Samsung Wave 3 S8600

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.

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

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]

See also

• Exynos
• AMOLED
• Samsung Wave Y