Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 LTE

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
Asus Transformer Pad Infinity 700 LTE
asus transformer pad infinity 700 lte
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Asus
Announced September 2012 February 2012
Status Available - October 2012 Available - Q4 2012
Colors Black Amethyst Gray, Champagne Gold
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
262.9 x 180.8 x 8.4 mm
(10.35 x 7.12 x 0.33 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 598 g (21.09 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network N/A HSDPA
4G Network - LTE
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Adreno 225 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Super IPS+ LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 10.1 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 1920 x 1200 pixels (224 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 62.33%
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] 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar]
Flash No LED flash
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes
Edge No Yes
3G No HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v3.0 with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, 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 32/64 GB storage, 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 (22.2 Wh) Non-removable Li-Po battery (25 Wh)
Capacity 6000 mAh -
Stand by - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 10 h