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T-Mobile MDA Basic vs Xiaomi Mi A1

 
Brief information about compared phones: T-Mobile MDA Basic , Xiaomi Mi A1

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 A1 2017 year of release. cpu Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53. screen 5.5". with resolution 1080x1920. Smartphone has 5 megapixel front camera and 12 megapixel main camera .

Display Technology TFT LTPS IPS LCD
Touchscreen resistive touchscreen capacitive touchscreen
Display colors 65K 16M
Screen size 2.8" inch 5.5" inch
Screen area 24.3 cm2 82.6 cm2
Screen format 4:3 (height:width) 16:9 (height:width)
Screen to body ratio 39.2% 70.1%
Screen resolution 240 x 320 px 1080 x 1920 px
PPI /points per inch/ 143 PPI 403 PPI
Screen protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Camera and Video Rear camera, main 2 MP, Single 12 MP, Dual
Camera specs 2 MP 12 MP, f/2.2, 26mm (wide), 1.25µm, PDAF -12 MP, f/2.6, 50mm (telephoto), 1.0µm, AF, 2x optical zoom
Functions Dual-LED dual-tone flash, HDR, panorama
Video Yes 1080p@30fps
Front camera, selfie 0 MP, 5 MP, Single
Specifications 5 MP
Performance Operating system OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Android 7.1.2 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 9.0 (Pie); Android One
Chipset TI OMAP 850 Qualcomm MSM8953 Snapdragon 625 (14 nm)
Processor CPU 200 MHz ARM926EJ-S Octa-core 2.0 GHz Cortex-A53
Graphics processor GPU Adreno 506
External memory microSD (dedicated slot) microSD, up to 128 GB (uses SIM 2 slot)
Internal memory 128 MB RAM, 256 MB ROM 64 GB, 512GB 4GB
Antutu 7 score 78560
GeekBench 4 Single Core 859
GeekBench 4 Multi-Core 4171
Antutu 8 score 96807
GeekBench 4 Battery 3415
GeekBench 5 Single Core 169
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core 1000
General specs Release date 2009, January 2017, September
Dimensions (HxWxD) 105 Х 59 Х 16 mm 155.4 Х 75.8 Х 7.3 mm
Weight 110 g 165 g
Colors Gray Black, Gold, Rose Gold, Red
Battery 1100 mAh,  Removable Li-Ion 3080 mAh,  Non-removable Li-Po
Approximate price 170 EUR
Battery life Stand by time- Up to 270 h Talking time- Up to 8 h
Body build Front glass, aluminum frame, back
Communication and Connectivity SIM card Mini-SIM Hybrid 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 -3G - HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 -4G - LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 38(2600), 40(2300)
Speed HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE-A (2CA) Cat6 300/50 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, WiFi Direct, hotspot
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS
NFC
USB miniUSB 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP 4.2, A2DP, LE
Music and Audio Radio No FM radio
Headphone jack No Yes
Others TouchFLO finger swipe navigation -Handwriting recognition -5-way navigation Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
Other features Dop Pocket Office -Voice memo -MP3/AAC player Sensors Fingerprint (rear-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, Infrared port - Charging 5V/2A 10W - For Europe, Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, LATAM. Also known as Xiaomi Mi 5X in China.

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 A1
  • Screen 5.5"
  • Internal memory 512 GB
  • External memory microSD GB