Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE vs Karbonn A9+

Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
Karbonn A9+
karbonn a9+
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general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Karbonn
Announced September 2012 2012
Status Available - October 2012 Available
Colors Black Pearl White
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
120 x 60.5 x 11.3 mm
(4.72 x 2.38 x 0.44 in)
Weight 575 g (20.28 oz) -
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 2100
4G Network LTE -
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 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar] Dual-core 1.2 GHz, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon [Similar]
GPU PowerVR SGX544 [Similar] Adreno 203 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 32/64 GB storage 4 GB
External Memory No microSD, up to 32 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches [Similar] 4.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 480 x 800 pixels (233 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 62.86%
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 Geo-tagging Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection
Video No Yes
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSDPA, 7.2 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 Direct, Wi-Fi hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML

memory User Memory

Internal 32/64 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 Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 6000 mAh 1420 mAh
Stand by - Up to 200 h
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 4 h