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Samsung S8530 Wave II
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Full Specifications September 4, 2026
Samsung · 2010

Samsung S8530 Wave II

Samsung S8530 Wave II Bada OS smartphone. Announced Oct 2010. Features 3.7″ display, Hummingbird chipset, 5 MP primary camera, 1500 mAh battery, 2 GB storage, Corning Gorilla Glass.

Display 3.7"
Chipset Hummingbird
Storage 2GB storage, microSDHC slot
Camera 5 MP
Battery 1500 mAh
OS bada 1.2, TouchWiz UI 3
Build 135g, 11.8mm thickness

Launch

Announced 2010, October. Released 2010, November
Status Discontinued

Platform

OS bada 1.2, TouchWiz UI 3
Chipset Hummingbird
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX540

Display

Type Super Clear LCD
Size 3.7 inches, 39.0 cm 2 (~52.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~252 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
displayother Handwriting recognition

Memory

Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 2 GB included
Internal 2GB

Main Camera

Single 5 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 720p@30fps

Selfie camera

Single Yes

Body

Dimensions 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm (4.88 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM

Battery

Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)

Sound

Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

Comms

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB 2.0

Network

Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps

Features

Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
featuresother TV-Out MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player MP4/MKV/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player Organizer Music recognition Picsel document viewer Photo editor Voice memo Predictive text input (T9 Trace)

Our Tests

Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.3dB

Misc

Colors Ebony Gray
SAR 0.41 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.39 W/kg (head)
In depth

Full specifications

Announced 2010, October. Released 2010, November
Status Discontinued
OS bada 1.2, TouchWiz UI 3
Chipset Hummingbird
CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU PowerVR SGX540
Type Super Clear LCD
Size 3.7 inches, 39.0 cm 2 (~52.6% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~252 ppi density)
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass
displayother Handwriting recognition
Card slot microSDHC (dedicated slot), 2 GB included
Internal 2GB
Single 5 MP, AF
Features LED flash
Video 720p@30fps
Single Yes
Dimensions 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm (4.88 x 2.35 x 0.46 in)
Weight 135 g (4.76 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Type Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP
Positioning GPS, A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB 2.0
Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
featuresother TV-Out MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player MP4/MKV/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player Organizer Music recognition Picsel document viewer Photo editor Voice memo Predictive text input (T9 Trace)
Camera Photo / Video
Loudspeaker Voice 66dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 66dB
Audio quality Noise -90.9dB / Crosstalk -92.3dB
Colors Ebony Gray
SAR 0.41 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)
SAR EU 0.39 W/kg (head)
Price About 120 EUR
PhoneInsight Benchmark
23.5/100
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Processor 16.6
Display 51.5
Camera 35.3
Battery 32
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