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Samsung S8600 Wave 3 vs Apple iPhone 4S

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Apple
Announced
August 2011 October 2011
Status
Available - October 2011 Available - October 2011
Colors
Black Black, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
125.9 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.96 x 2.53 x 0.39 in )
115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
(4.54 x 2.31 x 0.37 in)
Weight
122 g (4.3 oz) 140 g (4.94 oz)
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS TFT
Colors
16M colors capacitive touchscreen
Size
4.0 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar] 640 x 960 pixels (330 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio
56.46% 53.92%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
bada OS, v2.0 iOS 5
Processor
1.4 GHz Scorpion [Similar] 1 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9 processor, Apple A5 chipset [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX543MP2 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
4 GB 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB No

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus Auto focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps, LED video light, video stabilization, geo-tagging
Front Camera
Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS No
Games
Yes + downloadable Downloadable, incl. motion-bas
Loud Speaker

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Yes Yes
Edge
Yes Yes
3G
HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS Yes, v2.0
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML (Safari)

User Memory

Call Records
Practically unlimited 100 received, dialed and missed calls
Internal
4 GB 16/32/64 GB storage, 512 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-Po
Capacity
1500 mAh 1432 mAh
Stand by
Up to 535 h (2G)
Up to 517 h (3G)
Up to 200 h (2G)
Up to 200 h (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h 15 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)
Up to 14 h (2G)
Up to 8 h (3G)
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