| Local Name | S8600 Wave 3 |
| Technology | GSM / HSPA |
| 3G Bands | HSDPA 900 / 2100 |
| 2G Bands | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 |
| Speed | HSPA 14.4/5.76 Mbps |
| GPRS | Yes |
| EDGE | Yes |
| Announced | 2011, August |
| Status | Available. Released 2011, October |
| Dimensions | 125.9 x 64.2 x 9.9 mm (4.96 x 2.53 x 0.39 in) |
| Weight | 122 g (4.30 oz) |
| SIM | Mini-SIM |
| Display Type | Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Screen Size | 4.0 inches (~56.3% screen-to-body ratio) |
| Resolution | 480 x 800 pixels (~233 ppi pixel density) |
| Mulitouch | Yes |
| Protection | Corning Gorilla Glass | TouchWiz UI - Handwriting recognition |
| OS | bada OS, v2.0 |
| CPU | 1.4 GHz Scorpion |
| Card Slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal Memory | 4 GB |
| 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 | VGA |
| 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, Wi-Fi Direct, UMA, hotspot |
| Bluetooth | v3.0, A2DP, EDR |
| 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(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM |
| Browser | WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML |
| Java | Yes, MIDP 2.1 |
| Features Summary | Samsung ChatON, TV-Out, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+/Flac player, MP4/MKV/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player, Organizer, Music recognition, Document viewer, Photo editor, Voice memo, Predictive text input (T9 Trace) |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery |
| Stand By | Up to 535 h (2G) / Up to 517 h (3G) |
| Talk Time | Up to 14 h 15 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 40 min (3G) |
| Colors | Black |
| SAR US | 0.53 W/kg (head) 0.82 W/kg (body) |
| SAR EU | 0.83 W/kg (head) |