So, my GF is upgrading her phone soon, and T-Mo uk offer 2 devices that push all the buttons, (Samsung device, right monthly price, same network) and they are the Wave and the Apollo.
Now, as someone who is currently on a Galaxy S, I'm keen to get her onto an android device, just because of the frankly obvious benefits of android.
However, I have never actually used or even seen Bada running, and the Wave has nice spec with a 1Ghz processor and 512 ram. However, I have no idea how Bada deals with e-mail or anything, or what its browser is like, and I think that it can't multi-task and such, so the high specs don't seem to be used for a lot. Also, it has some kind of proprietary samsung market thing, and I have no idea whats on offer there.
On the other hand there is the Apollo, which is specced at 667mhz, and I imagine 256 of ram since 170 is user accessible. Comes with eclair out of the box, and so gets the standard market place and browser and multitasking. Even though its slow by top end standards, my knee jerk reaction is to say that sexy android goodness will still be sexy, especially since shes not in need of 3d graphics and such, and she'll get widgets to play with and so forth.
So the question really is: Is Bada actually a proper smartphone OS, or is the Wave just a feature phone with pretensions ? Anyone feel like sharing experiances of the Wave ?
I have no doubts that the apollo will be a good phone for her, but if the wave will get the job done better, and it has a nicer screen and better specs, then why not.
Now, as someone who is currently on a Galaxy S, I'm keen to get her onto an android device, just because of the frankly obvious benefits of android.
However, I have never actually used or even seen Bada running, and the Wave has nice spec with a 1Ghz processor and 512 ram. However, I have no idea how Bada deals with e-mail or anything, or what its browser is like, and I think that it can't multi-task and such, so the high specs don't seem to be used for a lot. Also, it has some kind of proprietary samsung market thing, and I have no idea whats on offer there.
On the other hand there is the Apollo, which is specced at 667mhz, and I imagine 256 of ram since 170 is user accessible. Comes with eclair out of the box, and so gets the standard market place and browser and multitasking. Even though its slow by top end standards, my knee jerk reaction is to say that sexy android goodness will still be sexy, especially since shes not in need of 3d graphics and such, and she'll get widgets to play with and so forth.
So the question really is: Is Bada actually a proper smartphone OS, or is the Wave just a feature phone with pretensions ? Anyone feel like sharing experiances of the Wave ?
I have no doubts that the apollo will be a good phone for her, but if the wave will get the job done better, and it has a nicer screen and better specs, then why not.
