results. Images obtained are very sharp and the contrast is good. The color accuracy is satisfactory. When shooting outdoors with natural light, the result looks even better. In the darkness it can also capture fine results, thanks to the lightning motives. The motives are drastically reduced or even distorted, but are quite useful.

3. Video Camera Equipment - Recording mode: normal, MMS, slow motion; settings: Visibility outside: on / off, Self-timer: Off, 2 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec; Resolution: 1280x720, 720x480, 640x480, 320x240, 176x144, White Balance: Auto , Daylight, Incandescent, Fluorescent, Cloudy; effects: None, Black & White, Sepia, Negative, water color, video quality: Very Fine, Fine, Normal, Customize: Contrast, Saturation, Sharpness: -2 to +2; Guides: a / off, audio recording, on / off, memory: phone, memory card, reset settings, Flash: Auto, On, Off, EV: +2 to -2; post-processing options: delete, send via: Message, Email, Bluetooth, AllShare; upload: Photobucket, YouTube, day edit, edit: Make Movie + scene importing, add text, adding background music, preview, delete, settings: Resolution: 176x144, 320x240, 640x480, 720x480, 1280x720; memory: phone, memory card, video volume : 0 to 10; HGM Volume: 0 to 10; information: name, size, resolution, size, distribution, area.

4. Video Quality - In daylight and in a closed room with light, the colors of the video clips are weakened visibly. Outside, however, colors are captured fine and played well. In the darkness it is completely impossible to achieve results without the video light, it is not enough sensitive to light. With low light and using the video light, satisfactory results are only achieved by standing closer to the subject.

5. Facilities of the built-in Music Player - Format: MP3, AAC, AAC +, WMA, forward, rewind, pause, stop, to quick-start list, all songs, playlists, albums, artists, genres, menu: thumbnail, search, music recognition, wish list, settings: EQ: Auto, Normal, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Dance, Classic, Live, effect: Normal, Wide, Concert Hall, Music clarity, Bass Enhancement, externalization, music menu: albums, artists, genres, composers, years, given most frequently, recently played Last added; visualization: Type 1, 2, 3; Title Send via: Email, Bluetooth, AllShare; Set as: ringtone, caller ringtone, message tone, alarm, look for the playlist, like, go to the library, music recognition, wishlist.

6. Sound quality of the music player - The loudspeaker has been positioned on the Samsung GT S8530 Wave II in addition to the headset and USB connector. A very favorable positioning, as songs sound muffled and does not massively lose vitality. In the medium and low frequency, songs sound pretty neat. The playback is even not as distorted when strong usage of tweeter and bass in songs is enabled. Those who want to fine-tune his songs, it can easily be done with the EQ or effects. The supplied headphones deliver good results.

7. Radio yes / no, sound quality of radio - AF: on / off, All Channels: remove, rename, scan, remove privileged channel to switch to recorded files, settings: Alternative frequency: on / off, FM radio automatically turn off: off, after 30 minutes, after 1 hour, after 2 hours; memory: phone, memory card, standard name of the file: radio or their own information, speaker or headset output; The selectivity of each channel is in favorable alignment of the antenna (headset) which is not to be criticized. Noise-free, these can then be heard. The recordings from the radio also sounds surprisingly good. Channel names can be added to the "Rename" by.

8. Storage / location of the memory card - 2GB internal memory, which, however, are partially occupied by the operating system. The Samsung Wave II is expandable via SD cards up to 32GB. The slot is located under the battery compartment unfortunately.

9. Multimedia Results - The camera of the Wave II has a range of facilities, which is easy to use. Among the features there are some useful settings that make the results of the 5 MP camera even more convincing. The results of the video footage only score if you avoid excessively rapid movements. The Photo light / fire, are also obtained in the dark results. The built-in media player is intuitive. Playlists are easily created and creating their own music menu runs without any problem. A VHF radio has the GT-S8530 also. Equipped with sufficient transmitter sites, easy handling, noise-free sound and fairly good selectivity provides the Wave II also positive results. The mobile phone has 2GB internal memory and Micro SD card supports up to 32 GB.

5 MP camera

Graphically rather complex solution - you can pick and choose the desired track

Headset with good sound and standard phone jack

Speakers with a strong favorable positioning

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Handling / Menus

1. One-hand operation for key functions possible - Yes, partially.

2. Call execute (with menu "contacts") - Running a call and finding contacts runs smoothly.

3. Adding / Creating / editing contacts - Either SIM or phone, both have no restrictions to create, add or edit new and existing contacts.

4. Readability of the display - Whether day or night? The Wave II has a very good display readability. In direct sunlight or light irradiation content are not clearly visible. It also depends, like almost on all other smartphones on the choice of theme and background image, display can be adjusted.

5. Pressure point of the keypad / reaction of the touch screen - Primary response of the touch screen, slight improvement over its predecessor.

6. Handling the navigation elements to prospect the menus - NA.

7. Clarity of the menu - The menu has easily recognizable symbols. The drawing is a bit confusing at first.

8. Scope of the menus - The scope of the menu is only the beginning lush. After a short settling-one gets along with it quite quickly.

9. The design of the menus - The graphic design is excellent, the icons are clear and sufficiently large.

10. Opportunity for the assignment of shortcut keys - The Samsung Wave II allows the desired menu items (widgets) to easily arrange in the quick access bar to quickly access the required menu item.

11. MMS and SMS handling - SMS: To: Add Recipients - Recently, contacts, groups, Multimedia Add: images, sound, video, take picture, record video, record sound, text: templates, business card, calendar, task, memo, Favorite, Add subject, Cc / Add Bcc; elements Attach: file, business card, calendar, task, memo, page; Planned message, Send Options: Reply path: on / off, get a delivery report: on / off, keep a copy: on / off, settings: Character support: GSM alphabet, Unicode, auto, service center, store in: SIM card, phone, MMS: Send Options: Priority: Urgent, Normal, Low, expiration date: Maximum, 1 day, 2 days, 1 week, 2 weeks, Custom time (Hour Request delivery report:;: Immediately, 1 hour, 1 day, 1 week, custom time (hour delivery time

on / off, request read report: on / off, my own business card to add: on / off (when card presented); receiving options: Download Type: Download Automatic, Manual, Reject, delivery report, read report, send Anonymous allow Allow adverts: on / off, message size: 30 KB, 100 KB, 300 KB; image automatically to the size change: No change in size, 100 KB, 300 KB; Creation Mode: Free, warning, restricted, standard style: font (font style, font size), background color, page display time: 2 seconds, 5 seconds, 10 seconds, tuned time (second).

12. Service photo and video - The settings are indeed extensive, but easy to find.

13. Operation of Music Player - The Media Player is easy to use and its menu is quite easy.

14. Reading from memory cards - The reading of micro SD cards from the Wave II is extremely fast. Existing data from the memory card as far as the format and file type is depicted easily. Unfortunately, the micro SD card slot is under the battery compartment. A little awkward when changing the memory card.

15. File Management - Easily create your own folders and move data also.

16. Result - The new and improved Bada operating system is to simple as opposed to Windows Phone 7 or Android. Running a call, adding contacts, and readability in low light conditions from the display speaks for the Samsung. The touch screen is not uniform. Thus, the composition of messages and emails is quite easy. The first menu has a slightly demanding timeless designed menu size. The simple operation of the 5 MP camera and music player are additional advantages. Also, in the GT-S8530, memory cards can be easily read to 32 GB and the data so far on the format or type is possible to play. The insertion of the memory card is located under the battery, unfortunately. Creating and moving your data is fast and uncompromising.

Navigation Buttons

Overall Conclusion

The Samsung Wave II comes at an affordable market price with a very good quality and a fast 1 GHz processor - much faster it is not progressing at a much more expensive stainless smartphones. Also seems to be the pretty bada OS that does not require too many system resources. With fine workmanship and timeless design, it sits great in the hand and the touchscreen is also quite convincing and visually. Bada is in version 1.2 used, but in terms of performance and handling it has been hardly changed. This is not a mistake, because its previous model scored points with well-planned user interface. The integrated 5 MP camera with confident ease of use, delivers good to very good results in low light conditions. In darkness, they can also achieve well due to lightning. In the video footage you have to stand closer to the subject if you want to achieve useful results in low light. The internal media player is easy to use and sounds good. Reproduction and selectivity of the radio in good alignment of the antenna (headset) is excellent. The radio recordings can be described as useful. Internet pages are loaded easily, thanks to HSDPA 3.6 that makes it easy to read comfortably. E-mails including attachments are easily downloaded and displayed fine. The composition of messages or emails runs on the touch screen or QWERTY keypad with Quick Type by t9 trace. The general reaction of the touch screen does not disappoints and runs evenly and precisely.

The Samsung Wave II