T-Mobile MDA Compact IV

  • Released 2009, Q1
    98g, 12mm thickness
    Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
    4GB 128MB RAM storage, no card slot
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  • 2.8"
    480x640 pixels
  • 3MP
    144p
  • 128MB RAM
    MSM7201A
  • 900mAh
    Li-Ion

T-Mobile MDA Compact IV - Specs

Network Technology GSM / HSPA
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G bands HSDPA 900 / 2100
Speed HSPA 7.2/0.384 Mbps
Launch Announced 2008, May. Released 2009, Q1
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 110 x 52 x 12 mm (4.33 x 2.05 x 0.47 in)
Weight 98 g (3.46 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 2.8 inches, 24.3 cm2 (~42.4% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 480 x 640 pixels, 4:3 ratio (~286 ppi density)
 TouchFLO 3D finger swipe navigation
Handwriting recognition
Platform OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
Chipset Qualcomm MSM7201A
CPU 528 MHz ARM 11
GPU Adreno 130
Memory Card slot No
Internal 4GB 128MB RAM
Main Camera Single 3.15 MP, AF
Video CIF@30fps
Selfie camera Single VGA videocall camera
Video
Sound Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack No
Comms WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth 2.0, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
Radio Stereo FM radio, RDS
USB miniUSB
Features Sensors Accelerometer
Browser WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML (Opera 9.5)
 Pocket Office
Voice memo
MP3 player
Predictive text input
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 900 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 285 h
Talk time Up to 5 h 30 min
Misc Colors Black
SAR 1.33 W/kg (head)     1.44 W/kg (body)    

T-Mobile MDA Compact IV - User Reviews

  • Why though?

  • Pls help not will we connect to the internet ?

  • this isthe best feature mobile phone

  • hi i buy this used set and its lcd (touch screen ) are partially working like i can not use or press the home or menu buttons, time are going small or large and when i press calender i does not work mobile automatically opened contact instead of calender, can any body guide me how can i sort out this problem

  • i have mda T mobile ,ineed to change the language german to english plz suggest

  • I have t-mobile which is in german language how can i change it in english plzz help thanx

  • my t mobile mda compact iv never work after i swith it off. it work after hard reset but when i switch off it never start and hang on t mobile logo.plz replay for any solution how it can clear.

  • how do i put my compact 4 in english???

  • i can decode the phone. am in africa. what should i do

  • how i insttal skype in this set.skype is not avalible in market palace.and how to change languge and country

  • How do i change the language on MDA compact 4 from German to English??

  • To open bluetooth on the t-mobile mda compact 4 go to the start menu and click on programms. Scroll down till you find fm radio. Dont forget plug in headset

  • It looks fine but the functions are not fine. It lacks auto touch lock while calling . The Nokia Xpress 5800 has the facility. The battery life is very dull. The earphone sound is very low . Our neighbourer can not hear the Music such is low

  • please tell me how can i open blue tooth and radio of my T-Mobile MDA Compact IV. call me on my no. 9868821970

  • someone tell me how can i open blue tooth and radio of my T-Mobile MDA Compact IV.

  • It looks fine but the functions are not fine.It lacks auto touch lock while calling. The Nokia Xpress 5800 has the facility. The battery life is very dull. The earphone sound is very low. Our neighbourer can not hear the Music such is low sound. Plus it's memory is limited to 4GB only.

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  • I have MDA Compact IV. i am not sending SMS. So Please Solution Immidiatly..

  • Hey, I nedd some assistancE. I have this phone but windows mobile is out. I need a new release. Could you tell me how can I get this and instal this. My phone is now blocked. Thx

  • I use T-mobile MDA compact IV and this is a supreb mobile with its thin size and rich features along with windows 6.1 and 4 GB internal memory.Its TouchFlo is supreb and all the features working without any software or hardware issues..Only drawback is its battery life..if you are a heavy talktime user,you can try 1800mAH battery buying separately which is compatible with this phone..If you are a normal talk user,i am sure you will love this phone with all its wonderful features and glossy beautiful look also...

  • The Phone is Excellent. The TouchFLO 3D is very good made and easy to use. No worries :)

  • Please tell me what MDA is. And how does it work. Thanks P>S> urgent reply needed.

  • Hey, Mitevski, I just thought of buying the phone myself, from T-mobile macedonia, but was a bit discouraged when I read that it is a version of the HTC touch diamond. I have no experience with the variants of HTC for the other companies they produce simmilar versions, but have (unfortunatelly) experienced for a fact that t-mob macedonia usually brings the worst junk phones in Macedonia. The touch diamond review explains that the ROM is 192Mb but the MDA Compact IV mentiones only 128 Mb, which might mean HTC have dropped the video-dedicated 64 Mb rom from the original version. Can you tell me in as many months that you have used it if you see any video lag or problems playing video, for example on youtube while on wifi or GPRS? Thanks, means a lot.

  • Yeah, I Am Going To Buy It In One Week from T-Mobile Macedonia.... So Excited :)

  • Its Battery life is silly. i used it for 1 month and get rid of it due to its battery life. when using GPS, battery goes very quickly. never ever recommend to anyone.

  • Great phone. Got mine from london, cost a bit (about $400) but worth every cent, much smaller and thinner than an iphone but with all the features. All in all very very happy, and i tend to change my phones every month, i have had this for 3 months! Says it all really. Did i say that i love the looks? Get lots of compliments from everyone who sees it, especially as they cant get one~!:)

  • Just got this from germany, nothing comes close. I change my phones every few months but this is a keeper. I liek the touch flo screen. The quality of the screen is extremely good, music vids are much better than the older HTC phones. I could not wait for it to come to the US either LOL.

  • Yes i cant wait til this finally comes out on t-mobile USA, i like the shiny back look of it and it looks so thin!

  • I want one of these, when will they come out in the US??? I guess we have to wait until 2012!!

  • Definitely the best phone i have ever used! The touch is so cool!

  • hi i also got the mda 4 from the uk, how do i set the settings so i can use edge on t-mobile usa? it wont get me online via edge?? Thanks

  • I have a t-mobile Dash, how is this with texting, POp3 emails?? I currently like the qwerty keyboard but could be tempted, any opinions?

  • Hi to all, i`ve received MDA comp IV and for sure i can say this is the best phone i have. I`m changing phones often may be 2-3 in one year. This MDA from T-Mob is so different then HTC touch Diamond. My friend bye HTC T.Diamond and i compare this 2 phones. MDA has more futures (couples) and better display as well. T-mob take care of all weakness of HTC. May be i can complain just for battery life, 900 mAh and low sound ringing (but this is business phone), but i`m using outlook, touch flo and speaking about 2 hours per day. Also i`m using GPS as well. So 1 day and battery is not empty. Great phone, great future. I install tomtom newest version and put a map of west and eastern europe. GPS work perfectly. Thank you for your attention. I purchase this phone from T-mob in Macedonia.

  • it won't matter as t-mobile's us 3g uses different frequencies than the us diamond. the us diamond is thicker and heavier than both this and the euro/asia diamond. and you can flash a different radio to make this quad band.

  • you can just flash regular diamond roms over the t-mobile rom and make any changes as you would on a regular diamond. check out xda developers for roms/flashing info. (probably too complex for newbs though)

  • I've just checked my phone and can answer a couple of your questions. You can put your own photo as the wallpaper but if you have the clock showing as big then it'll cover half of the photo but you can change this by scrolling upwards and a smaller clock so you can see the rest of the photo. You can also have a ringtone for a different contact, providing they are saved to your phone and not to your SIM. Hope that helps a little.

  • Is this tmobile mda version much different from the original htc diamond? I heard you can't edit the homescreen? Is it possible to put a photo of choice as background? And another question.. can you give different contacts their own ringtone, so u know whos calling when u hear the ringtone? Thanks!

  • I have received my MDA Compact IV today and so far I'm quite impressed. I have a question though, by default it seems as though I do not have the standard pink and white t-mobile theme? At the moment it's just a basic green windows theme. Does anyone know how I can get the pink & white t-mobile theme up? From the pictures on my user manual, it looks as though that interface is much more user friendly than the one I currently have. T-Mobile are unable to help me and have told me to phone HTC but they are not open now until the morning. Any ideas? Also, I've accepted a song through bluetooth which I wanted as my ringtone but once I received the file, I can't seem to find where it has been saved?!

  • What about the batery life of this phone?

  • Again when is the phone coming out? I have been waiting on T-Mobile to launch some really great phones, just seems like Tmo takes too long.......I'm getting really tired.

  • I just got the MDA from T-Mobile in UK. I'm using in USA with all features the phone offer. Matter fact this phone is AMAZING!!! Only complaint is about battery life.. but overall phone is great

  • for those who dont know this is made by htc its htc diamond all mda on t-mobile

  • this phone is most likely a shadow much .

  • Won't work in the U.S. 2G Network GSM 900/1800/1900, 3G Network HSDPA 900/2100 Just get the HTC Diamond U.S. model. Same phone with the right freqs.

  • When is the phone available in Georgia? I need one now!!!!! I'm tired of waiting.

  • when is this phone available in texas?? i need one now!!!

  • This is the best phone I ever had. It really has 192MB of RAM and not 128MB.

  • you want the best mobile of this planet - then buy the mda compact 4 or touch diamond - forget the iphone it is too big

  • it is the best mobile i ever had - it is so great not with the tf3d - you can forget this software - but without in combination with phone ex and sbp plus it is great - i love my mda compact 4

  • Guessing this device will be HTC. Not a fan myself, due to the bad battery life and software glitches.

  • I'm also quite sure that this phone has 192MB of RAM instead of 128MB...

  • Can the 1.93rom be installed into the T-Mobile MDA Compact IV? Please answer asap.

  • when is it officialy coming out is a nice like it better then the G1

  • performance is really good, really fast. hasnt crashed on my yet. everything runs smoothly apart from google maps. touch flo 3d is excellent.

  • can i buy this in california??

  • Then how is its performance? (You dont have to tell me about the battery life.I know it is short)

  • this phone has got 192mb ram., it says it on the box. i know this because ive got this phone

  • during an unboxing video, i saw the specs of the phone and it wrote 192RAM!! I hope i am correct

  • I was trying to install the automatic screen rotation and found that it requires ROM version 1.93 of HTC Diamond. Unfortunately, looks like there is no upgrade solution for T-Mobile (UK) MDA Compact IV it seems. Anybody has an alternative solution/suggestion?

  • pretty similar to the Diamond, obviously its made by HTC, probably TMo version of the diamond

  • first again!!! very good phone!