Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Lava Iris 501

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
Lava Iris 501
lava iris 501
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Lava
Announced September 2012 January 2013
Status Available - October 2012 Available - January 2013
Colors Black Black, White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
148.5 x 79 x 10.5 mm
(5.85 x 3.11 x 0.41 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) -
2G Network N/A GSM 900 / 1800 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 2100
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, MediaTek MT6577 [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] PowerVR SGX531 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT LCD
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 5.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (187 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 60.39%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio No FM radio
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, Touch Focus, Face Detection
Video No Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, VGA [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Class 12
Edge No Class 12
3G No HSDPA 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
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, 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 4 GB, 512 MB 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 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-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 2300 mAh
Stand by - Up to 620 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 7 h