Samsung GT-S8600 Wave 3 vs Samsung GT-S8500 Wave
| Type | Touch | Touch | Touch | Touch |
| Dimensions | 125.90 x 64.20 x 9.90 mm | 118.00 x 56.00 x 10.90 mm | 124.00 x 60.00 x 11.80 mm | 110.00 x 58.20 x 12.30 mm |
| Weight | 122.00 g | 118.00 g | 135.00 g | 102.40 g |
| Display size | 4.00" | 3.30" | 3.70" | 3.20" |
| Display | Color / Super AMOLED 16M colors 480 x 800 px (4.00") 233 ppi | Color / Super AMOLED 16M colors 480 x 800 px (3.30") 283 ppi | Color / Super Clear LCD 16M colors 480 x 800 px (3.70") 252 ppi | Color / TFT 256k colors 320 x 480 px (3.20") 180 ppi |
| Display protection |   | Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
| Corning Gorilla Glass Buy screen protector
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| Additional display | | | | |
| Protection of the secondary display | | | | |
| Talk time (max.) | 2G: 800 min. (13.3 h) 3G: 500 min. (8.3 h) | 2G: 840 min. (14.0 h) 3G: 420 min. (7.0 h) | 2G: 850 min. (14.2 h) 3G: 408 min. (6.8 h) | 2G: 780 min. (13.0 h) 3G: 276 min. (4.6 h) |
| Stand-by (max.) | 2G: 490 h. (20.4 days) 3G: 430 h. (17.9 days) | 2G: 600 h. (25.0 days) 3G: 500 h. (20.8 days) | 2G: 625 h. (26.0 days) 3G: 550 h. (22.9 days) | 2G: 570 h. (23.8 days) 3G: 390 h. (16.3 days) |
| Standard battery | Li-Ion 1500 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 1500 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 1500 mAhBuy powerbank
| Li-Ion 1200 mAhBuy powerbank
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| Quick battery charging | | | | |
| Wireless battery charging | | | | |
| Phonebook memory |  | 2000 places | | |
| Internal memory | 3 GB | 2 GB, 8 GB | 2 GB | 150 MB |
| End-user memory | | 1.4 GB | 390 MB | |
| RAM memory | | 384 MB | 512 MB | |
| Memory cards |  microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBBuy memory card | microSD, microSDHC up to 32 GBBuy memory card |
| Operating system | Bada 2.0 | Bada | Bada 1.2 | Bada 2.0 |
| Interface | - | TouchWiz 3.0 | TouchWiz 3.0 | - |
| Processor | - | ARM Cortex A8 | ARM Cortex A8 | Broadcom BCM21553 |
| Processor clock | 1400 MHz | 1000 MHz | 1000 MHz | 832 MHz |
| GPU | - | - | - | - |
| Touchscreen | | | | |
| SAR (10g) | 0,834 W/kg | 0,988 W/kg | | |
| DualSIM | | | | |
| Announced | | 2Q 2010 | 4Q 2010 | |
| Other names | - | - | Wave 2 | - |
| GSM frequencies | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 | 850 900 1800 1900 |
| UMTS | 900 2100 | 900 2100 | 900 2100 | 900 2100 |
| LTE standard | | | | |
| CDMA | | | | |
| Standard TD-SCDMA | | | | |
| UMA | | | | |
CAMERAS - BACK
| First camera | | | | |
| Photo matrix | 5 Mpx | 5 Mpx | 5 Mpx | 2 Mpx |
| Resolution | 2592x1944 px | 2560x1920 px | 2560x1920 px | 1600x1200 px |
| Optical zoom | | | | |
| Digital zoom | | 4x | 4x | |
| Flash | LED | LED | LED | |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | | | |
| Video resolution | 1280x720 px | 1280x720 px | 1280x720 px | 480x320 px |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps |
| Additional | - | AF | AF, EIS | - |
CAMERAS - FRONT
| First camera | | | | |
| Photo matrix | 0.3 Mpx | 0.3 Mpx | 0.3 Mpx | nd |
| Resolution | 640x480 px | 640x480 px | 640x480 px | nd |
| Optical zoom | | | | nd |
| Flash | | | | nd |
| Dual-colour LED flash | | | | nd |
| Video formats | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 - 30 fps | H.263, H.264, MPEG4 | H.263, MPEG4 - 30 fps | 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 | v2.0 | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| HSCSD | | | | |
| HSDPA | 14.40 Mbit/s | 3.60 Mbit/s | 7.20 Mbit/s | 7.20 Mbit/s |
| HSUPA | 5.76 Mbit/s | | 2.00 Mbit/s | |
| HSPA | | | | |
| HSPA+ | | | | |
| LTE DL | | | | |
| LTE UP | | | | |
| WIMAX+ | | | | |
| GPRS | class 12 | class 12 | class 12 | class 12 |
| EDGE | class 12 | class 12 | class 12 | class 12 |
| Bluetooth | v3.0 | v3.0 | v3.0 | v3.0 |
| A2DP Profile | | | | |
| HDMI | | | | |
| WiFi | v802.11 a/b/g/n | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 b/g/n | v802.11 b/g/n |
| WiFi frequencies | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz | 2,4 GHz |
| WiFi Direct | | | | |
| WiFi Display | | | | |
| DLNA | | | | |
| Miracast | | | | |
| WiFi hotspot | | | | |
| IrDA | | | | |
| USB | v2.0 | v2.0 | v2.0 | v2.0 |
| GPS | | | | |
| A-GPS | | | | |
| GLONASS | | | | |
| Beidou | | | | |
| NFC | | | | |
COMMUNICATION AND MESSAGING
| Call waiting | | | | |
| Conferency | | | | |
| Call forwarding | | | | |
| Push To Talk | | | | |
| Instant Messenger | | | | |
| SMS | | 1000 places | 1000 places | |
| EMS | | | | |
| MMS | | v1.2 | v1.2 | |
| Dictionary | T9 | T9 | T9 | T9 |
| Swype | | | | |
| e-mail client | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP | POP3, IMAP4, SMTP |
| Hardware QWERTY keyboard | | | | |
| RSS Reader | | | | |
Multimedia
| Radio | z RDS | z RDS | z RDS | z RDS |
| MP3 | | | | |
| Stereo speakers | | | | |
| Audio Jack | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm | 3.5 mm |
| HD Voice | | | | |
| Sound formats | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ | AAC, AAC+, AMR, WAV, WMA, eAAC+ |
| Polyphony | | 64 voices | | |
| Video ringtone | | | | |
| Ring composer | | | | |
| Games | | | | |
| Java | MIDP 2.1 | MIDP 2.1 | MIDP 2.1 | 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 | v1.2 | |
| Data and fax | | | | |
| Screensaver | | | | |
| Themes | | | | |
| Interchangeable covers | | | | |
| Speakerphone | | | | |
| Recorder | | | | |
| Vibrations | | | | |