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T-Mobile Sidekick 4G vs Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos , T-Mobile Sidekick 4G

Samsung Galaxy Note5 Duos 2015 year of release, cpu Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53), screen 5.7", with resolution 1440x2560. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 16 megapixel main camera.

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G 2011 year of release, cpu 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8, screen 3.5", with resolution 480x800. Smartphone has 0 megapixel front camera and 3 megapixel main camera.

Display Technology Super AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 16M
Screen size 5.7" inch 3.5" inch
Screen area 89.6 cm2 34.9 cm2
Screen format 16:9 (height:width) 5:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 76.8% 45.0%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2560 px 480 x 800 px
PPI /points per inch/ 515 PPI 267 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 16 MP, Single 3.15 MP, Single
Camera specs 16 MP, f/1.9, 28mm (wide), 1/2.6'', 1.12µm, OIS, AF 3.15 MP, AF
Functions Dual video call, Auto-HDR
Video 1440p@30fps 480p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 5 MP, Single 0.3 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP, f/1.9, 22mm (wide) VGA
Performance Operating system OS Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat) Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Chipset Exynos 7420 Octa (14 nm) Hummingbird
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.1 GHz Cortex-A57 & 4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53) 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8
Graphics processor GPU Mali-T760MP8 PowerVR SGX540
External memory No microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot), 2 GB included
Internal memory 32/64 GB, 512GB 4GB 1 GB, 512 MB RAM
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1278
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 3954
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 2898
GeekBench 5 Single Core 232
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 907
General specs Release date 2015, August 2011, March
Dimensions (HxWxD) 153.2 Х 76.1 Х 7.6 mm 127 Х 61 Х 15 mm
Weight 171 g 162 g
Colors Black Sapphire, Gold Platinum, Silver Titan, White Pearl Matte Black, Pearl magenta
Battery 3000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 600 EUR 310 EUR
Battery life Talking time- Up to 22 h (3G) Music play - Up to 64 h Stand by time- Up to 456 h Talking time- Up to 6 h 30 min
Body build Front/back glass (Gorilla Glass 4), aluminum frame
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) Mini-SIM
Network Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - N9208, N920C -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - N9208, N9200  LTE band 1(2100), 20(800), 26(850) - N920C Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A Cat6 300/50 Mbps/ LTE-A (3CA) Cat9 450/50 Mbps HSPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps
GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, hotspot
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
USB microUSB 2.0, USB Host microUSB 2.0
Bluetooth 4.2, A2DP, EDR, LE 3.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.45 W/kg (head)     0.58 W/kg (body)     SAR - 0.34 W/kg (head)     0.96 W/kg (body)    
Music and Audio Radio No
Headphone jack Yes Yes
Others 24-bit/192kHz audio -Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Sensors Fingerprint (front-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer, heart rate, SpO2 - Qi/PMA wireless charging (market dependent) -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Stylus -Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) - Versions: N9208 (Hong Kong, Philippines, Malaysia, Taiwan); N920C/N920CD (South Africa, UAE, Pakistan, Russia, Kazakhstan) Sensors Accelerometer, proximity - T-Mobile TV -MP4/H.264 player -MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player -Organizer -ThinkFree Office document editor , PDF viewer -Voice memo -Predictive text input - Optical trackpad - Also known as T-Mobile T839 Sidekick 4G

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy Note5 Duos
  • Screen 5.7"
  • Main camera 16 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
Reasons to buy Sidekick 4G
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB