Samsung GT-S8500 Wave vs Apple iPhone 3G S 16GB
| Type | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 118.00 x 56.00 x 10.90 mm | 115.50 x 62.10 x 12.30 mm |
| Weight | 118.00 g | 135.00 g |
| Display size | 3.30" | 3.50" |
| Display | Color / Super AMOLED 16M colors 480 x 800 px (3.30") 283 ppi | Color / TFT 16M colors 320 x 480 px (3.50") 165 ppi |
| Display protection | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 840 min. (14.0 h) 3G: 420 min. (7.0 h) | 2G: 720 min. (12.0 h) 3G: 300 min. (5.0 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 600 h. (25.0 days) 3G: 500 h. (20.8 days) | 2G: 300 h. (12.5 days) 3G: 300 h. (12.5 days) |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 1500 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion Buy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | |
| Phonebook memory | 2000 places |  |
| Internal memory | 2 GB, 8 GB | 16 GB |
| End-user memory | 1.4 GB | |
| RAM memory | 384 MB | |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBBuy memory card | |
| Operating system | Bada | iPhone OS 3.0 |
| Interface | TouchWiz 3.0 | - |
| Processor | ARM Cortex A8 | ARM Cortex A8+PowerVR SGX |
| Processor clock | 1000 MHz | 600 MHz |
| GPU | - | - |
| Touchscreen | | |
| SAR (10g) | 0,988 W/kg | |
| DualSIM | | |
| Announced | 2Q 2010 | 2Q 2009 |
| Other names | - | iPhone 3GS |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 900 2100 | 850 1900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | |
| CDMA | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | |
| UMA | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 5 Mpx | 3 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2560x1920 px | 2048x1536 px |
| Optical zoom | | |
| Digital zoom | 4x | |
| Flash | LED | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | |
| Video resolution | 1280x720 px | 640x480 px |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263 - 30 fps |
| Additional | AF | - |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | |
| Photo matrix | 0.3 Mpx | nd |
| Resolution | 640x480 px | nd |
| Optical zoom | | nd |
| Flash | | nd |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | nd |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | nd |
| Additional | - | nd |
SENSORS
| Accelerometer | | |
| Proximity | | |
| Light | | |
| Magnetometer | | |
| Gyroscope | | |
| Barometer | | |
| Altimeter | | |
| Gravity | | |
| Hall-effect | | |
| Iris scanner | | |
| Fingerprint scanner | | |
| Thermometer | | |
| Hygrometer | | |
Data transfer
| xHTML | | |
| WAP | v2.0 | |
| HSDPA | 3.60 Mbit/s | 7.20 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | | |
| HSPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| LTE DL | | |
| LTE UP | | |
| WIMAX+ | | |
| GPRS | class 12 | |
| EDGE | class 12 | |
| Bluetooth | v3.0 | v2.1 EDR |
| A2DP Profile | | |
| HDMI | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 b/g |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | |
| WiFi Display | | |
| DLNA | | |
| Miracast | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | |
| IrDA | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | |
| A-GPS | | |
| Beidou | | |
| NFC | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | |
| Conferency | | |
| Call forwarding | | |
| Push To Talk | | |
| Instant Messenger | | |
| SMS | 1000 places | |
| EMS | | |
| MMS | v1.2 | |
| Dictionary | T9 | OTHER |
| Swype | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4 |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | |
| RSS Reader | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | z RDS | |
| MP3 | | |
| Stereo speakers | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | AAC, AIFF, WAV, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | 64 voices | |
| Ring composer | | |
| Games | | |
| Java | MIDP 2.1 | |
| Videophone | | |
| DVB-H television | | |
| TV-Out | | |
PIM AND ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
| Watch | | |
| Stopwatch | | |
| Alarm | | |
| Calculator | | |
| Currency converter | | |
| Organizer | | |
| Calendar | | |
| Flight mode | | |
| SyncML | v1.2 | |
| Data and fax | | |
| Screensaver | | |
| Themes | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | |
| Voice dial | | |
| Speakerphone | | |
| Recorder | | |
| Vibrations | | |