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Samsung S8500 Wave
Compare Samsung S8500 Wave and Sony Xperia U

Samsung S8500 Wave vs Sony Xperia U

Samsung S8500 Wave
Samsung S8500 Wave
Sony Xperia U
Sony Xperia U
Samsung S8500 Wave
Sony Xperia U
  • Network
  • 2G network
    GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
    GSM 850, 900, 1800, 1900
  • 3G network
    HSDPA 900, 2100
    HSDPA 900, 2100
  • HSDPA speed
    HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps
    HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps
  • HSUPA speed
    HSUPA, 2 Mbps
    HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
  • GPRS
    Yes
    Yes
  • EDGE
    Yes
    Yes
  • Availability
  • Oficially announced
    2010-2
    2012-2
  • Status
    2010-4
    2012-5
  • Design
  • SIM
    Mini-SIM
    Mini-SIM
  • Height
    118 mm
    112 mm
  • Width
    56 mm
    54 mm
  • Thickness
    10.9 mm
    12 mm
  • Weight
    118 g
    110 g
  • Colors
    Ebony Gray
    Black, White/exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, yellow
  • Display
  • Display type
    Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen
    TFT capacitive touchscreen
  • Physical size
    3.3 inches
    3.5 inches
  • Resolution
    480 x 800 pixels
    480 x 854 pixels
  • Pixel density
    283 ppi
    280 ppi
  • Display colors
    16777216
    16777216
  • Hardware
  • CPU
    1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8
    1 GHz ARM Cortex-A9 Dual-core
  • Chipset
    Hummingbird
    NovaThor U8500
  • GPU
    PowerVR SGX540
    Mali-400
  • Internal storage
    390 MB
    8 GB
  • Memory RAM
    -
    512 MB
  • Memory card
    microSD
  • Memory card max
    32 GB
    -
  • OS
  • OS
    Bada OS
    Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
  • Main camera
  • Camera type
    Photo / Video
    Photo / Video
  • Main camera
    5 MP
    5 MP
  • Primary camera resolution
    2592 x 1944 pixels
    2592 x 1944 pixels
  • Primary camera video
    720p@30fps
    720p@30fps
  • Primary camera Autofocus
    autofocus
    autofocus
  • Primary camera flash
    LED flash
    LED flash
  • Selfie camera
  • Secondary camera
    Yes
    VGA camera
  • Sound
  • 3.5mm jack
    Yes
    Yes
  • Loudspeaker
    Yes
    Yes
  • Notifications
    Vibration, MP3 ringtones
    Vibration; MP3 ringtones
  • Multimedia
  • Radio FM
    Stereo FM radio with RDS
    Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • Radio recording
    FM recording
    -
  • Connectivity
  • WLAN
    Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
    Wi-Fi 802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
  • WLAN WiFi Hotspot
    Yes
    Yes
  • WLAN DLNA
    -
    Yes
  • USB
    microUSB 2.0
    microUSB 2.0
  • USB On-The-Go
    -
    Yes
  • Bluetooth
    v3.0
    v2.1
  • Bluetooth A2DP
    Yes
    Yes
  • Bluetooth EDR
    -
    Yes
  • GPS
    Yes, with A-GPS
    Yes, with A-GPS
  • GPS Navigator
    Samsung Mobile Navigator
    -
  • Features
  • Messaging SMS
    SMS
    SMS(threaded view)
  • Messaging MMS
    MMS
    MMS
  • Messaging Email
    Email
    Email
  • Messaging IM
    -
    IM
  • Messaging Palringo IM
    Palringo IM
    -
  • Messaging Push Email
    Push Email
    Push Email
  • WAP
    WAP 2.0/xHTML
    -
  • Java
    Yes
    Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
  • Java MIDP
    MIDP 2.0
    -
  • Browser
  • HTML
    Yes
    HTML5
  • Adobe Flash
    -
    Yes
  • Battery
  • Battery type
    Li-Ion
    Li-Ion
  • Battery capacity
    1500 mAh
    1320 mAh
  • Talk time 2G
    15 h
    6 h 36 min
  • Talk time 3G
    7 h
    5 h 36 min
  • Standby time 2G
    600 h
    260 h
  • Standby time 3G
    550 h
    472 h

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