As Samsung advances in wave(s); needless to say, I am speechless. This wave seemed to have paved Samsung’s way to the future. Hat’s off to its designers, Samsung Wave really looks good and is definitely a stunner in every angle.

Samsung Wave has a svelte and slim profile; really sexy to hold and to look at and with its body made of metal you can be sure this phone is tough and is definitely ready to “rough it out”. It even does unbelievably well in coping with the most annoying fingerprints both for its metal casing and its display. Its incredible display is made of tempered glass covered with “oleophobic” (oil) coating. No wonder fingerprints and unavoidable everyday smudges seem to just slide through.

The design is minimalist with its face having only the not too obvious, very thin call and end keys that resemble more like an inverted Nike swoosh and in between the exceptionally bigger diamond shaped menu key.

Of course, you wouldn’t miss the 3.3” 16M color, scratch-proof capacitive touchscreen that now boasts of the “Super AMOLED” technology that gives an unbelievably perfect image quality. I have to say, this is my first time to see the deepest black ever and with that you’ll be surprised how clear, bright, vibrant and vivid the colors are on top of that deep black. When I brought it outdoors under direct sunlight, I didn’t even squint and scrolling through its 10 homescreens (yup, Wave has 10 homescreens), the images were surprisingly very visible, clear and vivid. I must admit I have never encountered such kind of screen quality and to top it off, under direct sunlight!

The touchscreen is top notch responsive. I was surprised how effortless it was navigating and flipping through pages and homescreens. Of course, multitouch function such as pinch to zoom and stretch comes in very easy as well. It can definitely compete with that of the iPhone.

Samsung Wave introduces the new Bada operating system coupled with the TouchWiz 3.0 that is, as expected, better and a lot more spontaneous and intuitive than that seen in the Samsung Jet. As mentioned above, Wave has 10 homescreens that the user can customize with widgets of their own choice. Widgets like “Daily Briefing” (which contains the Accu Weather, Y Finance, Ap Mobile and Schedule), “Google” and “Buddies Now” are very useful; kind of reminiscing and giving Wave an Android touch.

Bada, on the other hand, is Samsung’s very own open mobile operating system designed for smartphones. Appropriate as it may seem being introduced with Wave, Bada is a Korean word which means “ocean” or “sea” and it promises to provide its users a “richer and more interactive experience”. The Bada menu is very much like the iPhone whose icons are arranged in rows and columns; only the icons on Wave appear brighter, colorful and more alive and like its contemporaries, its response time is smooth and very fast. I never encountered any lag or delay even on extreme multi-tasking. I guess Wave owes this power to its 1GHz ARM Cortex A8 processor.

In line with the Bada platform, Samsung has opened its very own “Samsung App store”. If you have already experienced shopping through Google’s Android market and Apple’s App store then the Samsung App Store won’t be new to you. The whole process is relatively similar. However, don’t expect much because unlike the Android and Apple that obviously had a head start, Samsung App Store, being a newbie, may have enough apps to choose from but apparently not as much and as intensive as the other two.