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Samsung S8500 Wave vs Micromax Canvas A1

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Micromax
Announced
February 2010 September 2014
Status
Available - April 2010 Available - September 2014
Colors
Ebony Gray White, Black
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
-
Weight
118 g (4.16 oz) -
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 2100
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.3 inches [Similar] 4.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) [Similar] 480 x 854 pixels (218 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
46.81% -
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
bada OS Android OS, v4.4.4 (KitKat)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Mali-400MP2 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
2 GB storage 4 GB (2.5 GB user available)
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB

Camera

Rear Camera
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592x1944 pixels [Similar]
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, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP, 720p [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r FM Radio with Recording
Games
Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable
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, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5

User Memory

Phonebook
Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
Yes Practically unlimited
Internal
2 GB storage 4 GB (2.5 GB user available), 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 32 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 1700 mAh
Stand by
Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 160 h
Talk Time
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 6 h
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