Samsung Wave 3 Pro Reviews

The Bada OS may be squeezed for space in a market dominated by Android and with Windows Phone getting a boost from a software update and the emergence of a new major player. The platform's latest flagship though is a different story. Up against some formidable rivals, it's outnumbered and often outclassed - but not outwilled. To begin with, it's a gorgeous metal-clad phone that will not shrink in the presence of Android or WinPho7 flagships. In fact, many high-end droids will gladly swap their stark plastic uniforms for the brushed aluminum outfit of the Wave 3. The Samsung I9001 Galaxy Plus is a particularly relevant example. The two phones are practically the same - from the 4" SuperAMOLED screens to the 1.4GHz processors. But if you have to choose one and know nothing about phones - which one will it be? A boring piece of plastic or the solid metal bar.

The new flagship bada OS handset Samsung Wave 3 is thin, fairly light, and made of quality materials. When you look at its brushed metal shell, it looks diligently crafted, and, to top it off, it even has some unique chassis features like a sliding shell to reveal the battery compartment. The new TouchWiz on bada 2.0 is an improvement over the previous version in terms of both eye candy and added functionality, but the OS still doesn't support Adobe Flash and multicore processors. When we consider, however, the 4” Super AMOLED display, good call quality, and the vast support of video codecs in the default player, the Wave 3 is indeed the best bada handset so far, and one that is showing how bada OS has matured. Still, the bada flagship lacks a dual-core processor or a more resolute display and camera, yet at its current price it is positioned squarely against more advanced phones like the HTC Sensation or the Samsung Galaxy R with their dual-core chips and larger screens. Considering the comparative lack of apps for bada, mid-range Android phones like Samsung's own Galaxy W or the Sony Ericsson Xperia arc S with their 1.4GHz processors and large screens are an easy pick before the Wave 3. On top of it all they come with lower pricing, too, thus removing the advantages of bada as the “poor man's Android”. Another alternative to the Wave 3 can be the Nokia Lumia 800 with the decent choice of apps at the Windows Phone Marketplace, 8MP camera, and its free offline voice navigation, although it is more expensive. The Samsung Omnia W also has a 1.4GHz processor and 5MP camera with LED flash, but sports a smaller 3.7” display at a price comparable to the Wave 3.