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Samsung Wave sales cross 1 million in 4 weeks

on July 13, 2010 – 1:08 pm8 Comments

Samsung Wave is turning out to be another blockbuster for the Korean handset maker Samsung . The Bada OS powered Wave has sold more than 1 million units worldwide and it took only4 weeks.

We would argue that the Wave is not a smart phone as Samsung calls it. But the Wave has stunning looks , a great camera , a pretty simple UI and the best part is the aggressive pricing. Although the Wave is the not the best phone for apps it’s a great feature phone. The success of the Wave can also be attributed to the massive advertising spend connected to it and timing of the rollout. Wave is being promoted heavily in Europe and Asia.

Are you using a Wave ? let us know what you love or hate about it !

We should be reviewing the handset soon.

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  • Karthik

    Worldwide, other than US ,samsung is going to be the competitor to nokia in terms of sales. Even in india Nokias market share was around 70% 4 yrs back in india, and now its aroung 52%.

  • Niraj

    @ kartik
    It seems due to local and chinese manufacturers, not Samsung. If I’m not wrong Samsung is also continueing loss on market share and now Micromax has more market share compare to Samsung..

  • dhiraj

    In the last year samsung had a market share of 17.4% compared to 7.1% of year 2008. whereas all the indian and chinese manufacturers including micromax , spice, lava, etc. together amounted for 14% market share in india. which is way less than alone 17.4% market share of market share of samsung in india. how can you say that micromax has more market share in india than samsung.

  • Prashant

    Micromax is also a chinese product like spice,videocon,lima etc. so it included in chinese market.

  • Shalaut

    Using the wave for about 3 weeks now…what I love about it:

    1. Gorgeous screen – just looking at it gives a feeling of richness. I open it so many time during the day just to look at the screen.

    2. 1 Ghz – The phone is very fast. No hangups, no waiting for screens to load.

    3. camera – believe me, its better than the specs (read 5 mp), the pics are cool, and the viewing angles on the phone are superb.

    4. The internet browsing with multi touch is pretty cool.

    4. All the above at this price point is awesome. i have scanned the market and no other model(including the ones coming up atleast for the next 3 months) gives this much value for money.

    What I do not like:

    1. The messaging interface is not too good..I have to search for appropriate charecters which is boring.

    2. No Apps – would love to have some good and useful apps. Currently the app store is very boring esp with most of them being written in french, korean etc.

    All in all, I LOVE this phone…

  • pradip

    Hay Shalaut
    m also planing to bay this fone. i have only 2 question 4 u. plz tell me.

    1 price in india(how much u spend 4 this mob)

    2 how its sound from external speekar(without ear phone)

    Plz suges me.

  • Mahesh

    Hey Videocon is India and also micromax

  • amit

    Samsung wave 8500:

    Sept india price: 17,700/- with some goodies if you buy from organized retail chains.

    Sound and Camera output is just great.
    Video: HD recording is just great it can easily match the quality of entry & mid level camcoders.Video play back is great although i am not able to play some formats like .mpg, real etc.
    Picture quality: Just great,if you r planning to buy a digital camera for under 10,000/- don’t buy rather buy this one.
    Sound quality: 5.1 channel surround sound output what else u want frm a phone.Speaker output is quite good n loud.
    Battery: Another plus.Running full apps it goes 1.5 days. Normal usage it goes upto 3-4 days.I would consider this to be great.
    Processor: 1 ghz is just too good,feels like pantium III.

    For just above 17,000/- this is really a steal.

    Pros:
    Lack of Apps,gps & maps support in india,widget’s r too large n occupy space,messaging qwerry keypad.