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T-Mobile MDA Basic vs alcatel Idol Mini

 
Brief information about compared phones: alcatel Idol Mini , T-Mobile MDA Basic

alcatel Idol Mini 2013 year of release. cpu Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7. screen 4.3". with resolution 480x854. Smartphone has 0 megapixel front camera and 5 megapixel main camera .

T-Mobile MDA Basic 2009 year of release. cpu 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S. screen 2.8". with resolution 240x320. Smartphone has 2 megapixel main camera .

Display Technology IPS LCD TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen resistive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 65K
Screen size 4.3" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 51.0 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 64.7% 39.2%
Screen resolution 480 x 854 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 228 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection oleophobic coating
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 5 MP, AF 2 MP
Functions LED flash, panorama
Video 720p@30fps Yes
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications
Performance Operating system OS Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean) Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Mediatek MT6572 (28 nm) TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU Mali-400
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) - single-SIM model microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 4 GB, 512 MB RAM (Singlel SIM)/ 8 GB, 512 MB RAM (Dual SIM) 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Antutu 7 score 12430
General specs Release date 2013, August 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 127.1 Х 62 Х 7.9 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 96 g 110 g
Colors Cranberry Pink, Silver, Slate Gray
Battery 1700 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 130 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 540 h (2G) / Up to 450 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 20 h (2G) / Up to 9 h (3G) Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions Show all network frequencies:
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 10
Edge Yes Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS No
NFC
USB microUSB 2.0 miniUSB
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP 2.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.94 W/kg (head)     1.29 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass - Also known as Alcatel OT-6012D, Alcatel OT-6012E with dual-SIM card slots Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Idol Mini
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB