Phone Comparison - Samsung S8500 Wave vs Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini vs Samsung Galaxy Xcover 3

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Samsung
Announced February 2010 May 2013 March 2015
Status Available - April 2010 Available - July 2013 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 12,300 ($181.00) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Ebony Gray White Frost, Black Mist Gray
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
124.6 x 61.3 x 8.94 mm
(4.91 x 2.41 x 0.35 in)
10 mm thickness
(0.39 in thickness)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 107 g (3.77 oz) 154 g (5.43 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9190
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - GT-I9192 (SIM 1 & SIM 2)
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA
4G Network - LTE - GT-I9195 LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP67 certified - dust and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes
- MIL-STD-810G certified - salt, dust, humidity, rain, vibration, solar radiation, transport and thermal shock resistant

hardware Hardware and OS

OS bada OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.4 (KitKat), planned upgrade to v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait 200, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400 -
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 305 -
RAM N/A 1.5 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available) 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.3 inches 4.3 inches 4.5 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (207 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.81% 66.82% -
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash LED flash LED flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection Auto focus, Yes
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP [Similar] 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Yes
3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps HSPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Phonebook Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records Yes Practically unlimited Practically unlimited
Internal 2 GB storage 8 GB (5 GB user available), 1.5 GB RAM 8 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1900 mAh 2200 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 300 h (3G) -
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 12 h (3G) -