Samsung Wave 3 S8600

Samsung S8600 Wave 3
Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
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

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.

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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. ^{[citation needed]}

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.^{[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

User interface

The phone is one of the few smartphones to feature the Samsung bada 2.0 operating system platform.^{[citation needed]}

Applications

By 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

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]

References

^ "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.{{cite web}}: 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.

[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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[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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