Blackberry Storm 9500 vs Samsung S8500 Wave

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Comparing the Blackberry Storm 9500 vs Samsung S8500 Wave across camera, battery and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Rear Camera: Samsung S8500 Wave offers a higher rear camera resolution with 5 MP, while Blackberry Storm 9500 offers 3.2 MP, making Samsung S8500 Wave better for rear camera photography.


Battery: Samsung S8500 Wave offers a higher battery capacity with 1500 mAh, while Blackberry Storm 9500 offers 1400 mAh, making Samsung S8500 Wave better for longer battery life.


Storage: Samsung S8500 Wave offers higher internal storage with 2 GB, while Blackberry Storm 9500 offers 1 GB, making Samsung S8500 Wave the better option for storage.

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Blackberry Storm 9500
(Discontinued)
Samsung S8500 Wave
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

01 Nov, 2008
01 Apr, 2010

Performance

N/A
Samsung Exynos 3 3110
N/A
(upto 1 GHz)
128 MB RAM
N/A

Display

N/A
3.3 inches (8.38 cm)
LCD
Super AMOLED
480.00x 480 pixels px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

N/A
0.3 MP

Battery

1400 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

1 GB
2 GB

User Ratings

N/A
5/5
(1 rating)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

N/A
Bada

Performance

Chipset

Qualcomm
Samsung Exynos 3 3110

Processor

N/A
1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

Adreno 130
PowerVR SGX 540

RAM

128 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

LCD
Super AMOLED

Screen Size

N/A
3.3 inches  (8.38 cm)

Resolution

480.00x 480 pixels px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

N/A
283 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

N/A
46.86 %

Design

Height

112.50 mm
118 mm

Width

62.20 mm
56 mm

Thickness

14.00 mm
10.90 mm

Weight

155 grams
118 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization
Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization

Video Recording

160x120
1280x720 @ 30

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

1400 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5.5(2G)
Up to 7(3G) / Up to 15.83(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

1 GB
2 GB

Expandable Storage

Yes Up to 16 GB
Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM
Single SIM

Network Support

5G Not Supported
5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

No
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2
Yes v3

GPS

N/A
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Music

Yes Music Formats: Yes Media player MP3/WMA/AAC+ Video player MPEG4/3gp/H.264/WMV
Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 WMA WAV eAAC+ with Loudspeaker and DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) Music Play Time : Up to 35 hours

Sensors

Other Sensors

N/A
Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Java

Yes
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes
Yes

Phone Book

Yes
1000 Photocall

SMS

N/A
Yes Threaded View

MMS

N/A
Yes

Email

N/A
Yes Push e-mail

Other Facilities

N/A
Smart unlock Vibration Digital compass Google Maps 3.0 Organizer Voice memo T9