Description
Samsung Wave 578 is a mid-level smartphone that has a 3.2″ WQVGA screen with 240×400 pixels of resolution, 3MP camera with video recording, 100MB of memory, 1200mAh battery, Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth 3.0 as the rest of the lowly bada brethren. The usual goodies coming with Samsung’s TouchWiz 3.0 UI on bada can be found here too – Samsung Hub, Dolphin 2.0 browser, and image editing capabilities. The news is that the Samsung Wave 578 will come with a built-in NFC chip.
Pros (+)
Pros
Cons (-)
Cons
- Thick body (0.49 inches)
- The camera lacks autofocus
- The camera lacks flash
- Does not support automatic screen brightness
- Lacks GPS
Additional information
| Display size: | 3.2 inches |
|---|---|
| Resolution: | 240 x 400 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 146 ppi |
| Technology: | TFT |
| Screen-to-body ratio: | 49.21 % |
| Features: | Music recognition |
| Rear: | Single camera |
| Main camera: | 3.2 megapixels |
| Video recording: | 320×240 (QVGA) (20 fps) |
| Front: | 0.3 megapixels VGA |
| Dimensions: | 4.25 x 2.16 x 0.49 inches (107.9 x 54.9 x 12.5 mm) |
| Weight: | 3.52 oz (100 g)the average is 6.1 oz (175 g) |
| Headphones: | 3.5 mm jack |
| Radio: | FM |
| Processor: | Single core |
| Internal storage: | 0.1 GB |
| Storage expansion: | microSDHC up to 16 GB |
| OS: | bada (1.1) |
| Bluetooth: | 3.0 |
| Wi-Fi: | 802.11 b, g, n |
| USB: | microUSB, USB 2.0 |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer |
| Other: | NFC, Computer sync, OTA sync |
| UMTS: | 900, 2100 MHz |
| Data: | HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s, UMTS |
| Capacity: | 1200 mAh |
| Type: | Li – Ion, User replaceable |
| Talk time: | 12.50 hoursthe average is 21 h (1278 min) |
| Stand-by time: | 29.2 days (700 hours)the average is 21 days (494 h) |
| Talk time (3G): | 6.83 hoursthe average is 23 h (1387 min) |
| Stand-by time (3G): | 20.8 days (500 hours)the average is 26 days (614 h) |
| Notifications: | Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone |
| Other features: | Voice recording |
| Date approved: | Apr 27, 2011 |
| FCC ID value: | A3LGTS5780 link |
| Head: | 0.73 W/kg |
| Measured in: | 1900 MHz, Samsung Wave 578 revealed as the first bada phone with NFC chip for mobile payments |
| Body: | 0.86 W/kg |
