Samsung S8600 Wave 3 vs Google Pixel 9a

Samsung S8600 Wave 3

Samsung S8600 Wave 3

Announced On:August, 2011

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Google Pixel 9a

Google Pixel 9a

Announced On:March, 2025

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Samsung S8600 Wave 3 vs Google Pixel 9a

Samsung S8600 Wave 3	Google Pixel 9a

Price
EUR: €150	EUR: €550
USD: N/A	USD: N/A
GBP: N/A	GBP: N/A
INR: N/A	INR: N/A
PKR: N/A	PKR: N/A

Form Factor
Body
Candybar, Touchscreen	Candybar, Touchscreen
Dimensions
125.9 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm (4.96 x 2.53 x 0.39 in)	154.7 x 73.3 x 8.9 mm (6.09 x 2.89 x 0.35 in)
Weight
122 g (4.30 oz)	186 g (6.56 oz)
Build
	Glass front (Gorilla Glass), aluminum frame, plastic back IP68 dust tight and water resistant (immersible up to 1.5m for 30 min)
Colors
Black	Obsidian, Porcelain, Iris, Peony
Models
	GXQ96, GTF7P, G3Y12

Type
Display
Super AMOLED TouchWiz UI Handwriting recognition	P-OLED, HDR, 120Hz, 1800 nits (HBM), 2700 nits (peak) Always-on display
Size
4.0 inches, 45.5 cm² (~56.3% screen-to-body ratio)	6.3 inches, 94.7 cm² (~83.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution
480 x 800 pixels, 5:3 ratio (~233 ppi density)	1080 x 2424 pixels, 20:9 ratio (~422 ppi density)
Multitouch
Yes
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass	Corning Gorilla Glass 3

Technology
Network
GSM / HSPA	GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G
2G Bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Bands
HSDPA 900 / 2100	HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100
4G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 26, 28, 32, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 66, 75 International
5G Bands
	1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12, 20, 26, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 75, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 International

Alert Types
Notifications
Vibration, MP3 ringtones

Internal Memory
Memory
4GB	128GB ROM, 8GB RAM 256GB ROM, 8GB RAM
Storage Type
	UFS 3.1
Card Slot
microSDHC (dedicated slot)	No
Phonebook
Yes, Photocall
Call Records
Yes

GPRS
Connectivity
Yes
EDGE
Yes
Speed
HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps	HSPA, LTE (CA), 5G
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, UMA, hotspot	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6e, dual/tri-band (market/region dependent)
Bluetooth
3.0, A2DP, EDR	5.3, A2DP, LE
USB
microUSB 2.0	USB Type-C 3.2
GPS
Yes, with A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator
NFC
	Yes

Main Camera
Camera
5 MP, AF	Primary: 48 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/2.0", 0.8µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS Secondary: 13 MP, f/2.2, 120" (ultrawide), 1/3.1", 1.12µm
Camera Features
LED flash	Dual-LED flash, Pixel Shift, Ultra HDR, panorama, Best Take
Video
720p@30fps	4K@30/60fps, 1080p@30/60/120/240fps, gyro-EIS, OIS
Selfie Camera
VGA	13 MP, f/2.2, 20mm (ultrawide), 1/3.1", 1.12µm Features: HDR, panorama Video: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps

Audio Format Support
Multimedia
MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/Flac
Video Format Support
MP4/MKV/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX
Radio
Stereo FM radio, RDS, recording	No

Operating System (OS)
Software
bada OS, v2.0	Android OS, v15
Upgradable
	Up to 7 major Android upgrades
Java
Yes, MIDP 2.1
Browser
WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML
Messaging
SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Games
Yes + downloadable

Chipset
Hardware
	Google Tensor G4 (4 nm)
CPU
1.4 GHz Scorpion	Octa-core (1x3.1 GHz Cortex-X4 & 3x2.6 GHz Cortex-A720 & 4x1.9 GHz Cortex-A520)
GPU
	Mali-G715 MP7
Sensors
Accelerometer, proximity, compass	Fingerprint (under display, optical), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer
SIM
Mini-SIM	Nano-SIM +
Speakers
Yes	Yes, with stereo speakers
Audio Jack
3.5 mm	No
TV Out
Yes

Battery Type
Battery
Removable Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery	Li-Po 5100 mAh
Standby
Up to 535 h (2G) / Up to 517 h (3G)
Charging
	23W wired, PD3.0 7.5W wireless Bypass charging (w/ "Limit to 80%" option enabled)
Talk Time
Up to 14 h 15 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 40 min (3G)

Features
Additional Features
Samsung ChatON Music recognition Document viewer Photo editor Voice memo Predictive text input (T9 Trace)	Circle to Search

SAR US
Misc
0.53 W/kg (head) 0.82 W/kg (body)
SAR EU
0.83 W/kg (head)	0.99 W/kg (head) 1.39 W/kg (body)

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