It’s been smooth sailing for Samsung’s Bada OS and the Samsung S7230E Wave 723 is one of the first of the lineup aimed at the mass market. But beware, this smartphone may change the way you perceive feature phones forever.
Samsung S7230E Wave 723 official photos
While amazing, the S8500 Wave costs a pretty penny. It did a great job of attracting attention to the new platform (selling a million units in four weeks), but Samsung designed Bada to be the “smartphone OS for the masses”, so the relatively high priced S8500 wouldn’t be enough on its own.
Enter the Samsung S7230E Wave 723. It’s one of the first mid-range models and while it preserves some of the features from the S8500, it drops others and its lower price will help further the adoption of Bada.
Here’s the report on what’s in and what’s out of the Samsung S7230E Wave 723 spec sheet.
Cuts have been made – the one we miss the most is the brilliant SuperAMOLED, which has been replaced with a low-res LCD. And the smooth 720p video recording is gone too – another feature we loved on the S8500.
On the positive side, the excellent connectivity is one of the key features of the Wave 723. 2G and 3G with HSDPA are common ground – but Wi-Fi tethering (USB tethering too) is a pretty rare built-in feature and yet it’s salient to anyone with a data plan and a laptop. Then there’s Wi-Fi 802.11n and Bluetooth 3.0 – rare to find these days but they are the way of the future.
The Samsung Wave 723 offers an almost Android-like UI experience, a hefty number of free games in the Samsung Apps store and a 5MP camera, which produces good looking photos. When searching for a new phone based on specs and budget, the Wave 723 will pop up quite often in the search results, that’s for sure.
Samsung S7230E Wave 723 live shots
And we can’t go on without mentioning the flap – a plastic flap with a leathery texture is attached to the bottom of the phone and protects the screen against scratches and it certainly adds to the looks.
You can detach it if you think it gets in the way (after a while, it does), but it does at least offer an alternative to a carrying pouch.
Flip to the next page to see what this flappy business is all about.
I would like to buy this phone , anyone please tell me,can we upgrade it to latest BADA OS which supports DivX/XviD video
Are you kidding me? :O In Vodafone PT online store you can buy this phone for 189,90€ without any contract. xD GSM Arena is to biased towards Nokia. Nokia was and continues behind other mobile phone manufactures. Open your eyes people! Nokia devi...
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