Nokia 500 vs. 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 Has a camera flash Avoid blurry pictures when there isn't enough light Average speed wifi 802.11n (150 mbps) Long talk time 14.6 hours Long standby time 38.5 days Better bluetooth support 3.0 Really small 55x109x11 mm Thick 12 mm Small battery capacity 1,200 mAh 4.3 Runner-up Nokia 500 Reasons to buy the Nokia 500 Multitasking Switch between running apps Recent network technology 3.5G Wifi hotspot Share your phone's Internet connection with wifi devices Few apps available Nokia Ovi Store sharp screen 228 PPI Average resolution 5 MP Low resolution screen 640x360 Light-weight 93 g Low resolution movies 480p @ 15fps Average speed max data speeds HSDPA (7.2 mbps) Very little internal storage 2 GB

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Overview

Photo & Video 4.2 vs 7.2 Winner: Samsung Wave 525 [details] Features a camera flash for taking photos with less light Battery 4.0 vs 5.6 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 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			Samsung Wave 525
	Camera	5 MP	vs	3.2 MP	They both have cameras
	Flash	No	vs	Yes	The Wave 525 has a camera flash which helps avoid blurry photos when there isn't enough light
	Secondary Camera	None	vs	None
	Movie format	480p @ 15fps	vs	320 x 240	Poor movies
	Video out	None	vs	None	Neither have video output to connect to TVs etc

Battery

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

Screen

	Nokia 500			Samsung Wave 525
	Screen size	3.2"	vs	3.2"	Very small screens
	Screen resolution	640x360	vs	400x240	Low resolution screens
	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
	Screen type	TFT LCD	vs	TFT LCD	Both have LCD screens, fairly common
	Touchscreen type	Capacitive	vs	Capacitive	Touchscreen

Size

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

Music

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

Storage

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

Keyboard & keypad

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

Web browsing

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

Network

	Nokia 500			Samsung Wave 525
	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
	Generation	3.5G	vs	2.5G	The 500 has standard network technology, but the Wave 525's is older than most
	Download speed	Unknown	vs	Unknown
	Upload speed	Unknown	vs	Unknown
	Network latency	Unknown	vs	Unknown
	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
	Wifi hotspot	Yes	vs	No	The 500 has a wifi hotspot to share it's Internet connection with other wifi devices
	NFC	No	vs	No	Neither support NFC for wireless transactions
	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			Samsung Wave 525
	Frequency	1.0 GHz	vs	Unknown
	Number of cores	Single core	vs	Single core	Both have less multitasking capability due to having only 1 core
	RAM	256 MB	vs	Unknown

Sensors

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

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