| Local Name | S8500 Wave |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA |
| 3G Bands | HSDPA 900 / 2100 | HSDPA 850 / 1900 - North America |
| 2G Bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Speed | HSPA 3.6/2 Mbps |
| GPRS | Class 10 |
| EDGE | Class 10 |
| Announced | 2010, February |
| Status | Available. Released 2010, April |
| Dimensions | 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (4.65 x 2.20 x 0.43 in) |
| Weight | 118 g (4.16 oz) |
| SIM | Mini-SIM |
| Display Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Screen Size | 3.3 inches (~46.9% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 480 x 800 pixels (~283 ppi pixel density) |
| Mulitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass | TouchWiz UI 3.0 - Handwriting recognition |
| OS | Bada OS, upgradable to v2.0 |
| Chipset | Hummingbird |
| CPU | 1 GHz Cortex-A8 |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX540 |
| Card Slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal Memory | 390 MB |
| Primary Camera | 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash |
| Camera Features | Geo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stablilization, touch focus |
| Video | 720p@30fps |
| Secondary Camera | Yes |
| Alert Types | Vibration, MP3 ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes |
| 3.5mm Jack | Yes |
| Sound | DNSe (Digital Natural Sound Engine) |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v3.0, A2DP |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording |
| USB | microUSB v2.0 |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, proximity, compass |
| Messaging | SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, Palringo IM |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.0 |
| Features Summary | TV-Out, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player, MP4/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player, Organizer, Picsel document viewer, Photo editor, Voice memo, Predictive text input (T9 Trace) |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery |
| Stand By | Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) |
| Talk Time | Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) |
| Music Play | Up to 35 h |
| Colors | Ebony Gray |
| SAR EU | 0.99 W/kg (head) |
