Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs LG G PAD 8.3 vs Asus Memo Pad 8

general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon LG Asus
Announced September 2012 September 2013 September 2013
Status Available - October 2012 Available - October 2013 Coming Soon - Q4 2013
Colors Black Black, White Gray, White, Pink
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
216.8 x 126.5 x 8.3 mm
(8.54 x 4.98 x 0.33 in)
212.4 x 127.4 x 10 mm
(8.36 x 5.02 x 0.39 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 338 g (11.92 oz) 350 g (12.35 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Android OS, v4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.2 (Jelly Bean)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 1.7 GHz Krait 300, Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon 600 Quad-core 1.6 GHz
GPU PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 320 -
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 1 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 16 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen Capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 8.3 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 1200 x 1920 pixels (273 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 72.72% 68.35%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection -
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps Yes, 720p
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps [Similar] Yes, 1.2 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes No
Edge No Yes No
3G No HSDPA, HSUPA N/A
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v4.0 with A2DP, LE Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB (SlimPort) v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16 GB, 2 GB RAM 16 GB, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 64 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor present proximity sensor present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC not supported NFC not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery Non-removable Li-Po Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 4600 mAh 3950 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 10 h - Up to 9 h (multimedia)