T-Mobile MDA Basic vs Blackberry Curve 8520

Comparing the T-Mobile MDA Basic vs Blackberry Curve 8520 across camera and storage to help determine the better smartphone.

Here is the summary of the results:

Rear Camera: Both T-Mobile MDA Basic and Blackberry Curve 8520 feature a 2 MP primary rear camera.

Storage: Both T-Mobile MDA Basic and Blackberry Curve 8520 offer the same internal storage of 256 GB.

T-Mobile MDA Basic

(Discontinued)

Blackberry Curve 8520

₹10,900

(Discontinued)

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Summary

Release Date

01 Jan, 2009

03 Aug, 2009

User Ratings

N/A	4/5 (417 ratings)

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General

Operating System

N/A	Blackberry v5.0.x

Performance

Chipset

N/A

Processor

N/A

512 MHz

RAM

128 MB

Display

Display Type

LCD

TFT

Screen Size

N/A	2.4 inches (6.1 cm)

Resolution

320.00x 320 pixels 2.8 inches px

320x240 px

Pixel Density

N/A

167 ppi

Screen to Body Ratio (calculated)

N/A

27.29 %

Display Colour

N/A

65K

Design

Height

105.00 mm

109 mm

Width

59.00 mm

60 mm

Thickness

16.00 mm

13.90 mm

Weight

110 grams

106 grams

Rear Camera

Resolution

2 MP
Primary Camera

Flash

Yes

N/A

Image Resolution

N/A	1600 x 1200 Pixels

Camera Features

Digital Zoom

Video Recording

N/A	320x240 fps

Battery

Capacity

N/A

1150 mAh

Battery Type

N/A

Li-ion

TalkTime

Up to 8(2G)

Up to 4.5 Hours(2G)

Storage

Internal Storage

256 MB

Expandable Storage

Yes	Yes Up to 32 GB

Network & Connectivity

SIM Slot(s)

Single SIM

SIM Type

N/A	SIM1: Mini

Network Support

5G Not Supported

Wi-Fi

Yes Wi-Fi 3 (802.11 b/g)

Bluetooth

Yes v2

Multimedia

Audio Jack

N/A

3.5 mm

Video Player

N/A	Yes Video Formats: H.263 H.264 MPEG4 WMV

Ring Tone

N/A	Music ringtones Vibration

Music

Yes Music Formats: Yes MP3/AAC player

Yes Music Formats: MP3

Sensors

Games

N/A	+ Downloadable

Java

Yes MIDP 2.0

Yes

Browser

Yes

Yes HTML

Phone Book

N/A	Yes Practically Unlimited Entries and Fields Photocall Limited

SMS

N/A	Yes Threaded View

MMS

N/A

Yes

Email

N/A

Yes

Instant Messaging

N/A

Yes

Other Facilities

facilites

Organizer Voice memo/dial Predictive text input