Phone Comparison - Samsung S8500 Wave vs Samsung S8600 Wave 3 vs Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

general General Info
Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Sony
Announced February 2010 August 2011 March 2015
Status Available - April 2010 Available - October 2011 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 19,400 ($285.29) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Ebony Gray Black Black, White, Copper, Silver
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in ) 		125.9 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm
(4.96 x 2.53 x 0.39 in ) 		140.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
(5.53 x 2.86 x 0.29 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 122 g (4.3 oz) 136 g (4.8 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (optional)
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America		 HSDPA 900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - - LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20)
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - - IP68 Certified - Dust and Water Proof up to 1.5 Meter and 30 Minutes

hardware Hardware and OS
OS bada OS bada OS, v2.0 Android OS, v5.0.x (Lollipop)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird 1.4 GHz Scorpion 1.5GHz Octa-core, Qualcomm MSM8939 Snapdragon 615
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Adreno 405
RAM N/A N/A 2 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 4 GB 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display
Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Scratch-resistant Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.3 inches 4.0 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.81% 56.46% 67.44%
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 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 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 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, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR, Panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 720p@30fps, video light 1080p@30fps, HDR
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Yes Up to 107 kbps
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Yes Up to 296 kbps
3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP v4.1, A2DP, apt-X
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, HS microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML 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 4 GB 8 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 128 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery
Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 1500 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)		 Up to 535 h (2G)
Up to 517 h (3G)		 -
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)		 Up to 14 h 15 min (2G)
Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)		 -

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