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Samsung Galaxy Note 9 vs T-Mobile MDA Basic

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy Note 9 , T-Mobile MDA Basic

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 2018 year of release. cpu Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) EMEA -Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) USA/LATAM. screen 6.4". with resolution 1440x2960. Smartphone has 8 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 6.4" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 103.2 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 83.4% 39.2%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 516 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Dual 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 12 MP, f/1.5-2.4, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, dual pixel PDAF, OIS -12 MP, f/2.4, 52mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, AF, OIS, 2x optical zoom 2 MP
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps Yes
Front camera, selfie 8 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications 8 MP, f/1.7, 25mm (wide), 1/3.6'', 1.22µm, AF
DxOMark Main Score 103
DxOMark Photo 96
DxOMark Video 86
DxOMark Selfie Score 92
Performance Operating system OS Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); One UI Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Exynos 9810 Octa (10 nm) EMEA -Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm) USA/LATAM, China TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.7 GHz Mongoose M3 & 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55) EMEA -Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.7 GHz Kryo 385 Silver) USA/LATAM, China 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU Mali-G72 MP18 EMEA -Adreno 630 USA/LATAM, China
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (uses SIM 2 slot) - dual SIM model only microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 512 GB, 8 GB RAM 128 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Antutu 7 score 249456
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2358
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8531
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 9353
Antutu 8 score 320265
GeekBench 4 Battery 5154
GeekBench 5 Single Core 480
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 2002
General specs Release date 2018, August 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 161.9 Х 76.4 Х 8.8 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 201 g 110 g
Colors Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue, Midnight Black, Pure White, Alpine White Gray
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 750 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 5), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Single SIM (Nano-SIM)Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)  CDMA 800 / 1900 - USA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100   CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - USA -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 32(1500), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - Global  LTE band 1(2100), 14(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 46, 71(600) - USA Show all network frequencies:
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (5CA) Cat18 1200/200 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, BDS, GALILEO No
NFC Yes
USB 3.1, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector miniUSB
Bluetooth 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX 2.0, A2DP
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others HDR10 -Always-on display TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation
Other features Dop Sensors Iris scanner, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) -Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -Bixby natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) -Stylus (Bluetooth integration) - SM-N960F/DS (Global); SM-N960U (USA); SM-N9600/DS (LATAM, Brazil, China) Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy Note 9
  • Screen 6.4"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB