Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD vs HP Slate 7

Amazon Kindle Fire HD
amazon kindle fire hd
HP Slate 7
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon HP
Announced September 2012 February 2013
Status Available - September 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black Black/Silver, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
197.1 x 116.1 x 10.7 mm
(7.76 x 4.57 x 0.42 in)
Weight 395 g (13.93 oz) 372 g (13.12 oz)
2G Network N/A N/A
3G Network N/A N/A
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4460 [Similar] Dual-core 1.6 GHz, Cortex-A9 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] -
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 8 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen FFS+ LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar] 600 x 1024 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.55% 59.94%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features - -
Video No Yes, 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G No N/A
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No -
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No microSD, up to 32 GB

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 Non-removable Li-Ion battery (16.43 Wh) Non-removable battery
Capacity 4400 mAh -
Stand by - -
Talk Time Up to 11 h Up to 5 h (media)