Phone Comparison - HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

HTC DROID Incredible 4G LTE
htc droid incredible 4g lte
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon
Announced May 2012 September 2012
Status Available - July 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 121.9 x 61 x 11.7 mm
(4.8 x 2.4 x 0.46 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 132 g (4.66 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO
HSDPA 850 / 1900
N/A
4G Network LTE 700 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB storage 16/32 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (275 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.47% 58.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 1.3 MP, 1280 x 1024 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash No
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection -
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization No
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS No No
Edge No No
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE Class 13; HSDPA; HSPA No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32 GB No

Apps Sensors

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

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh)
Capacity 1700 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h