Nokia 5800 XpressMusic vs Samsung S8500 Wave

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Comparing the Nokia 5800 XpressMusic vs Samsung S8500 Wave across performance, display, camera, battery, storage and user rating to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Performance: Samsung S8500 Wave runs at a higher processing speed of 1.0 GHz, while Nokia 5800 XpressMusic runs at 0.43 GHz, making Samsung S8500 Wave the better performer.


Display: Samsung S8500 Wave offers a screen size of 3.3 inches, while Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers 3.2 inches, making Samsung S8500 Wave the larger display of the two. Samsung S8500 Wave features a Super AMOLED display compared to Nokia 5800 XpressMusic's LCD, making Samsung S8500 Wave the better display of the two.


Rear Camera: Samsung S8500 Wave offers a higher rear camera resolution with 5 MP, while Nokia 5800 XpressMusic 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 Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers 1320 mAh, making Samsung S8500 Wave better for longer battery life.


Storage: Nokia 5800 XpressMusic offers higher internal storage with 81 GB, while Samsung S8500 Wave offers 2 GB, making Nokia 5800 XpressMusic the better option for storage.


User Rating: Samsung S8500 Wave receives a higher user rating of 5, while Nokia 5800 XpressMusic has a rating of 3.

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Nokia 5800 XpressMusic
₹2,350
(Discontinued)
Samsung S8500 Wave
(Discontinued)
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Summary

Release Date

05 Nov, 2008
01 Apr, 2010

Performance

N/A
Samsung Exynos 3 3110
(upto 434 MHz)
(upto 1 GHz)
128 MB RAM
N/A

Display

3.2 inches (8.13 cm)
3.3 inches (8.38 cm)
LCD
Super AMOLED
360x640 px
480x800 px

Rear Camera

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Front Camera

N/A
0.3 MP

Battery

1320 mAh
1500 mAh

Storage

81 MB
2 GB

User Ratings

3/5
(4 ratings)
5/5
(1 rating)

User Feedback

General

Operating System

Symbian
Bada

Performance

Chipset

N/A
Samsung Exynos 3 3110

Processor

434 MHz
1 GHz

Graphics (GPU)

N/A
PowerVR SGX 540

RAM

128 MB
N/A

Display

Display Type

LCD
Super AMOLED

Screen Size

3.2 inches  (8.13 cm)
3.3 inches  (8.38 cm)

Resolution

360x640 px
480x800 px

Pixel Density

229 ppi
283 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

49.08 %
46.86 %

Design

Height

111 mm
118 mm

Width

51.7 mm
56 mm

Thickness

15.50 mm
10.90 mm

Weight

109 grams
118 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

3.2 MP
Primary Camera
5 MP
Primary Camera

Autofocus

Yes
Yes

Flash

Yes Dual LED Flash
Yes LED Flash

Camera Features

Digital Zoom
Digital Zoom
Digital image stabilization

Video Recording

640x480 @ 25
1280x720 @ 30

Front Camera

Resolution

N/A
0.3 MP
Front Camera

Battery

Capacity

1320 mAh
1500 mAh

Battery Type

Li-ion
Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 5(3G) / Up to 8.75(2G)
Up to 7(3G) / Up to 15.83(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

81 MB
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

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)
Yes Wi-Fi 4 (802.11 b/g/n)

Wi-Fi Features

N/A
Mobile Hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes v2
Yes v3

GPS

Yes with A-GPS
Yes with A-GPS

Multimedia

Music

Yes Music Formats: Yes Music Formats : MP3 WAV еAAC+ WMA with tereo speakers and 3.5 mm audio jack
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

Accelerometer
Proximity sensor Accelerometer

Games

+ Java downloadable
N/A

Java

Yes MIDP 2.1
Yes MIDP 2.0

Browser

Yes
Yes

Phone Book

Practically unlimited entries and fields
1000 Photocall

SMS

Yes
Yes Threaded View

MMS

Yes MMS version 1.3 message size up to 600 kb
Yes

Email

Yes POP3 IMAP SMTP
Yes Push e-mail

Other Facilities

TV-out Voice command/dial Document viewer (Word Excel PowerPoint PDF) T9 Photo editor
Smart unlock Vibration Digital compass Google Maps 3.0 Organizer Voice memo T9