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Samsung S8500 Wave

Nokia Lumia 925

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Nokia Lumia 925

Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-892
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - RM-910, RM-893
4G Network 1, 3, 7, 8, 20 - RM-892
  2, 4, 5, 17 - RM-893
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, February. Released 2010, April 2013, May. Released 2013, June
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in) 129 x 70.6 x 8.5 mm, 78 cc (5.08 x 2.78 x 0.33 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 139 g (4.90 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM Micro-SIM
Display
Type Super AMOLED AMOLED
Size 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio) 4.5 inches, 57.6 cm2 (~63.3% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density) 768 x 1280 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~332 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 2
 Handwriting recognition PureMotion HD+ ClearBlack display
Platform
OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0, TouchWiz UI 3 Microsoft Windows Phone 8, upgradable to 8.1
Chipset Hummingbird Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 225
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) No
Internal 390MB 16GB 1GB RAM, 32GB 1GB RAM
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 8 MP, 1/3.0", AF, OIS
Features LED flash Carl Zeiss optics, dual-LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules Yes 1.3 MP
Video 720p@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 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE/ aptX after WP8 Denim update
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 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-Ion 2000 mAh, non-removable (BL-4YW)
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) Up to 440 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Up to 18 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 12 h 40 min (3G)
Music play Up to 35 h Up to 55 h
Misc
Colors Ebony Gray Black, White, Gray
SAR 1.42 W/kg (head)     1.00 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.81 W/kg (head)    
Price About 160 EUR About 260 EUR
Tests
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal) / 3.402:1 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 63dB / Noise 72dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB Noise -82.5dB / Crosstalk -81.2dB

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