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Samsung S8500 Wave vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3)

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
February 2010 May 2012
Status
Available - April 2010 Available - May 2012
Colors
Ebony Gray Blue, White
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
136.6 x 70.6 x 8.6 mm
(5.38 x 2.78 x 0.34 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 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network
- LTE (regional)
Messaging
SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

Display

Type
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
Colors
16M colors 16M colors
Size
3.3 inches [Similar] 4.8 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
46.81% 65.84%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
bada OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM
N/A 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory
2 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage
External Memory
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB

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, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

Multimedia

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

Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge
Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 12
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, EDR
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Phonebook
Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call Records
Yes Practically unlimited
Internal
2 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage
microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG
- Supported

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type
Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity
1500 mAh 2100 mAh
Stand by
Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G)
Talk Time
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G)
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