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The Samsung Wave 3 S8600 (or "Samsung Wave 3") is a smartphone running the Bada 2.0 operating system designed by Samsung, which was commercially released in August 2011.[1] The Wave is a slim touchscreen phone powered by "Scorpion" CPU, which includes 1.4 GHz ARM Cortex-8[2] CPU and a powerful graphics engine, "Super LCD" screen and 720p high-definition video capture capabilities. Shortage of Super AMOLED screens was one of the primary reasons for the release of this model.
Manufacturer | Samsung Electronics |
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Slogan | Born Smart |
Series | S-Series |
Availability by region | October 2011 |
Predecessor | Samsung Wave II S8530 |
Related | Samsung Jet, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Wave S8500, Samsung Wave Y |
Compatible networks | GSM: 850/900/1800/1900/2100 3G: 900/2100 HSDPA: 3.6 Mbit/s HSUPA: 2 Mbit/s |
Form factor | Slate |
Dimensions | 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm |
Weight | 122 g |
Operating system | bada 2.0 with TouchWiz 3.0 |
CPU | ARM Cortex A8 clocked at 1.4 GHz (Scorpion) |
Memory | internal 2 GB / 8 GB; 256MB + 128MB of RAM |
Storage | 4GB |
Removable storage | microSD(HC) up to 32 GB |
Battery | Li-Ion 1500 mAh |
Rear camera | 5 MP (4:3) |
Display | 4.0" 800x480 @ 283 PPI Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass |
Media | MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, FLAC, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD, MKV ...? |
Connectivity | 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB 2.0 |
Data inputs | T9 trace, Abc, QWERTY, Multi-touch input method, Handwriting recognition |
Other | - Scratch-resistant surface - Smart unlock - Accelerometer - Proximity Sensor - Magnetometer - Digital compass |
Hardware features
editDesign
editThe phone is made of mostly metal alloy and is measured at 12.9 mm thick. In terms of form factor, it is a slate style featuring 3 physical buttons on the front: call, reject/ shutdown, and main menu button. [citation needed]
Screen
editThe screen is a 4.0-inch (100 mm) capacitive touchscreen Super LCD with an anti-smudge oleophobic coating on top of the scratch-resistant tempered-glass (Gorilla Glass Display) touch panel which has been shown to be capable of resisting extreme friction (scratch-resistant). The screen resolution is 800x480 WVGA and an area of 45.5 cm^2 (~233 ppi).[3]
Processor
editThe phone features a Scorpion processor Qualcomm S2 MSM8255T[4] 1.4 GHz SoC, which internally contains an ARM Cortex A8 CPU core.
Camera
editThe phone features a 5 megapixel which supports 2592 × 1944 pixels, along with autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, face, blink detection, image stabilization, touch focus, etc. Other than these features it has various shooting modes such as beauty shot, smile shot, continuous, panorama and vintage shot. As a camcorder it is able to shoot 720p HD recording (1280x720) at 30 FPS with flash. [citation needed]
Other features
editOther feature include A-GPS, 2 GB/8 GB of internal storage with a microSDHC slot for an additional 32 GB. It also has a magnetometer, a proximity sensor, an accelerometer, 5.1-channel surround sound Mobile Theater, music recognition, a fake call service, smart search, Social Hub and it is the first phone to support Bluetooth version 3.0.[citation needed]
In addition to Bluetooth 3.0, the phone also features Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, HSDPA 3.2 Mbit/s and HSUPA 2 Mbit/s.[citation needed]
This phone is available with both European/Asia 3G bandings and the North American 3G bandings.[citation needed]
Software features
editUser interface
editThe phone is one of the few smartphones to feature the Samsung bada 2.0 operating system platform.[citation needed]
Applications
editBy default, the phone comes with Picsel Viewer which is capable of reading. pdf and Microsoft Office file formats.[citation needed]
As for Samsung apps, users can also download applications, games and widgets from the application store.[5]
Media support
edit- Audio
- MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, FLAC
- Video
- MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, AVI, DivX, XviD, MKV[6]
Android porting
editThere are many Android Custom ROMs on this mobile, they go up to Android 4.4[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 review: Third time's the charm". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 - GSMArena". www.phonegg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ 01net. "Samsung Wave 3". 01net (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
- ^ "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 review: Third time's the charm". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ "Android Development on Bada". forum.xda-developers.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 2018-04-19.