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Xiaomi Mi 8 vs T-Mobile MDA Basic

 
Brief information about compared phones: T-Mobile MDA Basic , Xiaomi Mi 8

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 .

Xiaomi Mi 8 2018 year of release. cpu Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver). screen 6.21". with resolution 1080x2248. Smartphone has 20 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera .

Display Technology TFT Super AMOLED
Touchscreen resistive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 65K 16M
Screen size 2.8" inch 6.21" inch
Screen area 24.3 cm2 97.1 cm2
Screen format 4:3 (height:width) 19:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 39.2% 83.8%
Screen resolution 240 x 320 px 1080 x 2248 px
PPI /points per inch/ 143 PPI 402 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 2 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs 2 MP 12 MP, f/1.8, 1/2.55'', 1.4µm, 4-axis OIS, dual pixel PDAF -12 MP, f/2.4, 56mm (telephoto), 1/3.4'', 1.0µm, AF, 2x optical zoom
Functions Dual-LED flash, HDR, panorama
Video Yes 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 0 MP, 20 MP, Single
Specifications 20 MP, f/2.0, 0.9μm
DxOMark Main Score 99
DxOMark Photo 105
DxOMark Video 88
Performance Operating system OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Android 8.1 (Oreo), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); MIUI 10.1
Chipset TI OMAP 850 Qualcomm SDM845 Snapdragon 845 (10 nm)
Processor CPU 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S Octa-core (4x2.8 GHz Kryo 385 Gold & 4x1.8 GHz Kryo 385 Silver)
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 630
External memory microSD (dedicated slot) No
Internal memory 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM 64/128/256 GB, 6 GB RAM 128 GB, 8 GB RAM
Antutu 7 score 297023
GeekBench 4 Single Core 2280
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 8242
GeekBench 4 RenderScript 13089
Antutu 8 score 353884
GeekBench 4 Battery 3965
GeekBench 5 Single Core 447
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1898
General specs Release date 2009, January 2018, May
Dimensions (HxWxD) 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm 154.9 Х 74.8 Х 7.6 mm
Weight 110 g 175 g
Colors Gray Black, Blue, White, Gold
Battery 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3400 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 380 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 (7000 series)
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Mini-SIM Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)
Network Show all network frequencies: Show all network frequencies: -2G - GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2  CDMA 800 & TD-SCDMA -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 20(800), 34(2000), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (4CA) Cat16 1024/150 Mbps
GPRS Class 10 Yes
Edge Class 10 Yes
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11b/g Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
GPS No Yes, with dual-band A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS
NFC Yes
USB miniUSB Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP 5.0, A2DP, LE, aptX HD
Music and Audio Radio No No
Headphone jack No No
Others TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation HDR10 -DCI-P3
Other features Dop Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player Sensors Infrared face recognition, fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass - Fast battery charging (Quick Charge 4.0+)

An overview of the main advantages of each of the devices

Reasons to buy MDA Basic
  • Internal memory 256 GB
  • External memory microSD (dedicated slot) GB
Reasons to buy Mi 8
  • Screen 6.21"
  • Front camera 20 MP