Samsung Wave 578 NFC phone could be Bada

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Samsung Wave 578 NFC phone could be Bada

We heard about the Samsung Wave 578 NFC phone way back in February when it first showed its face at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Well, it’s now getting ready to make its debut on a network over in Europe where it will join a small but growing sect of NFC-enabled phones. The Samsung Wave 578 is due to launch on Orange, or France Telecom, in France in july. At this time we have no idea on pricing, but the NFC phone is expected to be priced reasonably cheaply.

Samsung Wave 578 Specifications

Well, the Samsung Wave 578 isn’t going to be giving the expected iPhone 4s or the upcoming Nexus 4G a run for their money when it comes to specs. The NFC phone is running Samsung’s Bada operating system which is Samsung’s own mini OS. Fortunately the Samsung Wave 578 NFC phone will ship with Bada 2.0 OS (1.1 wasn’t too hot) if rumors from the Russian website Bada World are true. As far as hardware and capabilities, the Samsung Wave 578 has a metallic body that houses a small WQVGA LCD 3.2 inch screen with a resolution of 432 x 240 pixels. It supports HSDPA that can suck down 3.6Mbps which isn’t too bad for a budget phone. It rocks two cameras, as we come to expect these days. The one up front is a VGA shooter while around back you will find a 3.2 mega pixel unit. On the video front we don’t see any HD action happening, but it does support playback at 30fps and recording at 20fps. This won’t replace the family handy cam at important events, but will probably be good enough to catch your dog doing something weird for Facebook.

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