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Nokia N97 vs T-Mobile MDA Basic

 
Brief information about compared phones: Nokia N97 , T-Mobile MDA Basic

Nokia N97 2008 year of release. cpu 434 MHz ARM 11. screen 3.5". with resolution 360x640. 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 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 52.1% 39.2%
Screen resolution 360 x 640 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 210 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 light
Video VGA@15fps Yes
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications
Performance Operating system OS Symbian 9.4, Series 60 rel. 5 Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU 434 MHz ARM 11 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
External memory microSD, up to 16 GB (dedicated slot) microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 128 MB RAM 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
General specs Release date 2008, November 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 117.2 Х 55.3 Х 15.9 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 150 g 110 g
Colors White, Black Gray
Battery 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Po 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 140 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 432 h (2G) / 408 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 9 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G) Music play - Up to 40 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 Class 10
Edge Class 32 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 - 0.90 W/kg (head)     1.25 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.67 W/kg (head)    
Music and Audio Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS; FM trans No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others Handwriting recognition TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy N97
  • Internal memory 128 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB