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Samsung S8500 Wave vs Samsung I9500 Galaxy S4

General Info

Manufacturer
Samsung Samsung
Announced
February 2010 March 2013
Status
Available - April 2010 Available - April 2013
Colors
Ebony Gray White Frost, Black Mist
Form Factor
Candybar Candybar
Dimension
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
136.6 x 69.8 x 7.9 mm
(5.38 x 2.75 x 0.31 in)
Weight
118 g (4.16 oz) 130 g (4.59 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 (Dependent on Country)
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] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) [Similar] 1080 x 1920 pixels (441 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio
46.81% 72.15%
Multi-Touch

Hardware and OS

OS
bada OS Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor
1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] Quad-core 1.6 GHz Cortex-A15 & quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Exynos 5 Octa 5410 [Similar]
GPU
PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] PowerVR SGX 544MP3 [Similar]
RAM
N/A 2 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] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash
LED flash LED flash
Features
Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus Auto focus, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Image Stabilization, HDR
Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps, dual-video rec.
Front Camera
Yes [Similar] Yes, 2 MP,1080p@30fps, dual video call [Similar]

Multimedia

3.5mm Jack
Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r No
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, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR, LE
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL 2), USB On-the-go, USB Host
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML5, 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, 2 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity
1500 mAh 2600 mAh
Stand by
Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 350 h
Talk Time
Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 17 h
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