Apple iPhone 3GS vs Samsung Wave

We will take the evergreen iPhone 3GS which runs the Apple OS and put it up against Samsung’s new Wave phone. The Samsung Wave is the first of its kind to use Samsung’s new Bada OS. ‘Bada’ means wave in Korean.
The camera on the Samsung Wave is a 5-megapixel one whereas the camera on the iPhone 3GS is a 3-megapixel one. The Super AMOLED screen of the Samsung Wave should outdo the iPhone, since it uses Samsung’s digital TV technology of a couple of years ago. We do know that the resolution of the Wave is higher at 800 x 480 pixels vs the 320 x 480 pixels of the iPhone.

The iPhone has more memory at 16 or 32GB versions while the Bada is sold in the 2 or 8GB variations.

The difference in service is that the iPhone offers more than 100,000 apps in the Apple AppStore, most of which will cost money to download, whereas the Bada Store is relatively newer. It will take a bit of time before Samsung applications catch up with what Apple’s AppStore has to offer.

We would guess that the Samsung Wave will retail at around two-thirds the price of the iPhone 3GS. The branding of the iPhone has really put a crimp in the style of the other manufacturers. Gone are the days when flagship devices such as the Samsung Wave would enter the market for nothing less than RM 2,500.

Apple iPhone 3G S (RM 2370 - 2450 AP)

3.5G HSDPA + WiFi 802.11 b/g, Touchscreen Candybar, 3.0 MP Camera, 16 or 32GB Memory

The Apple iPhone 3G S, features improved speed and performance - up to twice as fast as the iPhone 3G. It has longer battery life, a high-quality 3 megapixel autofocus camera, easy to use video recording and hands free voice control. iPhone 3G S includes the new iPhone OS 3.0, with over 100 new features such as Cut, Copy and Paste, MMS, Spotlight Search, landscape keyboard and a new Find My iPhone feature that works together with MobileMe to help you locate a lost iPhone.

Data speeds are upped to 7.2 Mbps HSDPA, and storage capacity will extended to 32GB as well. Users' can expect a built-in compass, Nike+ support, and a more powerful battery that offers 5 hours of 3G talk time and 9 hours of WiFi internet use. There is a voice control interface that allows voice commands to be understood by the iPhone 3G S. Apple is also touting an oleophobic (fingerprint resistant) coating

Samsung Wave (RM 1,699)
3.5G HSDPA + WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Touchscreen Candybar, 5.0 MP Camera, 2/8 GB RAM + microSD (32GB max)

Samsung Wave S8500 is the first mobile handset to be released on Samsung's new, open mobile platform, Samsung bada.

The Samsung Wave S8500 offers a Super AMOLED 3.3" display that makes the screen truly come alive, a Social Hub to bring you closer to your contacts and connections, and TouchWiz 3.0 for an intuitive and hugely customizable user interface. The Wave's high-speed CPU ensures swift, smooth application experiences and multi-tasking, making the device an always-on mobile multimedia companion.

The Super AMOLED offers much brighter, clearer, and less reflective AMOLED OnCell display, featuring a high resolution WVGA (800x480 pixels) screen with mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine) technology.