Phone Comparison - HTC One S C2 vs Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8.9

HTC One S C2
htc one s c2
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 - June 2012 Available - October 2012
Colors Black Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 130.9 x 65 x 7.8 mm
(5.15 x 2.56 x 0.31 in)
240 x 164 x 8.8 mm
(9.45 x 6.46 x 0.35 in)
Weight 119.5 g (4.2.0.18 oz) 567 g (20 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 N/A
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to v4.1 (Jelly Bean) Android OS, v4.0 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.7 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1.5 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4470 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 220 [Similar] PowerVR SGX544 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 1 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB 16/32 GB storage
External Memory No No

display Display

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.3 inches [Similar] 8.9 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (256 ppi) [Similar] 1920 x 1200 pixels (254 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 59.98% 58.54%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS 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, VGA [Similar] No [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, HSUPA No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, with A2DP
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) Yes, v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5 (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB, 1 GB RAM 16/32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Expandable Storage No 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 Non-removable Li-Po Battery Non-removable Li-Ion battery (22.2 Wh)
Capacity 1650 mAh 6000 mAh
Stand by - -
Talk Time - Up to 10 h