Samsung S8500 Wave vs Apple iPhone 3G

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          General Info

          Manufacturer
          Samsung Apple
          Announced
          February 2010 June 2008
          Status
          Available - April 2010 Discontinued
          Colors
          Ebony Gray Black(8/16 GB), White (16 GB)
          Form Factor
          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)
          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 / 1900 / 2100
          Messaging
          SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS

          Hardware and OS

          OS
          bada OS iPhone OS, upgradable to iOS 4
          Processor
          1 GHz Cortex-A8, Hummingbird [Similar] 412 MHz ARM 11 [Similar]
          GPU
          PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] PowerVR MBX [Similar]
          RAM
          N/A 128 MB [Browse Similar]
          Internal Memory
          2 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage
          External Memory
          microSD, up to 32GB No

          Display

          Type
          Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
          Colors
          16M colors 16M colors
          Size
          3.3 inches [Similar] 3.5 inches [Similar]
          Resolution
          480 x 800 pixels (283 ppi) [Similar] 320 x 480 pixels (165 ppi)
          Screen-to-Body Ratio
          46.81% 50.75%
          Multi-Touch
          yes multi touch yes multi touch

          Camera

          Rear Camera
          5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar]
          Flash
          LED flash No
          Features
          Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face, Smile And Blink Detection, Image Stablilization, Touch Focus
          Video
          Yes, 720p@30fps, video light No
          Front Camera
          Yes [Similar] No [Similar]

          Multimedia

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

          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
          Bluetooth
          Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v2.0 with A2DP, headset support only
          Wi-Fi
          Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
          USB
          Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, v2.0
          GPS
          Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator Yes, with A-GPS support
          Browser
          WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML HTML (Safari)

          User Memory

          Phonebook
          Yes, Photocall Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
          Call Records
          Yes Practically unlimited
          Internal
          2 GB storage 8 GB/ 16 GB storage, 128 MB RAM
          Expandable Storage
          microSD, up to 32GB No

          Sensors

          Fingerprint
          fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
          Proximity Sensor
          proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
          Accelerometer Sensor
          accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
          NFC
          NFC not supported NFC not supported

          Battery

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

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