Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire vs Motorola DROID Maxx

Amazon Kindle Fire
amazon kindle fire
Motorola DROID Maxx
motorola droid maxx
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Motorola
Announced September 2011 July 2013
Status Available - November 2011 Available - August 2013
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
137.5 x 71.2 x 8.5 mm
(5.41 x 2.8 x 0.33 in)
Weight 413 g (14.57 oz) 167 g (5.89 oz)
2G Network N/A CDMA 800 / 1900
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 MHz Class 13
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v2.3 (customized) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar] Dual-core 1.7 GHz Krait, Qualcomm Snapdragon S4Pro [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 320 [Similar]
RAM 512 MB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 32 GB
External Memory No No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (294 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 60.16% 70.26%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio No
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker no yes

camera Camera

Rear Camera N/A [Similar] 10 MP, 3872 x 2592 pixels [Similar]
Flash N/A LED flash
Features N/A Auto Focus, Touch Focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video N/A Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera N/A [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Class 12 (4+1/3+2/2+3/1+4 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Edge No Class 12
3G No EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps, LTE; HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth No Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB Yes Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8GB storage, 512 MB RAM 32 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 4400 mAh 3500 mAh
Stand by - Up to 600 h
Talk Time - Up to 48 h