Phone Comparison - HTC Vivid vs Amazon Fire Phone

HTC Vivid
htc vivid
Amazon Fire Phone
amazon fire phone
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general General Info

Manufacturer HTC Amazon
Announced October 2011 June 2014
Status Available - November 2011 Available - July 2014
Colors Black, White Black
Form Factor Candybar Candybar
Dimension 128.8 x 67.1 x 11.2 mm
(5.07 x 2.64 x 0.44 in)
139.2 x 66.5 x 8.9 mm
(5.48 x 2.62 x 0.35 in)
Weight 176.9 g (6.21.0.32 oz) 160 g (5.64 oz)
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 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, v2.3.4 (Gingerbread) Fire OS 3.5.0
Processor Dual-core 1.2 GHz Scorpion, Qualcomm APQ8060 Snapdragon [Similar] Quad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 [Similar]
GPU Adreno 220 [Similar] Adreno 330 [Similar]
RAM 1 GB [Browse Similar] 2 GB [Browse Similar]
Internal Memory 16 GB storage 32/64 GB
External Memory microSD, up to 32GB No

display Display

Type S-LCD capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD Capacitive Touchscreen, Corning Gorilla Glass 3 (front and back)
Colors 256K 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 64.47% 65.98%
Multi-Touch yes yes

multimedia Multimedia

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

camera Camera

Rear Camera 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels [Similar] 13 MP, 4128 x 3096 pixels [Similar]
Flash dual-LED flash LED Flash
Features Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Face Detection Auto-focus, Geo-tagging, HDR, OIS
Video Yes, 1080p Yes, 1080p@30fps
Front Camera Yes, 1.3 MP [Similar] Yes, 2.1 MP, 1080p@30fps [Similar]

connectivity Connectivity and Data Rate

GPRS Yes Yes
Edge Yes Yes
3G HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE HSPA+, LTE
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP Yes, v3.0
Wi-Fi Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, 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 WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Adobe Flash HTML5

memory User Memory

Internal 16GB storage, 1 GB RAM 32/64 GB, 2 GB RAM
Expandable Storage microSD, up to 32GB 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 not supported NFC supported

battery Battery

Type Standard battery, Li-Ion Non-removable Li-Ion Battery
Capacity 1620 mAh 2400 mAh
Stand by Up to 288 h Up to 285 h
Talk Time Up to 7 h 40 min Up to 22 h