Samsung S8530 Wave II
Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
Slogan	Born Smart
Series	S-Series
Compactible networks	GSM: 850/900/1800/1900/2100 3G: 900/2100 HSDPA: 3.6 Mbit/s HSUPA: 2 Mbit/s
Availability by country	October 2010
Predecessor	Samsung Wave S8500
Related	Samsung Jet, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Wave S8500
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm
Weight	135 g
Operating system	bada 1.2 with TouchWiz 3.0
CPU	ARM Cortex A8 clocked at 1 GHz (Samsung S5PC111)
Memory	internal 2 GB / 8 GB; 256MB + 128MB of RAM
Removable storage	microSD(HC) up to 32 GB
Battery	Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Data inputs	T9 trace, Abc, QWERTY, Multi-touch input method, Handwriting recognition
Display	3.7" 800x480 @ 283 PPI Super Clear LCD display with Gorilla Glass
Rear camera	5 MP (4:3)
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
Other	- Scratch-resistant surface - Smart unlock - Accelerometer - Proximity Sensor - Magnetometer - Digital compass

The Samsung Wave II S8530 (or "Samsung Wave II") is the Successor of Samsung Wave S8500 smartphone running the bada 1.2 operating system designed by Samsung, which was commercially released on October, 2010. The Wave is a slim touchscreen phone powered by Samsung's "Hummingbird" CPU (S5PC110), which includes 1 GHz ARM Cortex-8 CPU and a powerful built-in PowerVR SGX 540 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 10.9 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 3.7-inch (94 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.

Processor

The phone features a 1 GHz SoC, which internally contains an ARM Cortex A8 CPU core that is identical to the ARM Cortex CPU core used in Apple's A4 package on package SoC. The Phone graphics engine is SGX 540 which is said to be capable of generating 90 million triangles per second (same as the SoC used on the Samsung Galaxy S). And 256MB+128MB RAM (same hardware as Samsung Wave S8500).

Camera

The phone features a 5 megapixel which supports 2592 x 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. As well as this, it is also able to record slow motion video (320x240) at 120 FPS with flash.

Other features

Other feature includes 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. Keep in mind that the North American 3G bandings version of the phone is a limited availability and is not available in the US.

Software features

User interface

The phone is one of the few smartphone to feature the Samsung bada operating system platform. The UI is Samsung's own Touchwiz 3.0. Touchwiz 3.0, like the 2 predecessors (Touchwiz 2.0 and Touchwiz), utilises widgets. The 3 most notable widgets pre-installed in Touchwiz 3.0 are Daily Briefing (which includes all essential information such as weather, finance, AP mobile news and schedule), Feeds and Updates and Buddies now (which allows users to call, send texts to and read Facebook/Twitter feeds off their favourite contacts). Users are allowed to have up to 10 homescreens to add widgets.

Applications

In terms of Internet Browser, Samsung Wave is pre-installed with Dolphin Browser v2.0 (based on WebKit). While this browser supports Flash it is disabled by default to improve page load time.

By default, the phone comes with Picsel Viewer which is capable of reading .pdf and Microsoft Office file formats. Users from selected countries can buy and download Picsel Office Editor from Samsung Apps.

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

Other software includes the GPS software that comes with this phone (LBS Route 66), Palringo IM, Facebook, Twitter, social hub, mini diary, daily briefing, memo, video player, FM radio, media browser, voice recorder, e-mail and pre-installed asphalt5.

Media support

MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, FLAC, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, AVI, DivX, XviD, MKV

Android porting

Due to many owners of the phone disliking the Bada software many people have worked on porting the popular Android O.S to the Wave 2. The ported versions known are Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean and Kitkat. However they are still being developed and some features, such as GPS, may be limited or not function as intended.

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Samsung Wave GT-S8500
Manufacturer	Samsung Electronics
Slogan	Born Smart
Series	S-Series
Compactible networks	GSM: 850/900/1800/1900/2100 3G: 900/2100 3G: 850/1900 (NAM Version) HSDPA: 3.6 Mbps
Availability by country	June 2010
Successor	Samsung Wave II GT-S8530
Related	Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Wave II S8530
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (72.0272 cm³)
Weight	118 g
Operating system	bada with TouchWiz 3.0
CPU	ARM Cortex A8 clocked at 1 GHz (Samsung S5PC110)
GPU	PowerVR SGX 540
Memory	384 MB RAM
Storage	1GB / 2 GB / 8 GB
Removable storage	microSD(HC) up to 32GB
Battery	Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Data inputs	T9 trace (bada 1.2), Abc, QWERTY, Multi-touch input method, Handwriting recognition
Display	3.3" Capacitive touchscreen, 800x480 @ 283 PPI (0.38 Megapixels), Super AMOLED, (PenTile Matrix) display with Gorilla Glass
Rear camera	5 MP Auto Focus, EDOF, with LED Flash
Media	MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD, MKV, (FLAC bada 1.2)
Connectivity	802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB
Other	- Scratch-resistant surface (Corning Gorilla Glass) - Smart unlock - Accelerometer - Proximity Sensor - Magnetometer - Digital compass

The Samsung Wave (or "Samsung Wave GT-S8500") is the first smartphone running the Bada Operating System designed by Samsung, which was commercially released on June 1, 2010. The Wave is a slim touchscreen phone powered by Samsung's "Hummingbird" CPU (S5PC110), which includes 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU and a built-in PowerVR SGX 540 graphics engine. It also has a "Super AMOLED" screen and 720p high-definition video capture capabilities. Due to shortage of Super AMOLED screens, Samsung released a similar version called Wave II and ceased production of the S8500 model.

Hardware features

Screen

The screen is a 3.3-inch (84 mm) capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED with an anti-smudge oleophobic coating on top of the scratch-resistant tempered-glass ( Gorilla Glass Display ). The screen resolution is 800x480 WVGA with 283 PPI.

Processor

The phone features a 1 GHz SoC, which internally contains an ARM Cortex A8 CPU core that is identical to the ARM Cortex CPU core used in Apple's A4 package on package SoC. The graphics engine of the device is a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU which is said to be capable of generating 90 million triangles per second (same as the SoC used on the Samsung Galaxy S).

Camera

The phone features a 5 megapixel EDOF camera which supports 2560 x 1920 pixels, along with autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, face and blink detection, image stabilization, touch focus,etc. Shooting modes include beauty shot, smile shot, continuous, panorama and vintage shot. As a camcorder it is able to shoot HD recording (1280x720) at 30 FPS with flash. As well as this, it is also able to record slow motion video (320x240) at 120 FPS with flash.

Operating system

In January 2012, Samsung declared that it was planning to merge bada with the Linux-based Tizen which is developed in collaboration with Intel. This move is seen effectively as Samsung dumping its own OS on which they have worked for quite a few years.The Wave was the first phone with Samsung's own Operating System, Bada, meaning "Ocean". Though quite impressive at the beginning, this OS had its hiccups in mid term with the phone hanging constantly and restarting frequently. Samsung worked on the higher versions of Bada 1.2 and later 2.0. Bada 1.2 was released to the world in a phased manner and it was much more stable than Bada 1.0 was. But due to a lack of a powerful core in the OS, application development was limited, a situation which Samsung hoped to rectify by launching Bada 2.0. But Bada 2.0 is yet to be fully released to the world due to lots of bugs found and hence, application development has been throttled.

Other features

Other features include A-GPS, 2 GB/8 GB of internal storage with a microSDHC slot for an additional 32 GB. It also has a magnetometer (compass), 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.

Radio connectivity includes Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s.

This phone is available with both European/Asian 3G bandings and the North American 3G bandings. The North American 3G bandings version of the phone is a limited availability and is not available in the US.

Software features

User interface

The phone is the first smartphone to feature the Samsung bada operating system platform. The UI is Samsung's own Touch-wiz 3.0. Touch-wiz 3.0, like the two predecessors (Touch-wiz 2.0 and Touch-wiz), utilizes widgets. The three most notable widgets pre-installed in Touch-wiz 3.0 are Daily Briefing (which includes all essential information such as weather, finance, AP mobile news and schedule), Feeds and Updates and Buddies now (which allows users to call, send texts to and read Facebook/Twitter feeds off their favorite contacts). Users are allowed to have up to 10 home screens to add widgets.

Applications

For Internet browsing the Samsung Wave has the Dolphin Browser v2.0 (based on WebKit) (or 3.0 depends by the firmware version). This browser supports Flash, but it is disabled by default to improve page loading speed.

By default, the phone comes with Picsel Viewer which is capable of reading .PDF and Microsoft Office file formats. Users from selected countries can buy and download Picsel Office Editor from Samsung Apps.

As for Samsung Apps, users can also download applications, games and widgets from the application store.

Other software includes the GPS software that comes with this phone (LBS Route 66), Facebook, Twitter, social hub, mini diary, daily briefing, memo, video player, FM radio, media browser, voice recorder, e-mail and pre-installed Asphalt 5.

Media support

MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, FLV, DivX, XviD, MKV, (FLAC Bada 1.2) Also supports subtitles.

Bada 2.0 support

On the end of December 2011 the OS was updated to Bada 2.0 in many countries gradually. The first official Bada 2.0 was the LA1. With Bada 2.0 the Touch-wiz reach the version 4.0, the GUI was totally revisited and are included many features as full multitasking, WAC, vocal commands, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, ChatON, Caster, new version of DLNA and social apps and the new browser Dolphin 3.0 with download manager.

Unofficial Development

Android Porting

Due to many owners of the phone disliking the Bada software many people have worked on porting the popular Android O.S to the Wave, The ported versions known are Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean and Kitkat. However they are still being developed and some features, such GPS, may be limited or not function as intended.

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BlackBerry Z10
Manufacturer	BlackBerry
Slogan	"Keep moving."
Compactible networks	LTE PCS CDMA HSPA+ EDGE GSM
Availability by country	January 31, 2013 (UK) February 5, 2013 (Canada) February 10, 2013 (UAE) February 25, 2013 (India) March 22, 2013 (US)
Related	BlackBerry Q10, BlackBerry Z30
Type	Smartphone
Form factor	Slate
Dimensions	130 mm (5.1 in) H 65.6 mm (2.58 in) W 9 mm (0.35 in) D
Weight	135.4 g (4.78 oz)
Operating system	Blackberry 10.2.1 Released January 28, 2014
CPU	ARM 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8960) (STL100-2 & STL100-3 & STL100-4) Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 (STL-100-1)
Memory	2 GB RAM
Storage	16 GB flash memory
Removable storage	Up to 32 GB microSDXC
Battery	1800 mAH removable battery
Data inputs	Multi-touch touchscreen, on-screen keyboard
Display	1,280 x 768 px (0.98 megapixels) 4.2-inch (built on 71µm pixel) at 356 ppi, 15:9 aspect ratio
Rear camera	8 megapixels, 1080p video capture
Front camera	2 megapixels, 720p video capture
Connectivity	IEEE 802.11n-2009, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Micro HDMI, Micro-USB
Website	blackberry.com/blackberryz10
Made in	Mexico/Canada

The BlackBerry Z10 is a high-end 4G touchscreen-based smartphone developed by BlackBerry, previously known as RIM. The BlackBerry Z10 is the first of two new BlackBerry phones presented at the BlackBerry 10 event on January 30, 2013. The BlackBerry Z10 was followed by the Z30.

Development

BlackBerry's chief operating officer Kristian Tear and chief marketing officer Frank Boulben fought against co-founder and former co-CEO Mike Lazaridis to have the touchscreen Z10 prioritized over the Q10 which has a physical keyboard.

Boublen was then responsible for and received "criticism for the marketing campaign that supported the Z10 launch, including a confusing Super Bowl advertisement which some board members hated".

Both Tear and Boublen were ousted on November 25, 2013 by new CEO John S. Chen, whom weeks earlier had replaced Thorsten Heins.

Software

The BlackBerry Z10 uses the new BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system based on QNX. The user interface of BB 10 is based on the concept of direct manipulation, using multi-touch gestures. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the BB10 operating system and its multi-touch interface.

The Z10 comes pre-loaded with: BlackBerry Browser (with Flash Player), BlackBerry Hub, Contacts, BlackBerry Calendar, BBM, Text Messages, BlackBerry World, BlackBerry Remember, Docs To Go (for PowerPoint, Word, Excel), Pictures, Music, Videos, Story Maker, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Foursquare,BlackBerry Maps, Games, YouTube, Voice Control, Weather, Active Frames, Clock, Calculator, Compass, File Manager, Box, BlackBerry Connect for Dropbox, Print To Go, Smart Tags, Settings, Android Runtime, Adobe Reader, Phone, Camera/Video Camera/Time Shift, Setup, Help, SIM Toolkit,Search.

The phone has a mobile hotspot functionality, which supports up to 8 devices, sharing its internet connection. It accesses the BlackBerry World, an online application distribution platform for the BlackBerry OS. The service allows users to browse and download applications, games, music, videos from the BlackBerry World store.

The touchscreen keyboard provides an advanced typing experience. It learns the user's writing style and suggests words to help the user type faster, more accurately and with the least amount of effort.

The BlackBerry Z10 has an 8-megapixel camera on the back with autofocus and LED flash capable of shooting 1080p video, while there's a 2-megapixel camera on the front that shoots video at 720p". A unique feature in the Z10's camera app is TimeShift. "BlackBerry has been showing it off for a while, and it lets users dial back the time on certain pictures so that people aren't making less-than-ideal faces in it (like blinking mid-shot)." From initial release 10.0.9.348 of the BB10 OS to the version 10.2.1.2141 BlackBerry Z10 isn't able to show full picture preview before a picture in 16:9 mode has been taken (15:9 screen doesn't resize 16:9 picture preview before taking that picture).

The Z10 has Voice Control, that allows the user to operate the phone by spoken commands. Voice Control recognizes natural speech patterns, so that the user can talk naturally and always be understood. It can be used to send messages, compose emails, dictate documents, and search the phone just by speaking to the app.

Hardware

BlackBerry Z10 in white

There are four SKUs for the Blackberry Z10, corresponding to the North American carrier band distribution and international versions. The LTE version of the Z10 features the Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (SoC) which has a dual-core CPU running at 1.5 GHz, and an Adreno 225 GPU for LTE-capable units. For markets where LTE is not supported (international model), BlackBerry released the Z10 with the Texas Instruments OMAP 4470 (SoC) which has a dual-core CPU running at 1.5 GHz and a PowerVR SGX 544 GPU. It will use STE M5730 modem.

Availability

In Canada, the BlackBerry Z10 is available at Bell Mobility (including Virgin Mobile Canada), Mobilicity, Rogers Wireless (including Fido), SaskTel, Telus Mobility (including Koodo Mobile), WIND Mobile, and Vidéotron Mobile. It went on sale February 5, 2013. MTS mobility started a presale for the Z10 with an unknown launch date for the phone. Mobilicity and Eastlink have also released the Z10.

In South Africa the Z10 became available on February 22, 2013 on MTN. Vodacom had announced their intention to make the Z10 available, the day before on 21st Feb 2013.

In Nigeria, the Z10 became available on March 1, 2013 on carriers Etisalat, Glo, Airtel and MTN Nigeria.

Claro República Dominicana announced pre-order date of March 7 on Facebook and sale on March 14 in the Dominican Republic. Orange Dominicana also announced pre-order of March 7 with a launch of March 14 on their Facebook page.

On February 10, 2013, prepaid provider and T-Mobile US-MVNO Solavei became the first in the United States to offer the BlackBerry Z10. In March 2013, T-Mobile USA announced that the Z10 would be available for business pre-order on March 11, with pick-up on March 13. The store wide launch was scheduled for March 27. On March 11, AT&T announced a March 22 release date for the device, with pre-orders beginning March 12. Verizon announced pre-ordered for March 14, with a release date of March 28.

Mexican Telcel announced pre-orders for Z10 on March 21 on Facebook and finally released on April 2.

In Australia, major telcos Optus and Telstra announced their intention to stock on March 25 and March 26 respectively.

In New Zealand, Vodafone NZ made the BlackBerry Z10 available for sale on June 18, 2013.

In India, the Z10 was launched on February 25, 2013.

In Taiwan, Taiwan Mobile announced that Blackberry Z10 is available on 15 April 2013.

Model comparison

Model	STL-100-1 (RFG81UW)	STL-100-2 (RFH121LW)	STL-100-3 (RFK121LW & RFF91LW)	STL-100-4 (RFA91LW)
Countries	Nepal, Nigeria, South Africa, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Spain, Turkey, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, El Salvador	Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Philippines, Singapore, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Brazil	Canada, Mexico, United States	United States
Carriers/Providers	Ncell, Vodafone Spain, Orange España, Yoigo, Turkcell, Avea, Vodafone Turkey, Celcom, DiGi, Maxis, U Mobile, Smart, Sun Cellular, MTN Nigeria, Airtel Nigeria, Etisalat Nigeria, Glo, Vodacom, MTN South Africa, Cell C, Telkom South Africa, STC,Mobily, Zain Saudi Arabia, Etisalat UAE, Du, Claro Colombia, Movistar Colombia, Tigo, Movistar Chile, Entel, Digitel, Movistar Venezuela, Taiwan Mobile	Altel, Optus, Telstra, A1, 3 Hong Kong, PCCW Mobile, Smartone Hong Kong, Globe Philippines, M1, SingTel Singapore, StarHub, Vivacom, Orange France, SFR, Bouygues, Vodafone, O2 Germany, Deutsche Telekom, O2 (Ireland), Vodafone Italia, TIM, WIND, KPN Netherlands, T-Mobile Netherlands, Vodafone Netherlands, Orange Polska, Play, TMN, Vodafone Portugal, Optimus, EE, O2 UK, Vodafone UK, 3 UK,TIM Brasil, Claro Brasil, Oi, Vivo	Bell Canada, Rogers, TELUS, Telcel, AT&T Mobility, T-Mobile US, Wind Mobile	Verizon Wireless
2G	Quad band GSM/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900 MHz)			Dual band CDMA Cell and PCS (800/1900 MHz)
3G	Quad-Band HSPA+ 1, 2, 5/6, 8 (850/900/1900/2100 MHz)	Tri band HSPA+ 1, 5/6, 8 (2100/850/900 MHz)	RFK121LW: Quad band HSPA+ 1, 2, 4, 5/6 (850/1700/1900/2100 MHz) RFF91LW: Tri-band HSPA+ 1, 2, 5/6 (850/1900/2100 MHz)	Dual band CDMA（EVDO） Cell and PCS (800/1900 MHz) Dual band UMTS (900/2100 MHz)
4G	N/A	Quad band LTE 3, 7, 8, 20 (1800/2600/900/800 MHz)	Quad band LTE 2, 5, 4, 17 (700/850/1700/1900 MHz)	LTE Band-13 (700 MHz)
Weight	135.4 g	136 g	136.3 g	137.5 g
SoC	Texas Instruments OMAP 4470	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus (MSM8960)
CPU	1.5 GHz dual-core ARM Cortex-A9	1.5 GHz dual-core Krait
GPU	PowerVR SGX544 + Vivante CGPU	Adreno 225

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