Nokia
500
vs. Samsung
Wave 525

Samsung Wave 525

4.9

Winner

Samsung Wave 525

"Typing on the virtual keyboard is easy, and the keys positions are well chosen in both landscape and portrait modes"
phonearena.com | talking about the Wave 525's keyboard
"Samsung Wave 525 has a 1200mAh battery with no official endurance specs, but we did manage to squeeze two days of fooling around with the handset, so we are at least positive that it hits the average mark."
phonearena.com | talking about the Wave 525's battery

Reasons to buy the Samsung Wave 525

Flash
Has a camera flash
Avoid blurry pictures when there isn't enough light
Wifi
Average speed wifi
802.11n (150 mbps)
Talk time
Long talk time
14.6 hours
Standby time
Long standby time
38.5 days
Bluetooth
Better bluetooth support
3.0
Size
Really small
55x109x11 mm
Thickness
Thick
12 mm
Battery capacity
Small battery capacity
1,200 mAh
Nokia 500

4.3

Runner-up

Nokia 500

Reasons to buy the Nokia 500

Multitasking
Multitasking
Switch between running apps
Generation
Recent network technology
3.5G
Wifi hotspot
Wifi hotspot
Share your phone's Internet connection with wifi devices
App store
Few apps available
Nokia Ovi Store
Screen PPI
sharp screen
228 PPI
Camera resolution
Average resolution
5 MP
Screen resolution
Low resolution screen
640x360
Weight
Light-weight
93 g
Movie format
Low resolution movies
480p @ 15fps
Network
Average speed max data speeds
HSDPA (7.2 mbps)
Internal storage
Very little internal storage
2 GB

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Overview

Photo & Video 4.2 vs 7.2
Samsung Wave 525 Winner: Samsung Wave 525
[details]
  • Features a camera flash for taking photos with less light
Battery 4.0 vs 5.6
Samsung Wave 525 Winner: Samsung Wave 525
[details]
  • More than 2x more talk time per battery charge, 14.6 hours vs 7 hours
  • More than 80% more standby time, less frequent charging, 38.5 days vs 21 days
  • Around 10% higher capacity battery, 1,200 mAh vs 1,110 mAh
Screen 5.3 vs 4.7
Nokia 500 Winner: Nokia 500
[details]
  • Around 60% crisper display of text, images and video, 228 PPI vs 145 PPI
  • Around 2.5x higher resolution screen, 640x360 vs 400x240
Size 7.5 vs 7.5
Too close to call
[details]
  • Light weight, with the 500 being particularly light
Music 7.0 vs 7.0
Too close to call
[details]
  • Both have built in FM radios to listen to news and music from FM stations
Storage 1.5 vs 1.5
Too close to call
[details]
  • Less internal storage than average for storing music, photos and movies
Keyboard & keypad 1.0 vs 1.0
Too close to call
[details]
Web browsing - vs -
Missing information
[details]
  • Neither supports Adobe Flash
Network - vs -
Missing information
[details]
  • Neither support NFC for wireless transactions
Processing power 5.4 vs -
Missing information
[details]
  • Both have less multitasking capability due to having only 1 core
Sensors 10.0 vs -
Missing information
[details]
Overall 4.3 vs 4.9

Photo & Video

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Camera 5 MP vs 3.2 MP They both have cameras
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Flash No vs Yes The Wave 525 has a camera flash which helps avoid blurry photos when there isn't enough light
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Secondary Camera None vs None
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Movie format 480p @ 15fps vs 320 x 240 Poor movies
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Video out None vs None Neither have video output to connect to TVs etc

Battery

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Talk time 7 hours vs 14.6 hours The Wave 525 has good talk time, but the 500 is average
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Standby time 21 days vs 38.5 days The Wave 525 has very long standby time, while the 500 is average
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Battery capacity 1,110 mAh vs 1,200 mAh Lower capacity batteries
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Technology Lithium Ion vs Unknown

Screen

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Screen size 3.2" vs 3.2" Very small screens
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Screen resolution 640x360 vs 400x240 Low resolution screens
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Screen PPI 228 PPI vs 145 PPI The 500's screen is somewhat sharp, but the Wave 525's is poor likely resulting in pixelation
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Screen type TFT LCD vs TFT LCD Both have LCD screens, fairly common
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Touchscreen type Capacitive vs Capacitive Touchscreen

Size

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Weight 93 g vs 100 g Light weight, with the 500 being particularly light
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Thickness 14 mm vs 12 mm Average thickness
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Size 53x111x14 mm vs 55x109x11 mm The Wave 525 is fairly small, but the 500 is not far behind
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Waterproof No vs No Neither are waterproof

Music

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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FM Radio Yes vs Yes Both have built in FM radios to listen to news and music from FM stations
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FM Transmitter No vs No Neither have built-in FM transmitters
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Headphone jack 3.5 mm vs 3.5 mm Both have a headphone jack

Storage

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Memory card Micro SD, Micro SDHC vs Micro SDHC, Micro SD Both have memory card slots
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Internal storage 2 GB vs 100 MB Less internal storage than average for storing music, photos and movies

Keyboard & keypad

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Numeric keypad None vs None Neither has a numeric keypad
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Keyboard None vs None Neither has a physical keyboard

Web browsing

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Browser benchmark Unknown vs Unknown
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Adobe Flash support No vs No Neither supports Adobe Flash

Network

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Network HSDPA (7.2 mbps) vs EDGE (0.384 mbps) The 500's has average data speed, but the Wave 525 is slower than most
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Generation 3.5G vs 2.5G The 500 has standard network technology, but the Wave 525's is older than most
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Download speed Unknown vs Unknown
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Upload speed Unknown vs Unknown
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Network latency Unknown vs Unknown
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Wifi 802.11g (54 mbps) vs 802.11n (150 mbps) The Wave 525's has average speed wifi, but the 500 is slower than most
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Wifi hotspot Yes vs No The 500 has a wifi hotspot to share it's Internet connection with other wifi devices
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NFC No vs No Neither support NFC for wireless transactions
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Bluetooth 2.1 vs 3.0 The Wave 525 has average bluetooth support, but the 500's bluetooth support is somewhat older

Processing power

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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Frequency 1.0 GHz vs Unknown
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Number of cores Single core vs Single core Both have less multitasking capability due to having only 1 core
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RAM 256 MB vs Unknown

Sensors

Nokia
500
Nokia 500
Samsung Wave 525 Samsung
Wave 525
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GPS Assisted GPS vs Assisted GPS Have assisted GPS
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Accelerometer Yes vs Yes Both include an accelerometer
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Compass Yes vs Unknown
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Gyroscope Yes vs No

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