Phone Comparison - Acer Iconia Tab A200 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE

Acer Iconia Tab A200
acer iconia tab a200
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
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general General Info

Manufacturer Acer Amazon
Announced January 2012 September 2012
Status Available - January 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 260 x 175 x 12.4 mm
(10.24 x 6.89 x 0.49 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 700 g (24.69 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA
4G Network - LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v3.2 (Honeycomb), planned upgrade to v4.0 Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU ULP GeForce [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM 2 [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB DDR 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 10.1 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (149 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.40% 58.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No No
Games Yes Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera 2 MP, 1600x1200 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features Video-calling Geo-tagging
Video Yes No
Front Camera No [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB v2.0, USB On-the-go suppor Yes, v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 8/16 GB storage, 1 GB DDR2 RAM 32/64 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB No
USB OTG Supported -

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 3260 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by -
Talk Time Up to 8 h Up to 10 h