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Samsung S8500 Wave

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Samsung S8500 Wave

Apple iPhone 4

Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, February. Released 2010, April 2010, June. Released 2010, June
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in) 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm (4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 137 g (4.83 oz)
Build Glass front (Corning-made glass), glass back, stainless steel frame
SIM Mini-SIM Micro-SIM
  Scratch-resistant glass back panel
Display
Type Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio) 3.5 inches, 36.5 cm2 (~54.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density) 640 x 960 pixels, 3:2 ratio (~330 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass, oleophobic coating
 Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0, TouchWiz UI 3 iOS 4, upgradable to iOS 7.1.2
Chipset Hummingbird Apple A4 (45 nm)
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX540 PowerVR SGX535
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) No
Internal 390MB 8GB 512MB RAM, 16GB 512MB RAM, 32GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 5 MP, f/2.8, 1/3.2", 1.75µm, AF
Features LED flash LED flash, HDR
Video 720p@30fps 720p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules Yes VGA, videocalling over Wi-Fi only
Video 480p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 2.1, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator GPS, A-GPS
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording No
USB microUSB 2.0 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
 TV-Out
MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player
MP4/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player
Organizer
Picsel document viewer
Photo editor
Voice memo
Predictive text input (T9 Trace)
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Li-Po 1420 mAh, non-removable
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) Up to 300 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Up to 7 h (3G)
Music play Up to 35 h
Misc
Colors Ebony Gray Black, White
SAR 1.17 W/kg (head)     1.11 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.93 W/kg (head)     0.74 W/kg (body)    
Models A1349, A1332, iPhone 3,1
Price About 160 EUR About 200 EUR
Tests
Display Contrast ratio: 1242:1 (nominal) / 2.016:1 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 65dB / Noise 60dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB Noise -90.1dB / Crosstalk -89.6dB

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