Samsung Wave III s8600

The Samsung Wave III S8600 (or "Samsung Wave III") is a smartphone running the Bada 2.0 operating system designed by Samsung, which was commercially released on 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.

Samsung S8600 Wave 3
ManufacturerSamsung Electronics
SloganBorn Smart
SeriesS-Series
Compatible networksGSM: 850/900/1800/1900/2100
3G: 900/2100
HSDPA: 3.6 Mbit/s
HSUPA: 2 Mbit/s
Availability by region2011, October
PredecessorSamsung Wave II GT-S8530
RelatedSamsung Jet , Samsung Galaxy S , Samsung Wave S8500, Samsung Wave Y
Form factorSlate
Dimensions123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm
Mass122 g
Operating systembada 2.0 with TouchWiz 3.0
CPUARM Cortex A8 clocked at 1.4 GHz (Scorpion)
Memoryinternal 2 GB / 8 GB; 256MB + 128MB of RAM
Storage4GB
Removable storagemicroSD(HC) up to 32 GB
BatteryLi-Ion 1500 mAh
Display4.0" 800x480 @ 283 PPI Super AMOLED display with Gorilla Glass
MediaMP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, FLAC, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD, MKV ...?
Rear camera5 MP (4:3)
Connectivity802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB 2.0
Data inputsT9 trace, Abc, QWERTY, Multi-touch input method, Handwriting recognition
Other- Scratch-resistant surface
- Smart unlock
- Accelerometer
- Proximity Sensor
- Magnetometer
- Digital compass

Hardware features

Design

The 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.

Screen

The 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

The phone features a Scorpion processor Qualcomm S2 MSM8255T[4] 1.4 GHz SoC, which internally contains an ARM Cortex A8 CPU core.

Camera

The 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.

Other features

Other 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.

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.

This phone is available with both European/Asia 3G bandings and the North American 3G bandings.

Software features

User interface

The phone is one of the few smartphones to feature the Samsung bada 2.0 operating system platform.

Applications

By default, the phone comes with Picsel Viewer which is capable of reading. pdf and Microsoft Office file formats.

As for Samsung apps, users can also download applications, games and widgets from the application store.[5]

Media support
  • 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

There are many Android Custom ROMs on this mobile, they go up to Android 4.4[7]

See also

References
  1. "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  2. "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 review: Third time's the charm". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  3. "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 - GSMArena". www.phonegg.com. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. 01net. "Samsung Wave 3". 01net (in French). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  5. "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 - Full phone specifications". www.gsmarena.com. Retrieved 2021-01-24.
  6. "Samsung S8600 Wave 3 review: Third time's the charm". GSMArena.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
  7. "Android Development on Bada". forum.xda-developers.com. 17 June 2014. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
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