 Description:
Samsung S8500 Review:
Samsung S8500 can be called as a multimedia monster. 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor allows the phone to show almost any kind of video. The samsung phone has 720p video recording at 30fps, which is the heart of the phone. Most probably the main aim was to watch video without conversion, for example, mkv which is going to be easy to upload into the phone and watch not compressing the video and the sound.
This beauty will be reflected by a matrix screen created by the new technology Super AMOLED, which is 20% brighter than the "simple" AMOLED and has a longer functioning period. Its diagonal is 3.3 inches and resolution is 800x480 pixels. What's more, Samsung S8500 wave became the first world device with Bluetooth 3.0 and Wi-Fi b/g/n.

Samsung S8500 Key Features:
•3.3" 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, WVGA (480 x 800 pixels), multi-touch input support, scratch-resistant glass surface
•Solid 10.9mm-thin metal body
•Bada OS with Samsung Apps
•ARM Cortex A8 based 1GHz CPU
•Quad-band GSM support with dual-band 3.6Mbps HSDPA, 2Mbps HSUPA
•Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity with WPS support, Wi-Fi tethering app
•GPS with A-GPS support, digital compass, Samsung Mobile Navigator
•5 MP autofocus camera with touch focus, geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection and LED flash
•720p@30fps
•390MB user available memory, 1GB Bada apps storage and 550MB messaging storage
•microSDHC card slot
•Standard microUSB port and Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
•Standard 3.5mm audio jack, TV out
•Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
•Webkit-based Samsung Dolphin Browser 2.0 with full Flash support
•YouTube client, Facebook and Twitter integration
•DivX/XviD video support
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2G Network |
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| 3G Network |
HSDPA 900 / 2100 |
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HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America |
| Announced |
2010, February |
| Status |
Available. Released 2010, April |
| Size |
Dimensions |
118 x 56 x 10.9 mm |
| Weight |
118 g |
| Display |
Type |
Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size |
480 x 800 pixels, 3.3 inches |
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- Gorilla glass display |
| - Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate |
| - Multi-touch input method |
| - Proximity sensor for auto turn-off |
| - TouchWiz UI 3.0 |
| - Handwriting recognition |
| - Smart unlock |
| Sound |
Alert types |
Vibration, MP3 ringtones |
| Loudspeaker |
Yes |
| 3.5mm jack |
Yes, check quality |
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- DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) |
| Memory |
Phonebook |
Yes, Photocall |
| Call records |
Yes |
| Internal |
2 GB storage |
| Card slot |
microSD, up to 32GB, buy memory |
| Data |
GPRS |
Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps |
| EDGE |
Class 10, 236.8 kbps |
| 3G |
HSDPA 3.6 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps |
| WLAN |
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n |
| Bluetooth |
Yes, v3.0 with A2DP |
| Infrared port |
No |
| USB |
Yes, microUSB v2.0 |
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| Camera |
Primary |
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality |
| Features |
Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stablilization, touch focus |
| Video |
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light, check quality |
| Secondary |
Yes |
| Features |
OS |
Bada OS |
| CPU |
1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, PowerVR SGX540 GPU, Hummingbird chipset |
| Messaging |
SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, Palringo IM |
| Browser |
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML |
| Radio |
Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording |
| Games |
Yes + downloadable |
| Colors |
Ebony Gray, Black |
| GPS |
Yes, with A-GPS support, Samsung Mobile Navigator |
| Java |
Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
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- Digital compass |
| - TV-Out |
| - MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player |
| - MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX video player |
| - Organizer |
| - Picsel document viewer |
| - Image editor |
| - Voice memo |
| - Predictive text input |
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| Battery |
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Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh |
| Stand-by |
Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) |
| Talk time |
Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) |
| Music play |
Up to 35 h |
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