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Samsung launches two new smartphones for Indian consumers

The Samsung Wave and Galaxy S are said to deliver an outstanding Smartphone experience

Posted on: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 14:06 IST | Karan Bajaj

Updated on: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 14:26 IST

Samsung Galaxy S

Right On the heels of announcing a developer contest for their bada OS at their Global developer day in Bangalore, Samsung has quickly launched their bada OS based smartphone, the Wave in India today. Samsung also launched their much-awaited Galaxy S, another smartphone, but this one runs on Android 2.1.

The Samsung Wave has a fabulous 3.3-inch Super AMOLED WCGA capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 480x800. It also has accelerometer, proximity sensor, multi-touch and handwriting recognition. The phone runs on a Snapdragon 1 GHz processor and 1.5 GB of system storage. Other features include a 5 megapixel camera with auto-focus, Bluetooth 3.0, HSDPA, GPS, DNSe, and Wi-Fi/n!. The phone also boasts of a 5MP AF camera with image stabilizer that is capable of recording videos in 720p HD resolution! The phone runs on Samsungs’s proprietary, ‘open’ mobile platforms bada and has a swanky TouchWiz 3.0 UI on top.

Samsung Wave

The other phone announced was the Samsung Galaxy S. This one sports a humongous 4-inch Super AMOELD display screen and is powered by a 1GHz processor as well. Running on android 2.1, the phone comes with WiFi, GPS, 3G, Bluetooth 3.0 and GPS. It sports a 5 MP AF camera and also does 720p video recording. The phone also has TouchWiz 3.0 interface and has accelerometer, proximity sensor as well as multi-touch.

Both phones come with a 3.5mm audio jack, micro USB port for charging and data transfer, expandable memory and universal inbox. Sadly both the phones do not come with a dedicated GPS application preloaded.

Speaking at the launch, Mr J S Shin, President & CEO, Samsung South West Asis said, “Consumers today relate to their mobiles as communication hubs – as personal gateways to communicate with friend, family and the world at large. The Smartphone era is here and we at Samsung are committed to making Smartphones available for everyone. Samsung ’bada’, our new mobile platform is the key driver for our global Smartphone strategy.”

The S8500 Wave is available at a MRP of 19,100 whereas the Galaxy S is priced at Rs 31,500.

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