Samsung Galaxy
Y
vs. Samsung
Wave 533

Samsung Wave 533

5.5

Winner

Samsung Wave 533

"Samsung Wave 533 has a 1200mAh battery with no official talk time specs yet, but we achieved about two days of using the handset, so we are at least positive that it hits the average mark."
phonearena.com | talking about the Wave 533's battery
"The Samsung Wave 533 is the first bada OS phone with a physical keyboard, and it is a good one – with ample space between keys, and enough travel to them."
phonearena.com | talking about the Wave 533's keyboard

Reasons to buy the Samsung Wave 533

Flash
Has a camera flash
Avoid blurry pictures when there isn't enough light
Standby time
Long standby time
45.4 days
Keyboard
Full keyboard
QWERTY keyboard
Talk time
Long talk time
14 hours
Camera resolution
Low resolution
3.2 MP
Screen PPI
Not very sharp screen
145 PPI
Samsung Galaxy Y

4.2

Runner-up Android

Samsung Galaxy Y

Reasons to buy the Samsung Galaxy Y

App store
Average number of apps available
Android App Market
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
Size
Really small
58x104x11 mm
Weight
Light-weight
98 g
Thickness
Thin
12 mm
Network
Average speed max data speeds
HSDPA (7.2 mbps)

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Overview

Keyboard & keypad 1.0 vs 5.5
Samsung Wave 533 Winner: Samsung Wave 533
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  • A physical keyboard is great for emailing and typing in general, QWERTY keyboard vs None
Photo & Video 4.2 vs 7.2
Samsung Wave 533 Winner: Samsung Wave 533
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  • Features a camera flash for taking photos with less light
Battery 3.3 vs 5.8
Samsung Wave 533 Winner: Samsung Wave 533
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  • More than 9x more standby time, less frequent charging, 45.4 days vs 5 days
  • Around 2.5x more talk time per battery charge, 14 hours vs 6 hours
Size 7.8 vs 7.2
Samsung Galaxy Y Winner: Samsung Galaxy Y
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  • More than 20% smaller, 58x104x11 mm vs 55x109x15 mm
  • Around 20% lighter, 98 g vs 116 g
  • More than 20% thinner, 12 mm vs 15 mm
Music 7.0 vs 7.0
Too close to call
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  • Both have built in FM radios to listen to news and music from FM stations
Screen 4.7 vs 4.7
Too close to call
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  • Low resolution screens
  • Very small screens
  • Lower quality display of text, images and video
Storage 1.5 vs 1.5
Too close to call
[details]
  • Less internal storage than average for storing music, photos and movies
Web browsing 3.8 vs -
Missing information
[details]
  • Neither supports Adobe Flash
Processing power 4.6 vs -
Missing information
[details]
  • Both have less multitasking capability due to having only 1 core
Network 5.8 vs -
Missing information
[details]
  • Neither support NFC for wireless transactions
Sensors 7.8 vs -
Missing information
[details]
Overall 4.2 vs 5.5

Keyboard & keypad

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Numeric keypad None vs None Neither has a numeric keypad
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Keyboard None vs QWERTY keyboard The Wave 533 has a full keyboard, the Galaxy Y doesn't have a keyboard at all

Photo & Video

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Camera 2 MP vs 3.2 MP They both have cameras
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Flash No vs Yes The Wave 533 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 320 x 240 @ 15fps vs 320 x 240 Low resolution video
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Video out None vs None Neither have video output to connect to TVs etc

Battery

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Talk time 6 hours vs 14 hours The Wave 533 has good talk time, but the Galaxy Y is poor
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Standby time 5 days vs 45.4 days The Wave 533 has very long standby time, but the Galaxy Y is poor
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Battery capacity 1,200 mAh vs 1,200 mAh Lower capacity batteries
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Technology Lithium Ion vs Unknown

Size

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Weight 98 g vs 116 g Light weight, with the Galaxy Y being particularly light
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Thickness 12 mm vs 15 mm Average thickness
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Size 58x104x11 mm vs 55x109x15 mm The Galaxy Y is fairly small, but the Wave 533 is not far behind
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Waterproof No vs No Neither are waterproof

Music

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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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

Screen

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Screen size 3.0" vs 3.2" Very small screens
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Screen resolution 320x240 vs 400x240 Low resolution screens
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Screen PPI 132 PPI vs 145 PPI Lower quality display of text, images and video
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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

Storage

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Memory card Micro SD, Micro SDHC vs Micro SD, Micro SDHC Both have memory card slots
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Internal storage 160 MB vs 100 MB Less internal storage than average for storing music, photos and movies

Web browsing

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Browser benchmark 2,436 ms vs Unknown
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Adobe Flash support No vs No Neither supports Adobe Flash

Processing power

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Frequency 0.8 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 276 MB vs Unknown

Network

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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Network HSDPA (7.2 mbps) vs EDGE (0.384 mbps) The Galaxy Y's has average data speed, but the Wave 533 is slower than most
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Generation 3.5G vs 2.5G The Galaxy Y has standard network technology, but the Wave 533's is older than most
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Download speed 1.57 mbps vs Unknown
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Upload speed 0.31 mbps vs Unknown
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Network latency 266 ms vs Unknown
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Wifi 802.11n (150 mbps) vs 802.11n (150 mbps) Average wifi speed
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Wifi hotspot Yes vs No The Galaxy Y 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 3.0 vs 3.0 Average bluetooth support

Sensors

Samsung
Galaxy Y
Samsung Galaxy Y
Samsung Wave 533 Samsung
Wave 533
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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 No vs No

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