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Samsung Galaxy Alpha vs T-Mobile MDA Basic

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy Alpha , T-Mobile MDA Basic

Samsung Galaxy Alpha 2014 year of release. cpu Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7). screen 4.7". with resolution 720x1280. Smartphone has 2 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 Super AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen resistive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 65K
Screen size 4.7" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 60.9 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 70.2% 39.2%
Screen resolution 720 x 1280 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 312 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 12 MP, f/2.2, 31mm (standard), AF 2 MP
Functions LED flash, panorama, HDR
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@60fps, 720p@120fps Yes
Front camera, selfie 2.1 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 2.1 MP
Performance Operating system OS Android 4.4.4 (KitKat), upgradable to 5.0.2 (Lollipop) Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Exynos 5430 Octa (20 nm) TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A15 & 4x1.3 GHz Cortex-A7) 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU Mali-T628 MP6
External memory No microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 32 GB, 2 GB RAM 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Antutu 7 score 50125
GeekBench 4 Single Core 782
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 2457
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 1804
General specs Release date 2014, August 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 132.4 Х 65.5 Х 6.7 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 115 g 110 g
Colors Charcoal Black, Sleek Silver, Dazzling White, Frosted Gold, Scuba Blue Gray
Battery 1860 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 390 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 350 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 11 h (3G) Music play - Up to 37 h Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Body build aluminum frame, plastic back
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Nano-SIM Mini-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - G850F  LTE band 1(2100), 4(1700/2100), 17(700) - SM-G850M Show all network frequencies:
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes Class 10
Edge Yes Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS No
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0 miniUSB
Bluetooth 4.0, A2DP, EDR, LE 2.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR - 1.18 W/kg (head)     0.75 W/kg (body)     SAR EU - 0.37 W/kg (head)     0.51 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No 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, heart rate - ANT+ - Versions: G850F (Europe); G850T (T-Mobile), G850M (Vodafone); G850FQ; G850Y Also known as Samsung Galaxy Alfa Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

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