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Samsung S8500 Wave

Samsung S8500 Wave

General Information

  • Colors:
  • Ebony Gray
  • SAR EU:
  • 0.99 W/kg (head)    
  • Price:
  • About 160 EUR

Network/Bearer

  • Technology:
  • GSM / HSPA
  • 2G bands:
  • GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
  • 3G bands:
  • HSDPA 900 / 2100, HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America
  • Speed:
  • HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps

Launch

  • Announced:
  • 2010, February. Released 2010, April
  • Status:
  • Discontinued

Physical Specifications

  • Dimensions:
  • 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in)
  • Weight:
  • 118 g (4.16 oz)
  • SIM:
  • Mini-SIM

Display

  • Type:
  • Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  • Size:
  • 3.3 inches, 31.0 cm2 (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio)
  • Resolution:
  • 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~283 ppi density)
  • Protection:
  • Corning Gorilla Glass, Handwriting recognition

Platform

  • OS:
  • Bada, upgradable to 2.0; TouchWiz UI 3
  • Chipset:
  • Hummingbird
  • CPU:
  • 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
  • GPU:
  • PowerVR SGX540

Memory

  • Card slot:
  • microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot)
  • Internal:
  • 390MB

Main Camera

  • Single:
  • 5 MP, AF
  • Features:
  • LED flash
  • Video:
  • 720p@30fps

Selfie Camera

  • Single:
  • Yes

Sound

  • Loudspeaker:
  • Yes
  • 3.5mm jack:
  • Yes, DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)

Connectivity

  • WLAN:
  • Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
  • Bluetooth:
  • 3.0, A2DP
  • GPS:
  • Yes, with A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator
  • Radio:
  • Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
  • USB:
  • microUSB 2.0

Features

  • Sensors:
  • Accelerometer, proximity, compass
  • Messaging:
  • SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, Palringo IM
  • Browser:
  • WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, TV-Out, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player, MP4/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player, Organizer, Picsel document viewer, Photo editor, Voice memo, Predictive text input (T9 Trace)

Battery

  • Browser:
  • WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
  • Stand-by:
  • Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G)
  • Talk time:
  • Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)
  • Music play:
  • Up to 35 h

Tests

  • Camera:
  • Photo / Video
  • Loudspeaker:
  • Voice 69dB / Noise 66dB / Ring 75dB
  • Audio quality:
  • Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.5dB