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Samsung S8500 Wave vs Apple iPhone 3G

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Apple
Announced
February 2010 June 2008
Status
Available - April 2010 Discontinued
Colors
Ebony Gray Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB)
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
Weight
118 g (4.16 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.3 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
46.81% 50.75%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
bada OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] 412 MHz ARM 11 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] PowerVR MBX [Similar]
RAM
N/A 128 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
2 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash No
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light No
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r No
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes
Edge
Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes
3G
HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML (Safari)

User Memory

Phonebook
Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
Yes Practically unlimited
Internal
2 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB No

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh
Stand by
Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 300 h
Talk Time
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 10 h
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