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Samsung Wave 3
S8600| Global Score | |
| 50 | 54.2 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nokia | Samsung |
| Symbian Belle, Symbian^3 | bada 2.0 |
| 2010-09-14 | 2011-08-30 |
| 4.87 x 2.46 x 0.54 inches | 4.96 x 2.53 x 0.39 inches |
| 6.21 ounces | 4.30 ounces |
| Blue, Gray, Green, Orange and White | -- |
| Scratch-Resistant Glass | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 79.00 | $ 75.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 4 inches |
| 360 x 640 pixels | 480 x 800 pixels |
| AMOLED | Super AMOLED |
| 184 pixels per inch | 233 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.1 | 7.6 |
| ARM11 (Single-Core 680 MHz) processor | Scorpion (Single-Core 1400 MHz) processor |
| 256 MB RAM | -- |
| Yes GPU | GPU |
| 6.93 | 7.65 |
| Storage | |
| 16 GB internal memory | 3,07 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 4.4 | 3.62 |
| Camera | |
| 8.00 MP + 0.30 MP | 5.00 MP + 0.30 MP |
| f/2.80 aperture | -- |
| 1280 x 720 (25 fps) (HD) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (30 fps) (HD) video resolution |
| 7.81 | 6.71 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE and GSM |
| SIM | SIM |
| 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1200mAh Li-Ion Battery | 1500mAh Li-Ion Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 432 hours standby time 9 hours talk time | 480 hours standby time 8.5 hours talk time |
| 2.88 | 3.28 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 3.0 | Bluetooth 3.0 |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
Samsung Wave 3 is a bit better than the Nokia E7, with a global score of 54.2 against 50. Samsung Wave 3 is a newer device, and it's also notably thinner and much lighter than Nokia E7. Samsung Wave 3 has bada 2.0 OS, and Nokia E7 counts with Symbian Belle OS. The Samsung Wave 3 has just a bit better looking display than Nokia E7, and although they both have a same size screen, the Samsung Wave 3 also has a better 800 x 480 pixels resolution and a greater number of pixels per inch in the display.
Nokia E7 has a very superior memory to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Samsung Wave 3, because although it has no slot for SD memory cards, it also counts with 16 GB internal memory capacity. The Samsung Wave 3 features a better processing power than Nokia E7. They have the same number of cores.
The Samsung Wave 3 has longer battery lifetime than Nokia E7, because it has 1500mAh of battery capacity. The Nokia E7 takes better photographs and videos than Samsung Wave 3, because although it has worse 25 fps video frame rate, and they both have the same video resolution, the Nokia E7 also counts with a back facing camera with a way higher resolution.
Despite of being the best phone between the ones we are comparing here, Samsung Wave 3 is also cheap compared to the Nokia E7.
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