Phone Comparison - Samsung S8500 Wave vs Apple iPhone 3G

Samsung S8500 Wave
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Apple iPhone 3G
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general 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

hardware 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

display 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 yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera 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]

connectivity 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)

memory 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

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery 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