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T-Mobile MDA Basic vs Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung Galaxy S8 Active , T-Mobile MDA Basic

Samsung Galaxy S8 Active 2017 year of release. cpu Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo). screen 5.8". 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 5.8" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 85.4 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 18.5:9 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 75.0% 39.2%
Screen resolution 1440 x 2960 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 568 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 12 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 12 MP, f/1.7, 26mm (wide), 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, OIS, dual pixel PDAF 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
Performance Operating system OS Android 7.0 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8998 Snapdragon 835 (10 nm) TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU Octa-core (4x2.35 GHz Kryo & 4x1.9 GHz Kryo) 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 540
External memory microSD, up to 512 GB (dedicated slot) microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 64 GB, 512GB 4GB 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
Antutu 7 score 201325
GeekBench 4 Single Core 1775
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 6056
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 7509
GeekBench 5 Single Core 343
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1426
General specs Release date 2017, August 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 151.9 Х 74.9 Х 9.9 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 208.1 g 110 g
Colors Meteor Gray, Tungsten Gold Gray
Battery 4000 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 850 USD
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 120 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 32 h (3G) Music play - Up to 113 h Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Body build aluminum frame, corner bumpers, 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 - AT&T  HSDPA 850 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - T-Mobile  HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - Sprint -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 20(800), 28(700), 29(700), 30(2300), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500), 66(1700/2100) - AT&T  LTE band 1(2100), 13(700), 18(800), 19(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 66(1700/2100), 71(600) - T-Mobile  LTE band 1(2100), 41(2500) - Sprint Show all network frequencies:
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat12 600/150 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 Type-C 1.0 reversible connector miniUSB
Bluetooth 5.1, A2DP, LE, aptX 2.0, A2DP
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others HDR10 -3D Touch (home button only) -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 - Samsung DeX (desktop experience support) -Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 2.0) -PMA wireless charging -ANT+ -S-Voice natural language commands and dictation - Samsung Pay (Visa, MasterCard certified) -IP68 dust/water proof (up to 1.5m for 30 mins) -MIL-STD-810G compliant - For AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy Galaxy S8 Active
  • Screen 5.8"
  • Front camera 8 MP
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB