Phone Comparison - HTC One VX vs Amazon Fire Phone

HTC One VX
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Amazon Fire Phone
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon
Announced October 2012 June 2014
Status Available - November 2012 Available - July 2014
Colors White, Black, Gray Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 133.6 x 67.6 x 9.1 mm
(5.26 x 2.66 x 0.36 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 124.7 g (4.37.0.25 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100 LTE 700 / 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1800 / 1900 / 2100 / 2600
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail SMS, MMS, EMail, IM
Build Features - - 3D Dynamic Perspective UI
- System Wide Tilt, Auto-scroll, Swivel and Peek Functions

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 305 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 8 GB 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32 GB No

display Display

Type Super LCD2 capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.5 inches [Similar] 4.7 inches [Similar]
Resolution 540 x 960 pixels (245 ppi) [Similar] 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar]
Screen-to-Body Ratio 61.69% 65.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, VGA [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0 Yes, microUSB v2.0
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Browser HTML5 HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 8 GB, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 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 present
Accelerometer Sensor accelerometer sensor present accelerometer sensor present
NFC NFC supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1810 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by - Up to 285 h
Talk Time - Up to 22 h