Difference Between Samsung Wave II (2) (GT-S8530) and Apple iPhone 4

Samsung Wave II (Model No. GT-S8530)

Samsung Wave II is the latest release (released 7 Feb 2011 in UK) from Samsung and the second Wave series to run Samsung’s bada operating system. Its an impressive phone with 5.0 megapixel camera with 720p HD video recording and playback, media support for DivX, XviD and WMV, on-screen video editing, intuitive TouchWiz 3.0 UI.

Apple iPhone4

Apple’s iPhone 4 is the fourth generation iPhone in the series of iPhones.  The wow feature of iPhone4 is its slim attractive body, it is only 9.3mm in thickness and both sides are made of aluminosilicate glass panels.

Apple iPhone comes with 3.5″ LED backlit Retina display with 960×640 pixels resolution, 512 MB eDRAM, internal memory options of 16 or 32 GB and dual camera, 5megapixel 5x digital zoom rear camera and 0.3 megapixel camera for video calling. The remarkable feature of the iPhone devices is the operating system iOS 4.2.1 and the Safari web browser.

Difference between Samsung Wave II and Apple iPhone 4

Differentiator Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Design Larger display Higher resolution, wider viewing angle
OS, Browser, UI bada 1.2 (very new, second device to run) iOS 4.2.1 (Popular)
Application Samsung Apps Apple Apps Store (large number of Applications), iTune 10
Network GSM GSM, CDMA (US only)
Price £349.95 £499 (16GB); £599 (32GB)

Comparison of Specifications of Samsung Wave II and Apple iPhone 4

Specification
Design Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Form Factor Candy bar Candy bar
Keyboard Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype
Dimension 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm 115.2 x 58.6 x 9.3 mm
Weight 135g 137g
Body Color Black Black
Display Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Size 3.7” 3.5″
Type Super Clear LCD, 16M color 16 M, Retina display, IPS Technology
Resolution WVGA (480 x 800 pixels) 960×640 pixels
Features Anti-scratch, Anti-smudge, Anti-reflective Front and back glass  panel with oleophobic coating
Operating System Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Platform bada 1.2 iOS 4.2.1
UI TochWiz3.0, Multi-touch zoom, QuickType by t9 Trace
Browser Dolfin Browser 2.0 (HTML 5.0 partially supported) Safari
Java/Adobe Flash
Processor Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Model Cortex A8, Humming Bird Apple A4, ARM
Speed 1GHz 1GHz
Memory Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
RAM TBU 512MB
Included 2GB 16GB/32GB flash drive
Expansion Up to 32GB microSD card No
Camera Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Resolution 5 Megapixel 5 Megapixel
Flash LED LED
Focus; Zoom Auto, 4x digital Auto
Video Capture HD [email protected], 5.1 Ch, MDNIe support HD [email protected]
Sensors Face Detection Geo-tagging, Three-axis gyro
Features Image Editor, Smile Shot, Mosaic Shot, Panorama Shot Double microphones
Secondary camera TBU 0.3 MP, VGA
Media Play Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Audio support 3.5mm Ear Jack, Music Player with SoundAlive EQ, Music Recognition, Music Match, Stereo FM Radio with RDS 3.5mm Ear Jack & Speaker

MP3, AAC, HE-AAC, MP3 VBR, AAC+, AIFF, WAV

Video support DivX, XviD, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, Real, MKV, ASF, Video editor MPEG4/H264/ M-JPEG
Battery Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Type; Capacity Li-ion;  1500mAh Li-ion; 1420mAh; non-removable
Talktime Up to 800 min (2G), 600 min (3G) Up to 14 hrs(2G), up to 7 hrs(3G)
Standby 500 hrs 300 hrs
Message Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Mail POP3/IMAP Email & IM, SMS, MMS, Video Messaging

SNS push notification, Push Email & Push IM (Social Hub premium only)

POP3/IMAP Email & IM, SMS, MMS, Push Email
Sync Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Integrated Contacts, Integrated Calendar, Widget, Unified Inbox Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync, Integrated Contacts, Integrated Calendar,
Connectivity Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 802.11b/g/n at 2.4 GHz only
Bluetooth v 3.0 v 2.1+EDR
USB 2.0 Full Speed No
Location Service Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Wi-Fi Hotspot TBU CDMA model only
GPS A-GPS, Social Mapping (Geo-tagging), On / Off Board Navigation (3D Map) A-GPS, Google Maps
Network Support

Samsung Wave II

Apple iPhone 4
2G/3G HSDPA 3.6Mbps 900/2100

EDGE 850/900/1800/1900

UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA 850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz

GSM/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz

CDMA 1X800/1900, CDMA EvDO rev.A (CDMA Model)

4G No No
Application Samsung Wave II Apple iPhone 4
Apps Samsung Apps (Availability of Samsung Apps differs by country) Apple App Store, iTune 10.1
Social Networks Facebook/Twitter/Googletalk Googletalk/Facebook/Outlook
Featured Smart Search, Smart Unlock, Multi-task Manager AirPrint, AirPlay, Find my iPhone
Additional Features Accelerator Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Digital Compass Multiple language support simultaneously

TBU – To be updated