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Samsung S8500 Wave

Nokia X

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Samsung S8500 Wave

Nokia X

Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
  GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 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 2014, February. Released 2014, March
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in) 115.5 x 63 x 10.4 mm, 73.2 cc (4.55 x 2.48 x 0.41 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 128.7 g (4.52 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)
Display
Type Super AMOLED IPS LCD
Size 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio) 4.0 inches, 45.5 cm2 (~62.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density) 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
 Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0, TouchWiz UI 3 Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), X platform 1.1
Chipset Hummingbird Qualcomm MSM8225 Snapdragon S4 Play
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 203
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) microSDHC (dedicated slot)
Internal 390MB 4GB 512MB RAM
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 3.15 MP, 1/5.0"
Features LED flash
Video 720p@30fps 480p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules Yes No
Video
ADVERTISEMENT
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 3.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator GPS
NFC No
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording Stereo FM radio
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Accelerometer, proximity
 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 1500 mAh, removable (BN-01)
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) Up to 408 h
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Up to 13 h 20 min (2G) / Up to 10 h 30 min (3G)
Music play Up to 35 h Up to 26 h
Misc
Colors Ebony Gray Bright green, bright red, cyan, yellow, black, white
SAR 1.30 W/kg (head)     1.44 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.99 W/kg (head)     1.14 W/kg (head)     0.90 W/kg (body)    
Price About 160 EUR About 100 EUR
Tests
Display Contrast ratio: 637:1 (nominal), 1.291 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 67dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 38h

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