Samsung Wave hits Vodafone UK on June 1, free on £25 a month plans
By Vlad Savov 
posted May 20th 2010 8:44AM
posted May 20th 2010 8:44AM
Vodafone UK Opens Pre-Order for Samsung Wave
New bada platform set to land on the UK's best network
Vodafone UK customers can now pre-order the stunning Samsung Wave, the first handset to run on the new bada software platform, and Samsung's next generation, ultra responsive touchscreen smartphone.
The Samsung Wave will be available for free on a £25, 24 month price plan, including 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 500MB of mobile data. The new device is the latest addition to a great range of smartphones available to Vodafone customers, including the Google Nexus One, HTC Desire, Apple iPhone and the Sony Ericsson X10.
The Samsung Wave features an incredible stunning 3.3" Super AMOLED screen, and uses Samsung's HD TV technology to deliver crisp, rich images in the palm of your hand. And all of this functionality is delivered by a speedy 1GHz processor to give you a seamless experience.
Through bada, the Samsung Wave offers great customisable features to allow you to adapt the phone to suit your requirements. Using the TouchWiz feature, for example, you can personalise multiple home screens with your favourite shortcuts and menus to get quicker access to the things you need most. You can also access Samsung Apps, the dedicated bada app store, giving you even more opportunities to customise your handset.
Use the Social Hub to integrate SMS, IM and your favourite social networks into on place, bringing you and your friends even closer. In addition, bada supports a huge variety of features, such as Flash and in-app purchasing, to make the Samsung Wave both versatile and great fun to use.
Customers purchasing the Samsung Wave on Vodafone will also receive a voucher for a free Vodafone McLaren Mercedes rucksack, which they can redeem online.
For more information and to order the device ahead of its launch on 1 June, click here: http://shop.vodafone.co.uk/shop/mobile-phone/samsung-wave
this or the Samsung Galaxy S? I cant decide
@garfieldfriends Galaxy S.
@Dking7 ok
@garfieldfriends
google android or samsung bada, you can't decide???
@annoynimous
Can you, if you have not used Bada? I think it is dead in the water, but we do not know.
Why are Samsung doing the Bada thing when Android appears to be doing so well?
"500MB data allowance"
How useless is that going to be?!
@Tes
Same as I have on orange, not too useless if you use wifi most of the time.
@Tes
Not everyone surfs the net on a smart phone.
@Tes Well, Vodafone used to sell it as unlimited, because they used to say it was 500mb service with a fair usage policy, and if you went over you never got charged or incurred any penalties. Within the last few days Vodafone have announced that they are changing all "unlimited" data plans to 500mb cap. There is a big whoo-har going on about this since up until a few days ago, they were still selling their plans as unlimited and they haven't properly told customers that come the 1st June, those contracts they signed way back when with unlimited data are now a capped service with a charge for going over the limit.
See here for more information:
http://forum.vodafone.co.uk/topic/57718-mobile-internet-will-the-500mb-allowance-be-enough-for-internet-usage/?s=d75998155d00d3ebbfb4bfd7d2bd2cd5
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.php?t=2446159
http://www.bitterwallet.com/vodafone-data-charges-we-ask-your-questions-since-you-cant/29738
@Fanboi
That's a sharp observation right there...but with all the talk of networks around the world being ground to a halt with all their bandwidth being used up my the increase in mobile browsing, mobile Youtube, VOIP etc...it seems enough people do for Vodafone to put in this cap in the first place...no?
@Tes
Lol! 3GB allowance over here at T-Mobile
@Fanboi Yeah and 500mb is pretty good for basic browsing or a few app/song downloads.
I prefer to download big files over WiFi anyways because its faster and seems to use less battery. But many prefer the thought of unlimited data - they don't have to worry.
@weeman Officially the fair use on the T-Mobile Unlimited* internet is 1GB. I was told they don't go after people unless they go over 3GB but that's certainly something they could change very very easily.
@Ignition1
"many prefer the thought of unlimited data - they don't have to worry."
Thats bang on, right there. A data cap is always a scare. You never know when you cross it and what will come up on the bill later. Along with data caps, either operators should implement a way to warn users and advertise that or reduce the browsing speed beyond the data limit to EDGE speeds, but not charge anything per byte beyond that.
@Karnak
Your correct about the 1GB policy but there is an increased 3GB policy that applies to all android phones.
@Tes
I use the internet on my phone a lot, but i usually only manage to use about 250 MB out of my 1 GB allowance. So i think 500 MB is not such a bad deal.
@weeman
1gb policy is wnw standard (old) / internet on your phone (new)
3gb policy all wnw+ (included as standard when sold with any android device)
5gb policy on wnw max (old) / mobile internet extra(new) (allows voip)
wnw+ and max/extra allows tethering if the device allows. and costs 12.50 / 22.50 extra a month (unless android then wnw+ is free)
fair usage policies on devices are there to stop tethering hence different policies as t-mo want to sell more standard mobile broadband packages which are more convieniant than tethering for the customer, and create adds for the network.
current fair useage policy states that if you go over they restrict access to downloading / youtube / streaming / iplayer etc between the hours of 4pm and midnight. (normal service between 12 am and 4pm.)
any which way you look at it the value is huge and most people wont ever hit it anyway....and for those that do WIFIIIIIIIIIII! :)
I still don't understand most of the UK's carriers moving from 12/18mth contracts to two years. Its painful!!
@Daveiops
Well we've moved from everyone being on £199 feature phones with little to no data usage to £400 smart-phones with always connected apps constantly updating. They could increase the monthly rates to reflect that...or they can guarantee themselves a revenue stream for longer terms. They chose the latter.
@Tes Totally agree. But I would prefer an option to go 12 months at £50 instead of 24 @ £25. I ll happily dish out more Queens heads if it means upgrading sooner.
@Ignition1
I believe you can still get more expensive shorter term rates...I believe it also involves you paying more for the phone up front.
People have now typically gotten used to getting the handset "free" (we know it's not really free) at the point of sale rather than having to outlay so much money right away. You're basically being given a loan at pretty reasonable rates.
@Daveiops
Try having to swallow £43/month on a 3 year, 500MB/month contract with a less subsidized phone...
I wish we had your rates...
@Daveiops I don't live in the UK, but my two cents...blame the TMo Orange merger before anything. That's what lack of choice gives you, higher prices and higher profits.
@juanvaldez Addendum, this can very well have been the case/trend before the merger, but it'd still make the merger and ability to keep any new (worse) terms in place for the same reasons I've already mentioned. Again, I don't know the market.
The os looks similar to my Samsung Impression. I am not sold on these devices!! Samsung hardware is not the best.
@Mike Vick
Samsung makes arguably the best hardwares on the market. Its the software that needs some work.
No one cares about the Wave. When is the Galaxy S available?
I was all set to buy an HTC Desire but now I'm waiting for the Galaxy S.
@b3n
I was set to buy the Droid Eris, then the Desire, then the Incredible.
This phone better come out soon! But when!
Honestly, if it doesnt come out until the holiday season, it will not be the #1 it is now.
Those 1.3GHz and 1.5GHz snaps are coming out with Win7.
COME ON SAMSUNG! Does anyone know the US availability date?
LOL at this phone and LOL at 24 month contracts
O2 yesterday, Vodafone today, where's the competition price fixing if you ask me.
.BTW my desire used 892 mb of mobile data last month. if your connected to gps and all that location gizmo 500 meg is gonna evaporate fast.
@smartphonefreak
GPS doesn't use data unless you set it to use AGPS and then it's only to get an initial lock.
@Tes so where does the map data come from then? It's not on the phone.
@Tes really so why the F am i using so much data, ok i have gmail 2 other mail accounts twitter and a couple weather apps.
@Greg
Yes Google maps uses data, but you don't actually need it for navigation. You wont get the map updates but the directions are still relayed in the same way.
@Tes
i made the mistake of using maps as my live wallpaper, didn't think that one through did i.
my advice to anyone getting an android like the desire if you want to use it with all its gadgetery make sure you get at least 750mb of data and a £1 cap per day if you go over, research before, don't pay after.
@Greg Strange, my maps are on my phone... but I am using a 'crappy' Nokia. LOL
Rucksack!
Compared to where i live this is a pretty good deal.
So what's the Bada OS like then?
@nickgc A few months ago it was a joke. Hopefully they've cleaned it up by now.
lucky bastards, wonder when the best samsung goodies will cross the ocean :(
I love how European carriers do business. The phone is free, but you have a minimum monthly cost for your plan. I wish they did that in the US. I hate having to pay $200 for a phone just to be forced to pay a minimum of $70 a month on a shit voice plan and mandatory data plan before I even add on messaging, the one thing I actually want, which is usually another $20.
Samsung, your wave website is really freaking annoying. Even after I turned off the sound, there's the stupid PLOP PLOP PLOP water sound.