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Samsung S8600 Wave 3
ManufacturerSamsung Electronics
SloganBorn Smart
SeriesS-Series
Availability by regionOctober 2011
PredecessorSamsung Wave II S8530
RelatedSamsung Jet, Samsung Galaxy S, Samsung Wave S8500, Samsung Wave Y
Compatible networksGSM: 850/900/1800/1900/2100
3G: 900/2100
HSDPA: 3.6 Mbit/s
HSUPA: 2 Mbit/s
Form factorSlate
Dimensions123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm
Weight122 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
Rear camera5 MP (4:3)
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 ...?
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

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

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Design

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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

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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

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

Camera

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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

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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

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User interface

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

Applications

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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

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  • 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

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

See also

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References

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  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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