Samsung had always promised that the Wave S8500 would be just the first of several bada devices, and now the second and third smartphones based on the platform have arrived. The Samsung Wave 2 S5250 and Samsung Wave 2 Pro S5330 are more affordable versions of the original bada phone, each with a 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD display (rather than the Wave’s Super AMOLED), no 3G (EDGE max) and a 3-megapixel camera. The Wave 2 Pro also gets a slide-out QWERTY keyboard.
You still get WiFi b/g/n but the Bluetooth is 2.1+EDR rather than 3.0; meanwhile there’s no DivX or Xvid playback either. A-GPS, an accelerometer, microUSB and a microSD card slot are all present, as is an FM radio and 3.5mm headphone socket.
The Samsung Wave 2 (S5250) and Wave 2 Pro (S5330) will be available from August in Russia and South East Asia. Customers can choose from the colors metallic black, pearl white and romantic pink; no word on pricing at this stage.
