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Nokia N96 vs T-Mobile MDA Basic

 
Brief information about compared phones: Nokia N96 , T-Mobile MDA Basic

Nokia N96 2008 year of release. cpu 264 MHz Dual ARM 9. screen 2.8". with resolution 240x320. 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 TFT TFT
Touchscreen resistive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 65K
Screen size 2.8" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 24.3 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 4:3 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 42.9% 39.2%
Screen resolution 240 x 320 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 143 PPI 143 PPI
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 5 MP, AF 2 MP
Functions Carl Zeiss optics, LED flash
Video 480p@30fps Yes
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications VGA videocall camera
Performance Operating system OS Symbian OS 9.3, S60 rel. 3.2 Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU 264 MHz Dual ARM 9 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 16 GB, 128 MB RAM 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
General specs Release date 2008, February 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 103 Х 55 Х 18 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 125 g 110 g
Colors Black, Silver, Quartz Gray
Battery 950 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 220 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 220 h (2G) / 192 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 3 h 40 min (2G) / 2 h 36 min (3G) Music play - Up to 14 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 3.6/0.384 Mbps
GPRS Class 32, 107 / 64.2 kbps Class 10
Edge Class 32, 296 kbps; DTM Class 11, 177 kbps Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS; Nokia Maps No
NFC
USB microUSB 2.0 miniUSB
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP 2.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 0.68 W/kg (head)     0.89 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.82 W/kg (head)    
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 DVB-H TV broadcast receiver -WMV/RV/MP4/3GP player -MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/AAC/M4A player -TV-out -Organizer -Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF) -Predictive text input -Push to talk -Voice dial/memo - Dual slide design -Built-in kickstand Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy N96
  • Internal memory 128 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB