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Samsung Mesmerize i500 vs Samsung S8500 Wave

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
October 2010 February 2010
Status
Available - October 2010 Available - April 2010
Colors
Black and Grey Ebony Gray
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
124.5 x 64.3 x 9.9 mm
(4.9 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
Weight
117.9 g (4.13.0.32 oz) 118 g (4.16 oz)
2G Network
CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
Messaging
SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 3.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
57.00% 46.81%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
Android OS, v2.1 (Eclair), upgradable to v2.2 (Froyo) bada OS
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM
512 MB [Browse Similar] N/A
Internal Memory
2 GB storage 2 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32 GB, 16 GB included microSD, up to 32GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r
Games
Yes + Downloadable Yes + downloadable
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
No Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
No Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G
EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot (Android 2.2) Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator
Browser
HTML, Adobe Flash Lite WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML

User Memory

Phonebook
Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Yes, Photocall
Call Records
Practically unlimited Yes
Internal
2 GB storage, 512 MB RAM, 384 MB ROM 2 GB storage
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32 GB, 16 GB included microSD, up to 32GB

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Li-Ion Battery Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 312 h Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 7 h Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
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