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T-Mobile MDA Basic vs BlackBerry Key2

 
Brief information about compared phones: BlackBerry Key2 , T-Mobile MDA Basic

BlackBerry Key2 2018 year of release. cpu Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260). screen 4.5". with resolution 1080x1620. Smartphone has 8 megapixel front camera and 12 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 4.5" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 60.0 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 3:2 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 55.2% 39.2%
Screen resolution 1080 x 1620 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 434 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.3'', 1.28µm, dual pixel PDAF -12 MP, f/2.6, 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, PDAF 2 MP
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps Yes
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 8 MP, f/2.0, 1/4'', 1.12µm
Performance Operating system OS Android 8.1 (Oreo) Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Qualcomm SDM660 Snapdragon 660 (14 nm) TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.2 GHz Kryo 260 & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 260) 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 512
External memory microSD, up to 256 GB microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64/128 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Antutu 7 score 104256
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1628
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 5894
General specs Release date 2018, June 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.4 Х 71.8 Х 8.5 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 168 g 110 g
Colors Black, Silver Gray
Battery 3500 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 500 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Body build aluminum frame (7000 series), plastic back
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - BBF100-6 only Mini-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (BBF100-6 model only) -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 19(800), 20(800), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - EU, Africa, AU (BBF100-1)  LTE band 1(2100), 14(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - Canada, US, LATAM (BBF100-2)  LTE band 1(2100), 41(2500) - ME, APAC, India (BBF100-6)  LTE band 1(2100), 41(2500) - China (BBF100-4) Show all network frequencies:
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (3CA) Cat11 600/75 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 10
Edge Yes Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, WiFi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS2 No
NFC Yes
USB 3.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector, USB On-The-Go miniUSB
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, EDR 2.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.72 W/kg (head)     1.68 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio FM radio No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass - Fast battery charging: 50% in 36 min (Quick Charge 3.0) - Capacitive touch 4-row BlackBerry keyboard - Versions: BBF100-1 (EU, Africa, AU); BBF100-2 (Canada, US, LATAM); BBF100-6 (ME, APAC, India); BBF100-4 (China) Also known as BlackBerry Athena Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Key2
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB