Samsung is launching the new Android powered Samsung Galaxy S and the Bada OS powered Samsung Wave in India, today at the Samsung Mumbai Blogger Meet.
The Samsung Galaxy S is one of the best Android smartphones. Considering that the Motorola Droid X and the HTC Evo 4G are eons away from being launched in India, the Galaxy S will be the best Android device option for Indian users.
The Galaxy S has everything you would want in a smartphone: Android 2.1 with TouchWiz 3.0 and Swype (will soon be upgraded to Android 2.2), a gorgeous 4 inch SuperAMOLED display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels, 1 GHz ARM Cortex processor, 512 MB RAM, 8 GB internal memory with upto 32 GB microSD support, a 5 MP camera with autofocus which can record 720p video at 30 FPS, 3G HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with DLNA, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP, a GPS transceiver with A-GPS and much more.
This will probably be my next phone (if I don’t get floored by the Samsung Wave).
The Samsung Galaxy S will be priced at around INR 31000.
The Samsung Wave is the first smartphone powered by Samsung’s new Bada OS.
It is an excellent phone with superb hardware specs. It has a 3.3 inch SuperAMOLED capacitive touchscreen display with a resolution of 480 x 800 pixels. It is powered by the new Samsung Bada OS with the TouchWiz 3.0 UI. It has a 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor, 512 MB RAM, 1.5 GB internal memory (partitioned) and supports upto 32 GB microSD cards. It is a multimedia powerhouse with a 5 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash which can record 720p video at 30 FPS and has features like face, smile, blink detection and touch focus. It also has the usual connectivity options: 3G HSDPA, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and GPS.
It can play DivX, XviD and MKV files right out of the box and comes with DNSe which results in excellent audio quality.
The Samsung Wave is expected to be priced around INR 19000.
Bada OS is still in a nascent stage and it couldn’t have had a better launch vehicle than the Samsung Wave.
The Bada Application Store is supposed to have around 100 free applications at launch. As it grows popular, more and more developers will flock to it resulting in more, better applications being available. Check out http://www.bada.com/badadevices for more details on Bada OS and their developer tools.
Samsung also has a Bada OS Developer Challenge going on with a total prize money of 2.7 million dollars.
July 2nd, 2010 at 7:09 pm
hi, im gonna buy the galaxy s. its the best android phone. when will it be available in stores?
July 5th, 2010 at 12:02 pm
but do they perform as well> ne reviews?
July 6th, 2010 at 10:42 am
Both are excellent phones. The Galaxy S is the best Android phone you can buy in India and even the Wave at 18k is a very good phone.
July 18th, 2010 at 7:17 am
I am a present Omnia (910) user on Verizon who was incredibly disappointed with Windows Mobile 6.1 and Samsung’s shell. Wound up getting SPB Mobile Shell to acquire a usable interface and needed to abandon Exchange email as a result of protection restrictions. Essentially anytime you tried to place or acquire a call, you needed to enter your PIN and I was missing calls being a result. Lastly made the decision to abandon smartphones for that time getting (economic reasons) and wait for a superb Android device. The Galaxy S (Facinate) ought to fit the bill. Disappointed to hear from the GPS problems. Let me add that Verizon’s 3G assistance was great throughout and I eventually stopped employing WiFi mainly because V3G was plenty rapidly adequate for me.Interestingly, I’m employing the Omnia being a wireless unit all around the residence for checking e mail, Twitter, Facebook and simple browsing. But not as being a phone!
August 2nd, 2010 at 5:29 am
Thank you for the superior article, so I’ve been a samsung consumer for roughly 5 years now, and I latterly upgraded from a samsung omnia i910 to the Samsung Wave and thus far I am loving it! (I do leave out a few features of my omnia although) I’m from Halifax Nova Scotia in Canada, I was originaly going to wait it out for the galaxy s to arrive on the bell community however determined to shop for the wave as an alternative and save myself $400.
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November 2nd, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I have purchased Samsung Galaxy S few days back. A great phone to have. Is it upgradable to 2.2 in India???
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