Phone Comparison - HTC One XL vs Amazon Kindle Fire

HTC One XL
htc one xl
Amazon Kindle Fire
amazon kindle fire
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon
Announced February 2012 September 2011
Status Available - May 2012 Available - November 2011
Colors Gray, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 134.8 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm
(5.31 x 2.75 x 0.35 in)
190 x 120 x 11.4 mm
(7.48 x 4.72 x 0.45 in)
Weight 129 g (4.55 oz) 413 g (14.57 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 N/A
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 N/A
4G Network LTE 1800 / 2600 -
Messaging SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail , Push Mail, EMail, IM

hardware Hardware and OS

OS Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) Android OS, v2.3 (customized)
Processor Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait, Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon [Similar] Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, TI OMAP 4430 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 225 [Similar] PowerVR SGX540 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 512 MB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 8 GB storage
External Memory No No

display Display

Type Super IPS LCD2 capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen
Colors 16M colors 16M colors
Size 4.7 inches [Similar] 7.0 inches [Similar]
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (312 ppi) [Similar] 1024 x 600 pixels (170 ppi)
Screen-to-Body Ratio 64.82% 60.16%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

3.5mm Jack yes yes
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS Stereo FM radio
Games Yes + Downloadable Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker yes no

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] N/A [Similar]
Flash LED flash N/A
Features Auto focus, Simultaneous HD Video And Image Recording, Geo-tagging, Face And Smile Detection N/A
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, stereo sound rec., video stabilization N/A
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p [Similar] N/A [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes No
Edge Yes No
3G HSDPA, 21 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL No
Bluetooth Yes, v4.0 with A2DP No
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
USB Yes, microUSB (MHL) v2.0 Yes
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support No
Browser HTML, Adobe Flash HTML (Amazon Silk)

memory User Memory

Internal 16 GB storage, 1 GB RAM 8GB storage, 512 MB 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 supported NFC not supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Po Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1800 mAh 4400 mAh
Stand by -
Talk Time -