Phone Comparison - Amazon Kindle Fire HDX vs Apple iPad mini 3 vs Samsung Galaxy Tab E 8.0

general General Info

Manufacturer Amazon Apple Samsung
Announced September 2013 October 2014 January 2016
Status Available - October 2013 Available - October 2014 Available - January 2016
Price - Rs. 32,687 ($480.69) [Similarly Priced] Rs. 15,500 ($227.94) [Similarly Priced]
Colors Black Space Gray/Black, Silver/White, Gold Pearl White, Metallic Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar Candybar
Dimension 186 x 128 x 9 mm
(7.32 x 5.04 x 0.35 in)
200 x 134.7 x 7.5 mm
(7.87 x 5.3 x 0.3 in)
212.1 x 126.1 x 8.9 mm
(8.35 x 4.96 x 0.35 in)
Weight 303 g/ 311 g (10.69 oz/ 10.97 oz) 331 g / 341 g (11.68 oz / 12.03 oz) 360 g (12.7 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
CDMA 800 / 1900 - T377P, T377R
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - T377R
3G Network HSDPA HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - T377
4G Network LTE LTE LTE band 3(1800), 7(2600), 8(900), 28(700), 38(2600) - T377
Messaging , Push Mail, EMail, IM , Push Mail, EMail, IM , EMail, IM
Build Features - - Fingerprint sensor (Touch ID) -

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.x (Jelly Bean - customized) iOS 8.1 Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Processor Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 Dual-core 1.3 GHz Cyclone (ARM v8-based), Apple A7 Quad-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53, Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
GPU Adreno 330 PowerVR G6430 (quad-core graphics) Adreno 306
RAM 2 GB 1 GB 1.5 GB
Internal Memory 16/32/64 GB 16/64/128 GB 16 GB
External Memory No No microSD, up to 128 GB

display Display

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen LED-backlit IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen TFT capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 7.0 inches 7.9 inches 8.0 inches
Resolution 1200 x 1920 pixels (323 ppi) 1536 x 2048 pixels (324 ppi) 800 x 1280 pixels (189 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.84% 71.76% 69.15%
Multi-Touch yes yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes yes
Radio 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, 2592 х 1944 pixels 5 MP, 2592 х 1944 pixels
Flash No No No
Features - Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face/smile Detection, HDR (photo/panorama) Auto focus, f/2.2, Geo-tagging
Video Yes, 720p 1080p@30fps 720p@30fps
Front Camera No [Similar] 1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, Face [Similar] 2 MP, f/2.2 [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes Yes
3G HSPA+, LTE DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps, LTE, 100 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps, EV-DO Rev.A 3.1 Mbps
Bluetooth Yes v4.0, A2DP, EDR v4.1, A2DP
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 a/b/g/n, WiFi Direct, hotspot
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 v2.0 microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support (4G model) Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
Browser HTML5 (Amazon Silk) HTML5 (Safari) HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16/32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM 16/64/128 GB, 1 GB RAM DDR3 16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No No microSD, up to 128 GB

Apps Sensors

Fingerprint fingerprint not supported fingerprint supported fingerprint not supported
Proximity Sensor proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not present proximity sensor not 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 Non-removable Li-Po Battery (24.3 Wh) Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity - 6470 mAh 5000 mAh
Stand by - - -
Talk Time Up to 11 h Up to 10 h (multimedia) Up to 13 h (3G)