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Samsung S8500 Wave

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Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA / LTE
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
4G Network 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, February. Released 2010, April 2014, February. Released 2014, April
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in) 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 mm (5.59 x 2.85 x 0.32 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 3), plastic back, plastic frame
SIM Mini-SIM Micro-SIM
  IP67 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min)
Display
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio) 5.1 inches, 71.7 cm2 (~69.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density) 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~432 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 3
 Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0, TouchWiz UI 3 Android 4.4.2 (KitKat), upgradable to 6.0 (Marshmallow), TouchWiz UI
Chipset Hummingbird Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 (28 nm)
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 Quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 330
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) microSDXC (dedicated slot)
Internal 390MB 16GB 2GB RAM, 32GB 2GB RAM
  eMMC 5.0
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 16 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), 1/2.6", 1.12µm, PDAF
Features LED flash LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 720p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps, HDR
Selfie Camera
Modules Yes 2 MP, f/2.4, 22mm (wide)
Features Dual video call
Video 1080p@30fps
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Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
  24-bit/192kHz audio
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC Yes
Infrared port No Yes
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording No
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 3.0 (MHL 2.1 TV-out), OTG
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, gesture, heart rate
 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)
ANT+
S-Voice natural language commands and dictation
Air gestures
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Li-Ion 2800 mAh, removable
Charging Wireless (Qi/PMA) (market dependent)
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) Up to 390 h
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Up to 21 h
Music play Up to 35 h Up to 67 h
Misc
Colors Ebony Gray Charcoal Black, Copper Gold, Electric Blue, Shimmery White
SAR 1.20 W/kg (head)     1.58 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.56 W/kg (head)     0.41 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-G900F, SM-G900I, SM-G900M, SM-G900T, SM-G900W8, SM-G900H, SM-G900FD, SM-G900P, SM-G900A, SC-04F, SM-G9008W, SM-G900L, SM-G900FQ, SM-G900K, SM-G900S, SCL23, SM-G900D, SM-G900MD, SM-G900V, SM-G900T3, SM-G900T1, SM-G9008V, SM-G9006W
Price About 160 EUR About 250 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 1060
Basemark X: 11744
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.549 (sunlight)
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Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 66dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB Noise -96.3dB / Crosstalk -95.2dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 83h

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