Phone Comparison - Samsung S8500 Wave vs Apple iPhone 3G vs Lenovo A536

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Apple Lenovo
Announced February 2010 June 2008 September 2014
Status Available - April 2010 Discontinued Available - September 2014
Colors Ebony Gray Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB) Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
(4.65 x 2.2 x 0.43 in )
115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm
(4.55 x 2.44 x 0.48 in)
139.6 x 72 x 9.95 mm
(5.5 x 2.83 x 0.39 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 149 g (5.26 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 900 / 2100
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS bada OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4 Android OS, v4.4.2 (KitKat)
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird 412 MHz ARM 11 Quad-core 1.3 GHz, Mediatek MT6582M
GPU PowerVR SGX540 PowerVR MBX Mali-400MP2
RAM N/A 128 MB 1 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage 8 GB ROM
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen TFT Capacitive Touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.3 inches 3.5 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi) 480 x 854 pixels (196 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.81% 50.75% 68.49%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM r No FM Radio
Games Yes + downloadable Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels
Flash LED flash No LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light No Yes
Front Camera Yes [Similar] No [Similar] Yes, 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 HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only v4.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML (Safari) HTML

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/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Po Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 2000 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 300 h Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 10 h Up to 15 h 30 min