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

HTC Evo 4G LTE
htc evo 4g lte
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9 LTE
amazon kindle fire hd 8.9 lte
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon
Announced April 2012 September 2012
Status Available - May 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Gray, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134.8 x 68.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.31 x 2.71 x 0.35 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 134 g (4.73 oz) 575 g (20.28 oz)
2G Network CDMA 800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network CDMA2000 1xEV-DO HSDPA
4G Network LTE 800 / 1900 LTE
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 1.5 GHz Krait [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 16 GB storage 32/64 GB storage
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 65.76% 58.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio N/A 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 Geo-tagging
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 Yes
Edge No Yes
3G Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 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 Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 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 not supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion battery
Capacity 2000 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by -
Talk Time Up to 7 h 30 min Up to 10 h