With Samsung Wave 575, also known as GT-S5750, the bada family is expanded. It is the sixth mobile that equips the operating system designed by the South Korean manufacturer. As reported by Samsung, it will go on sale first in Sweden in mid- November. Then it will make the leap to other markets, both European and Asian.
Due to its characteristics, Samsung Wave 575 is related to Samsung Wave 525 and Samsung Wave 5330, two terminals that, at the moment, are only found in Russia. However, having 3G technology raises a notch above its peers in the range.
Display and connections
The Samsung Wave 575's TFT screen measures 3.2 inches. It is touch -type capacitive, offers a resolution of the 14th x 400 pixels and a depth of 256,000 colors. It has an accelerometer sensor to toggle the menu view mode between portrait or landscape, depending on how the phone is placed. On the other hand, being a capacitive panel, it will respond to touch faster than resistive ones. When it comes to zooming in on web pages, images, etc., you can use the multi-touch function. That is to say,applying two fingers so simultaneously to the surface of the screen. Below that is a five-way central navigation physical key and two buttons to make, end, reject or accept calls. The user interface is TouchWiz 3.0, also owned by Samsung.
One of its advantages is a high level of customization through widgets. It incorporates the virtual keyboard writing system " Swype ", combined with the predictive T9 and integration of social networks ("social hub"). Allows you to synchronize the accounts of different portals with those of email and the phone book, to show the status updates of the contacts in real time and modify those of the user.
Regarding the standards, it is operative in GSM frequencies at 850, 900, 1,800 and 1,900 MHz. Class 10 GPRS and EDGE can be added to it using a 32 multi-slot. Samsung Wave 575 is a 3G device, unlike its serial companions, somewhat more modest in this section. It has HSDPA protocol at 900 and 2,100 MHz, with a data download rate of up to 3.6 Mbps. It also supports WLAN 802.11 b / g / n, so in summary you will not have problems browsing the broadband Internet.
In addition, Wi-Fi networks are becoming more common at home and in public areas. The web browser is based on WAP 2.0, xHTML and HTML. It comes with Bluetooth 3rd with A2DP audio profile, which works in combination with Wi-Fi to transfer information at a speed of 24 Mbps. Thanks to Bluetooth we can use hands-free and music and cables. Everything, connecting with other devices compatible with the standard. For example, hands-free kits or wireless headsets. The physical connectors consist of a micro USB 2.0 port and a 3.5 mm jack audio output. It includes the possibility of navigation from the A-GPS mobile.
Camera and multimedia
The Samsung Wave 575 camera is 3.15 megapixel resolution. On the other hand, it uses a geo-tagging mechanism, which uses geographic location criteria to classify the images. The results can be retouched with an editing program. Films video, although quality has not been determined.
It carries an FM radio tuner with RDS. The media player supports formats MP3, WAV and eAAC + and those video MP4, H.263 and H.264. It has a music recognition system, to identify musical themes with their corresponding artists and the albums in which they have appeared. The internal storage is 100MB, expandable through its microSD memory card slot up to a maximum of 16GB.
On a more technical level, it provides support for Java MIDP 2.0. In the end, this Samsung Wave 575 contains some games and users will have the opportunity to download new titles of online store bada. As for services messaging, it is compatible with mail servers Push Email and RSS. You can send and receive multimedia messages and use instant messaging services. That is, to have conversations through chat in real time.
Design and battery
Samsung has risked little in the design of the Samsung Wave 575. The terminal remains in the same vein as other previous bada models, including the first Samsung Wave S8500. They have expanded the range of colors. The classic black has been joined by the option of acquiring it in white, less common and in a not strident pink combined with black details. It will be available as we say in mid-November in Sweden and from there it will spread little by little to other European countries. It is very likely that we will see it in our country before the end of the year.
The battery is 1,200 milliamps. Although we do not have specific times, with this battery we can expect more than enough operating time and above many of its competitors.
Samsung Wave 575, opinions
The mobile is a mid-range touch with very good expectations. For little money, we can handle almost all the functions of a first-rate smartphone. It could be improved with a somewhat more powerful camera. For the rest, you can't fault it. At the end of the day, it is a medium profile phone that will have an affordable cost. In any case, it will be a good opportunity to get closer to bada without giving up reliable wireless connections. If you want, it is your turn to use the comments section and leave your opinions of the Samsung Wave 575.
Data sheet
Standard | 850/900/1800/1900
EGSM / EDGE / GPRS / EGPRS HSDPA 900 / 2,100 MHz |
screen | 3.2 inch TFT (240 x 400 pixels) |
Memory | MicroSD cards up to 16GB |
Weight and measurements | 109.5 x 55 x 11.9 mm
100 grams |
Multimedia | Music, video and photo playback
FM radio tuner with RDS Voice recording Built-in speaker Supported formats: JPEG / MP3 / AAC / H.263 / H.264 |
Camera | 3.15 megapixel camera |
Autonomy | 1,200 mAh battery |
Controls and connections | Call / pick up / accept
key Reject / end call key Central button (Navi) 3.5 mm jack AV output External microSD card slot (up to 16 GB) Bada operating system Games included Wireless: Bluetooth 3.0 A2DP, Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n |
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