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BlackBerry Q5 vs T-Mobile MDA Basic

 
Brief information about compared phones: BlackBerry Q5 , T-Mobile MDA Basic

BlackBerry Q5 2013 year of release. cpu Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait. screen 3.1". with resolution 720x720. Smartphone has 2 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 3.1" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 31.0 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 1:1 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 39.1% 39.2%
Screen resolution 720 x 720 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 328 PPI 143 PPI
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 5 MP, f/2.4, 30mm (standard), AF 2 MP
Functions LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video 720p Yes
Front camera, selfie 2 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 2 MP
Performance Operating system OS BlackBerry OS 10.2, upgradable to 10.3.1 Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 225
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 8 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Antutu 7 score 16878
General specs Release date 2013, May 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 120 Х 66 Х 10.8 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 120 g 110 g
Colors Black, White, Red, Gray, Pink Gray
Battery 2180 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 70 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 336 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 12 h 30 min (3G) Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Micro-SIM Mini-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - all versions -3G - HSDPA 800 / 850 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - SQR100-1  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - SQR100-2, SQR100-3 -4G - LTE band 2(1900), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 17(700) - SQR100-1  LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - SQR100-2 Show all network frequencies:
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 10
Edge Yes Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS No
NFC Yes (market dependent)
USB microUSB 2.0 miniUSB
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, LE 2.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.33 W/kg (head)     0.85 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 1.38 W/kg (head)     0.85 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio FM radio (after SW upgrade) No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Q5
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB