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T-Mobile MDA Basic vs Nokia N8

 
Brief information about compared phones: Nokia N8 , T-Mobile MDA Basic

Nokia N8 2010 year of release. cpu 680 MHz ARM 11. screen 3.5". with resolution 360x640. Smartphone has 0 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 AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen resistive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 65K
Screen size 3.5" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 33.8 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 50.3% 39.2%
Screen resolution 360 x 640 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 210 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 12 MP, 1/1.83'', AF 2 MP
Functions Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon flash, ND filter
Video 720p@25fps, 720p@30fps (via SW update) Yes
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications VGA videocall camera
Performance Operating system OS Symbian^3, upgradable to Nokia Belle Refresh Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU 680 MHz ARM 11 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU Broadcom BCM2727
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
General specs Release date 2010, April 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 113.5 Х 59.1 Х 12.9 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 135 g 110 g
Colors Dark Grey, Silver White, Green, Blue, Orange, Pink, Bronze Gray
Battery 1200 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 140 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 390 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 12 h (2G) / Up to 5 h 50 min (3G) Music play - Up to 50 h Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Mini-SIM Mini-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 Show all network frequencies:
Speed HSPA 10.2/2 Mbps
GPRS Class 33 Class 10
Edge Class 33 Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS; Ovi Maps 3.0 No
NFC
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host miniUSB
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 2.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.09 W/kg (head)     0.85 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 1.02 W/kg (head)    
Music and Audio Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS; FM trans 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 Accelerometer, proximity, compass - TV-out (720p video) via HDMI with Dolby Digital Plus sound -Anodized aluminum casing Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy N8
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB