Samsung Galaxy J5 vs Samsung S8530 Wave II Comparison and Differences

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Samsung Galaxy J5

Samsung Galaxy J5

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Samsung S8530 Wave II

Samsung S8530 Wave II

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Samsung Galaxy J5 or Samsung S8530 Wave II Specs Comparison

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Common specs

Brand and model Samsung Galaxy J5 Samsung S8530 Wave II
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Release date 2015, June 2010, October
Dimensions (HxWxD) 142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9 mm | 5.59 x 5.59 x 2.83 in 123.9 x 59.8 x 11.8 mm | 4.88 x 4.88 x 2.35 in
Weight 146 g | 5.15 oz 135 g | 4.76 oz
Body Build Plastic body
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Colors White, Black, Gold Ebony Gray
Battery 2600 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Battery life Talking time - Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play - Up to 62 h
Stand by time - Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 500 h (3G)
Talking time - Up to 13 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
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Screen

Technology Super AMOLED Super Clear LCD
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5" in 3.7" in
Screen area 68.9 cm2 39.0 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 67.5% 52.6%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 480 x 800 px
Screen PPI /points per inch/ 294 PPI 252 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass
Other specs - Handwriting recognition
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Camera and Video

Rear camera, main 13 MP, Single 5 MP, Single
Camera specs -13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), AF -5 MP, AF
Functions LED flash LED flash
Video 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm (wide)
Functions LED flash

Performance

Operating system - OS Android 5.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 6.0.1 (Marshmallow) bada 1.2; TouchWiz UI 3
Chipset - Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410 (28 nm) - Hummingbird Exynos
CPU - Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53 - 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
GPU Adreno 306 PowerVR SGX540
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot), 2 GB included
Internal memory 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM 2 GB

Benchmark

Antutu 7 Total
GeekBench 5 Single Core 80
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 226
GeekBench 4 Single Core 491
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 1201
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 869

Communication and Connectivity

SIM card Single SIM (Micro-SIM)Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network GSM / HSPA / LTE GSM / HSPA
Bands -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
-3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
-4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800)
-2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 10
Edge Yes Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator
NFC Yes (market dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0, USB On-The-Go microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.1, A2DP 3.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.80 W/kg (head)     1.13 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.61 W/kg (head)     0.48 W/kg (body)    
SAR - 0.41 W/kg (head)     0.44 W/kg (body)    
SAR EU - 0.39 W/kg (head)    

Music and Audio

Radio FM radio, RDS, recording Stereo FM radio, RDS, recordin
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine)

Other features

Sensors - Accelerometer, proximity - Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Other extras
- ANT+

- 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)
Versions
- Versions: J500F/J700FN (Global Single-SIM); J500F/DS (Global Dual-SIM); J500G/DS (Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand); J500Y (Australia, New Zealand); J500M (LATAM); J500M/DS (Brazil); J500H/DS

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