Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD vs HTC First

Amazon Kindle Fire HD
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HTC First
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon HTC
Announced September 2012 April 2013
Status Available - September 2012 Available - April 2013
Colors Black White, Black, Pale Blue, Red
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 193 x 137 x 10.3 mm
(7.6 x 5.39 x 0.41 in)
126 x 65 x 8.9 mm
(4.96 x 2.56 x 0.35 in)
Weight 395 g (13.93 oz) 124 g (4.37 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 850/1900 MHz
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail

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 1.4 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8930AA Snapdragon 400 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX540 [Similar] Adreno 305 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16 GB
External Memory No N/A

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches [Similar] 4.3 inches [Similar]
Resolution 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar] 1280 x 720 pixels (341 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 53.55% 62.43%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, 720p HD playback on device
Video No Up to 1080p HD video capture
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.6 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 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 (16.43 Wh) Li-Po Battery
Capacity 4400 mAh 2000 mAh (not remova
Stand by - Up to 436 h 48 min
Talk Time Up to 11 h Up to 14 h 18 min