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Samsung I5500 Galaxy 5

Samsung S8500 Wave

Network
Technology GSM / HSPA GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps
Launch
Announced 2010, June. Released 2010, August 2010, February. Released 2010, April
Status Discontinued Discontinued
Body
Dimensions 108 x 56 x 12.3 mm (4.25 x 2.20 x 0.48 in) 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in)
Weight 102 g (3.60 oz) 118 g (4.16 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM Mini-SIM
Display
Type TFT Super AMOLED
Size 2.8 inches, 24.3 cm2 (~40.1% screen-to-body ratio) 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 240 x 320 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~143 ppi density) 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
 TouchWiz v3.0 Handwriting recognition
Platform
OS Android 2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to 2.2 (Froyo) Bada, upgradable to 2.0, TouchWiz UI 3
Chipset Hummingbird
CPU 600 MHz 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX540
Memory
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 1 GB included microSDHC (dedicated slot)
Internal 170MB 390MB
Main Camera
Modules 2 MP 5 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 320p@15fps 720p@30fps
Selfie Camera
Modules No Yes
Video
ADVERTISEMENT
Sound
Loudspeaker Yes Yes
3.5mm jack Yes Yes
Comms
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 2.1, A2DP 3.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator
Infrared port No No
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB 2.0 microUSB 2.0
Features
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity Accelerometer, proximity, compass
 MP4/H.264 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
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 1200 mAh battery Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 521 h (2G) / Up to 375 h (3G) Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h 30 min (3G) Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
Music play Up to 35 h
Misc
Colors Black Ebony Gray
SAR EU 0.65 W/kg (head)     0.99 W/kg (head)    
Price About 80 EUR About 160 EUR
Tests
Loudspeaker Voice 73dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 76dB Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
Audio quality Noise -79.7dB / Crosstalk -75.1dB Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB

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