Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 vs Amazon Fire Phone vs Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML

general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Amazon Asus
Announced September 2012 June 2014 January 2015
Status Available - October 2012 Available - July 2014 Available - March 2015
Price - - Rs. 14,999 ($220.57) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Black Osmium Black, Sheer Gold, Glacier Gray, Glamor Red, Ceramic Whit
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
152.5 x 77.2 x 10.9 mm
(6 x 3.04 x 0.43 in)
Weight 567 g (20 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz) 170 g (6 oz)
2G Network N/A GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G Network N/A HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network - LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
(Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 17, 18, 19, 20, 28, 29)
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, EMail, IM SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM
Build Features - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions
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hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (customized) Fire OS 3.5.0 Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Quad-core 2.3 GHz
Quad-core 1.8 GHz, Intel Atom Z3580
Intel Atom Z3560
GPU PowerVR SGX544 Adreno 330 PowerVR G6430
RAM 1 GB 2 GB 2/4 GB
Internal Memory 16/32 GB storage 32/64 GB 16/32/64 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 64 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back) IPS Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 8.9 inches 4.7 inches 5.5 inches
Resolution 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi) 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) 1080 x 1920 pixels (401 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 58.54% 65.98% 70.67%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels
Flash No LED Flash dual-LED (dual tone)
Features - Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Panorama, HDR
Video No Yes, 1080p@30fps 1080p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar] 5 MP [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No Yes Yes
Edge No Yes Yes
3G No HSPA+, LTE HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes, with A2DP Yes, v3.0 v4.0, A2DP, EDR
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0 microUSB v2.0, USB Host
GPS No Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/32/64 GB, 2/4 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 64 GB
USB OTG - - Supported

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 supported NFC 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 2400 mAh 3000 mAh
Stand by - Up to 285 h -
Talk Time Up to 10 h Up to 22 h -