Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Asus Memo

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
Asus Memo
asus memo
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Asus
Announced September 2012 January 2012
Status Available - October 2012 Available - September 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
199 x 117 x 12 mm
(7.83 x 4.61 x 0.47 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 389 g (13.72 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, v4.0.1 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A9, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Adreno 220 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory No No

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (216 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 60.82%
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] 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash No No
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video No Yes, 1080p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP [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, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5, Adobe Flash

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 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 not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh) Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by - Up to 300 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 9 h