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Samsung S8500 Wave vs T-Mobile MDA Basic

 
Brief information about compared phones: Samsung S8500 Wave , T-Mobile MDA Basic

Samsung S8500 Wave 2010 year of release. cpu 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8. screen 3.3". with resolution 480x800. 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 Super AMOLED TFT
Touchscreen capacitive touchscreen resistive touchscreen
Display colors 16M 65K
Screen size 3.3" inch 2.8" inch
Screen area 31.0 cm2 24.3 cm2
Screen format 5:3 (height:width) 4:3 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 46.9% 39.2%
Screen resolution 480 x 800 px 240 x 320 px
PPI /points per inch/ 283 PPI 143 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 5 MP, Single 2 MP, Single
Camera specs 5 MP, AF 2 MP
Functions LED flash
Video 720p@30fps Yes
Front camera, selfie 0.3 MP, Single 0 MP,
Specifications
Performance Operating system OS Bada, upgradable to 2.0; TouchWiz UI 3 Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Hummingbird TI OMAP 850
Processor CPU 1.0 GHz Cortex-A8 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S
Graphics processor GPU PowerVR SGX540
External memory microSD, up to 32 GB (dedicated slot) microSD (dedicated slot)
Internal memory 390 MB 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM
General specs Release date 2010, February 2009, January
Dimensions (HxWxD) 118 Х 56 Х 10.9 mm 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm
Weight 118 g 110 g
Colors Ebony Gray Gray
Battery 1500 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion
Approximate price 160 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 600 h (2G) / Up to 550 h (3G) Talking time- Up to 15 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G) Music play - Up to 35 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 3.6/2 Mbps
GPRS Class 10 Class 10
Edge Class 10 Class 10
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, Samsung Mobile Navigator No
NFC
USB microUSB 2.0 miniUSB
Bluetooth 3.0, A2DP 2.0, A2DP
Harmful irradiation SAR EU - 0.99 W/kg (head)    
Music and Audio Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS, recordin No
Headphone jack Yes No
Others Handwriting recognition TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation
Other features Dop Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass - TV-Out -MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player -MP4/H.264/WMV/Xvid/DivX player -Organizer -Picsel document viewer -Photo editor -Voice memo -Predictive text input (T9 Trace) Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy S8500 Wave
  • Internal memory 390 GB
  • External memory microSD GB
Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB