Phone Comparison - Samsung S8500 Wave vs Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III (S3) vs Microsoft Lumia 640 LTE

general General Info

Manufacturer Samsung Samsung Microsoft
Announced February 2010 May 2012 March 2015
Status Available - April 2010 Available - May 2012 Available - April 2015
Price - - Rs. 7,999 ($117.63) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Ebony Gray Blue, White Yes
Form Factor Candybar 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)
141.3 x 72.2 x 8.8 mm
(5.56 x 2.84 x 0.35 in)
Weight 118 g (4.16 oz) 133 g (4.69 oz) 145 g (5.11 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 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 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE (regional) LTE
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS bada OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Microsoft Windows Phone 8.1 with Lumia Denim
Processor 1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird Quad-core 1.4 GHz Cortex-A9, Exynos 4212 Quad Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7, Qualcomm Snapdragon 400
GPU PowerVR SGX540 Mali-400MP Adreno 305
RAM N/A 1 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 2 GB storage 16/32/64 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3, ClearBlack Display
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 3.3 inches 4.8 inches 5.0 inches
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (306 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 46.81% 65.84% 67.43%
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
Games Yes + downloadable Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Flash LED 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 Auto focus, 1/4'' Sensor Size
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes [Similar] Yes, 1.9 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] 1 MP, 720p [Similar]

connectivity 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 Yes
Edge Class 10, 236.8 kbps Class 12 Yes
3G HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, EDR v4.0, A2DP
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 Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL), USB On-the-go microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML, Adobe Flash 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 16/32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB microSD, up to 64 GB 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 supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Standard battery, Li-Ion Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1500 mAh 2100 mAh 2500 mAh
Stand by Up to 600 h (2G)
Up to 550 h (3G)
Up to 830Hr (2G)/up to 770Hr hours (3G) Up to 864 h (2G)
Up to 864 h (3G)
Talk Time Up to 15 h (2G)
Up to 7 h (3G)
Up to 1350Min (2G)/up to 700Min hours (3G) Up to 26 h 30 min (2G)
Up to 17 h 30 min (3G)