Vinod Yalburgi

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Posted on 20-12-2010

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The much anticipated successor to the renowned Samsung Wave S8500, the Wave II or Wave S8530, is now unofficially available across various retailers in the country, and can be procured online at Flipkart.com or Univercell.in for Rs. 18,999. Sporting a 3.7-inch Super LCD display, the S8530 has a bigger form-factor than its predecessor. Although the display resolution has been retained at 800 x 480, the bigger screen dimensions will play a significant role in enhancing the visual appeal for movie-watching and provide more room for the on-screen QWERTY keypad in portrait mode.

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While you might be upset about the lack of AMOLED in this Wave, the new Super LCD technology incorporated into the Wave II S8530 should actually result in better colour accuracy and image clarity compared to the much-hyped Super AMOLED display of the Wave S8500. Another new feature of the display is that the touchscreen of the Wave S8530 incorporates a scratch-resistant layer in addition to an anti-fingerprint layer.

Inheriting all the goodies from the Wave S8500, the S8530 makes a strong statement with the inclusion of: 5MP camera, 720p video recording, Bada OS (new v1.2), 1GHz Hummingbird processor, 2GB internal memory and up to 32GB external memory. The Samsung Wave II S8530 is reportedly priced about Rs. 1,500 more than the Samsung Wave S8500 at Rs. 19,000. However, owing to market competition the retailers have been apparently selling the smart phone at much lesser price, even as low as Rs. 17,500.

Note: The global release happened in the month of November, and the "official" Indian release is expected later this week.