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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 - G850F
  1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 17 - SM-G850M
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat6 300/50 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, February. Released 2010, April 2014, August. Released 2014, September
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in) 132.4 x 65.5 x 6.7 mm (5.21 x 2.58 x 0.26 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 115 g (4.06 oz)
Build Glass front (Gorilla Glass 4), plastic back, aluminum frame
SIM Mini-SIM Nano-SIM
Display
Type Super AMOLED Super AMOLED
Size 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio) 4.7 inches, 60.9 cm2 (~70.2% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density) 720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~312 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass Corning Gorilla Glass 4
 Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0, TouchWiz UI 3 Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2 (Lollipop)
Chipset Hummingbird Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm)
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7)
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Mali-T628 MP6
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot) No
Internal 390MB 32GB 2GB RAM
  eMMC 5.0
Main Camera
Modules 5 MP, AF 12 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF
Features LED flash LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 720p@30fps 4K@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps
Selfie Camera
Modules Yes 2.1 MP
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 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording No
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, 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+
Battery
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery Li-Ion 1860 mAh, removable
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) Up to 350 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Up to 11 h (3G)
Music play Up to 35 h Up to 37 h
Misc
Colors Ebony Gray Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scuba Blue
SAR 1.18 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU 0.99 W/kg (head)     0.37 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)    
Models SM-G850F, SM-G850FQ, SM-G850Y, SM-G850M, SM-G850T, SM-G850A, SM-G850S, SM-G850L, SM-G850K
Price About 160 EUR About 390 EUR
Tests
Performance Basemark OS II 2.0: 1054
Basemark X: 11065
Display Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal), 3.509 (sunlight)
Camera Compare PHOTO / Compare VIDEO
Loudspeaker Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB Voice 66dB / Noise 61dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB Noise -95.7dB / Crosstalk -65.6dB
Battery (old) Endurance rating 52h

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