In expansion to its Bada OS powered Wave family, Samsung has introduced another handset called, Wave 578 (GT-S5780), which is obviously a low-range device having some notable features, sunch as Near Field Communication (NFC) support to facilitate mobile payments, as well as other services like door lock/unlock and etc.
Samsung Wave 578 comes packed within the metallic body powered by Bada OS 1.1, sporting 3.2-inch 432 x 240 LCD screen with multitouch support, Samsung TouchWiz, equipped with a 3.2 megapixel rear camera, and an additional VGA front-facing camera for video calling, Social Hub, Bluetooth 3.0, support for 3.5G data, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi, USB 2.0, FM radio, a 3.5mm audio socket. Music and other media content can be stored on a micro-SD card (up to 16GB) or in the 100MB of internal memory.
The phone is fairly trim and lightweight, too. There’s no HD video support for both playback and recording
Full Technical Specifications Of Samsung Wave 578
| Network | |
| 2G Network | GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 900, 2100 MHz |
| Dimensions | |
| L x B x H | 107.9 x 54.9 x 12.5mm |
| Weight | 99.8 grams |
| Form Factor | Candybar |
| Display | |
| Type | TFT LCD Capacitive Touch Screen |
| Size | 3.2 inches |
| Colors & Resolution | 256k Colors & 240 x 400 Pixels |
| Input/ User Interface | Multi Touch TouchWiz 3.0 UI Proximity Sensor Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate |
| System Properties | |
| Operating System | Samsung Bada OS 1.1 |
| Storage Capacity | |
| Internal Memory | 100MB internal memory |
| Expandable Memory | micro-SD card slot for expansion up to 16GB |
| Browser & Messaging | HTML, XHTML 1.1. WAP 2/0 MMS, SMS, IM, Email, RSS |
| Camera | |
| Still | – 3.2 Megapixels – 2048×1536 pixels – Geo tagging |
| Secondary | – 0.3 Megapixels – VGA |
| Video Recording | – Capable – 320×240 Pixels (QVGA) @ 20 fps |
| Connectivity | |
| DATA | GPRS, EDGE, HSPA |
| Bluetooth & USB | v3.0 with EDR Stereo & v2.0 Mini USB |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| Headset | 3.5mm stereo headset jack |
| Radio | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| GPS | A-GPS |
| 3G | HSDPA 3.6 Mbps |
| Video & Audio | |
| Video Formats | MP3, WMA, MIDI, AAC, AAC+ |
| Audio Formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 |
| Battery | |
| Type | Li-Ion 1200mAh Standard Battery |
| Stand-by Time | Up to 500 hours (3G) Up to 700 hours (2G) |
| Talk-Time | Up to 7 hours (3G) Up to 2 hours 30 mins (2G) |
| Other Features | Near Field Communication (NFC) support G-mail, Google Maps, G-Talk Facebook, Twitter Music Player with SoundAlive EQ, Music Recognition QuickType by t9 Trace |
| Colors Availability | Black |
Price & Availability
The Samsung Wave 578 will be available in May of 2011 in France and will be gradually rolled out to European countries, CIS, South East Asia, India, Middle East, and China.